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May 28 Deaths in History - May 28 Birthdays - May 28 Events
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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 |