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May 28 Deaths in History - May 28 Birthdays - May 28 Events
May 28, 2003 Martha Scott, actress, Our Town, dies at 86
May 28, 2003 Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist
May 28, 2002 Jean Berger, composer/teacher, dies at 91
May 28, 2002 Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96
May 28, 1998 Phil Hartman, comic, Saturday Night Live, dies at 49
May 28, 1996 John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
May 28, 1996 Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66
May 28, 1995 Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
May 28, 1995 Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
May 28, 1995 Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
May 28, 1995 Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
May 28, 1994 Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
May 28, 1994 Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
May 28, 1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
May 28, 1991 Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
May 28, 1991 Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
May 28, 1990 Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
May 28, 1990 Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
May 28, 1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
May 28, 1987 Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
May 28, 1986 Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
May 28, 1984 Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 58
May 28, 1981 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
May 28, 1981 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
May 28, 1977 Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
May 28, 1975 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
May 28, 1975 Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
May 28, 1973 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
May 28, 1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
May 28, 1972 Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77
May 28, 1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty
May 28, 1971 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
May 28, 1969 Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
May 28, 1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
May 28, 1963 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
May 28, 1958 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
May 28, 1954 Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
May 28, 1946 Carter Glass, American Politician
May 28, 1944 Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
May 28, 1942 Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
May 28, 1940 Adriaan J Enschede, dir (Dutch printers Joh Enschede), dies at 50
May 28, 1940 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
May 28, 1940 Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
May 28, 1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
May 28, 1937 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
May 28, 1927 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
May 28, 1922 Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
May 28, 1921 Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
May 28, 1914 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
May 28, 1913 Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
May 28, 1913 John Lubbock, British Statesman
May 28, 1911 Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
May 28, 1898 Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies
May 28, 1890 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
May 28, 1889 Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
May 28, 1883 August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
May 28, 1864 Henry H Giesy, U.S. Union-brig-general, dies in battle
May 28, 1863 Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
May 28, 1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
May 28, 1849 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies
May 28, 1843 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
May 28, 1838 Thomas Busby, composer, dies
May 28, 1836 Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
May 28, 1833 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
May 28, 1808 Richard Hurd, English Writer
May 28, 1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
May 28, 1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
May 28, 1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
May 28, 1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
May 28, 1650 Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
May 28, 1534 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
May 28, 1521 Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
May 28, 1357 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
May 28, 1317 Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
May 28, 1259 Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
May 28, 1089 Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies



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