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Born :04/22/1928Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels)
Born :09/19/1928Adam West, Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct)
Born :10/12/1928Al Hero, US, painter/sculptor (hard edge-style)
Born :04/07/1928Alan J Pakula, director (All the President's Men, Klute)
Born :03/04/1928Alan Sillitoe, Brit, writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner)
Born :05/28/1928Albert Booth, British government minister
Born :03/11/1928Albert Salmi, Bkln NY, actor (Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue)
Born :09/14/1928Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)
Born :04/19/1928Alexis Korner, Paris, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him)
Born :08/07/1928Amazing Randi, [James], Toronto Ontario, skeptic magician
Born :02/26/1928Anatoli V Filipchenko, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
Born :10/31/1928Andrew Sarris, movie critic (Village Voice)
Born :09/29/1928Ankie [Johanna A] (Hoving-)Peypers, author/poetess
Born :08/16/1928Ann Blyth, Mt Kisko NY, actress (Kismet, Mildred Pierce)
Born :11/09/1928Anne Sexton, Newton Mass, poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967)
Born :03/20/1928Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
Born :05/19/1928Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)
Born :10/25/1928Anthony Franciosa, NYC, actor (Jeff-Name of the Game)
Born :10/02/1928Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support
Born :02/26/1928Antione "Fats" Domino, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
Born :05/09/1928Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
Born :07/16/1928Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)
Born :02/14/1928Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- )
Born :12/29/1928Bernard Cribbins, Oldham England, actor (Val Doonican Show)
Born :05/04/1928Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
Born :02/28/1928Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
Born :03/22/1928Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- )
Born :04/23/1928Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
Born :08/30/1928Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
Born :07/31/1928Bill Frenzel, (Rep-R-MN, 1971- )
Born :04/04/1928Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
Born :05/16/1928Billy Martin, baseball manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
Born :01/22/1928Birch Bayh, (Sen-D-Ind)
Born :12/30/1928Bo Diddley, [Ellas Bates], Miss, rock `n' roll pioneer (Bo Diddley)
Born :12/28/1928Bo Diddley, pop singer/guitarist
Born :08/09/1928Bob Cousy, NBA star (Boston Celtics, 1957 MVP)
Born :07/13/1928Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes)
Born :06/01/1928Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian (Bonkers)
Born :04/09/1928Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant
Born :09/17/1928Brian Matthew, British disc jockey
Born :04/12/1928Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
Born :02/22/1928Bruce Forsyth, British comedian/TV host (Generation Game)
Born :10/19/1928Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress (Masquerade Party)
Born :03/24/1928Byron Janis, "Yanks", McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch)
Born :04/29/1928Carl Gardner, rock vocalist (Coasters-Searchin)
Born :07/08/1928Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
Born :07/04/1928Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer
Born :08/29/1928Charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)
Born :11/30/1928Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )
Born :03/16/1928Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
Born :03/20/1928Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer
Born :10/02/1928Clay Felker, St Louis, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire)
Born :11/16/1928Clu Gulager, Holdenville Okla, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man)
Born :07/07/1928Colleen Summers, Pasadena Calif, vocal overdubber
Born :02/11/1928Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
Born :07/01/1928Constance Ford, US actress (Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World)
Born :04/17/1928Cynthia Ozick, US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories)
Born :01/02/1928Dan Rostenkowski, (Rep-D-Il), House Ways & Means Committee chair
Born :05/20/1928David Berriman, CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds trustees
Born :01/11/1928David L Wolper, producer (Devil's Brigade)
Born :06/20/1928David Mitchell, British parliament leader
Born :01/13/1928David Sheiner, NYC, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana)
Born :04/16/1928Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
Born :12/09/1928Dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough)
Born :09/04/1928Dick York, Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind)
Born :04/01/1928Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa)
Born :01/10/1928Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
Born :05/17/1928Donald Cameron Watt, historian
Born :09/04/1928Donald E Petersen, Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
Born :06/03/1928Donald Judd, US, statue artist (minimal art)
Born :03/27/1928Douglas Applegate, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- )
Born :09/20/1928Dr Joyce Brothers, NYC, pop psychiatrist ($64,000 question winner)
Born :12/25/1928Earl Brown, Salt Lake City Ut, actor (Stovall-Operation Petticoat)
Born :09/11/1928Earl Holliman, La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic)
Born :01/26/1928Eartha Kitt, SC, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
Born :03/22/1928Ed Macauley, NBA'er (Boston Celtics)
Born :12/21/1928Ed Nelson, New Orleans La, actor (Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider)
Born :08/10/1928Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
Born :01/25/1928Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of USSR (-91)
Born :10/21/1928Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees)
Born :03/12/1928Edward Albee, US playwright (Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story)
Born :11/11/1928Edward Zorinsky, (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88)
Born :10/09/1928Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Finland, composer (Kaivos)
Born :09/30/1928Elie Wiesel, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)
Born :02/20/1928Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Born :11/10/1928Ennio Morricone, Italian composer/musician
Born :04/08/1928Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
Born :10/03/1928Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada)
Born :10/30/1928Ernest Flatt, choreographer (Carol Burnett Show)
Born :09/13/1928Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor of NY's State Universities (SUNY)
Born :01/01/1928Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
Born :06/14/1928Ernesto "Che" Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary
Born :01/23/1928Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968)
Born :09/22/1928Eugene Roche, actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five)
Born :07/03/1928Evelyn Anthony, historical novelist
Born :09/06/1928Evgeny Svetlanov, Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy)
Born :06/11/1928Fabiola de Mora y Arag¢n, Queen of Belgium
Born :05/29/1928Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
Born :01/09/1928Fernand J St Germain, (Rep-D-RI, 1961- )
Born :04/09/1928Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )
Born :03/14/1928Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/Eastern Airline pres
Born :01/03/1928Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master (1954)
Born :11/20/1928Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor (Tom-The Jeffersons)
Born :03/20/1928Fred "Mr" Rogers, kid show host, "lovely day in the neighborhood"
Born :03/06/1928Gabriel Garc¡a M rquez, Col, novelist (Europa Y America, Nobel 1982)
Born :10/24/1928Gabriel Laub, Polish writer
Born :12/19/1928Galt MacDermot, Canada, composer (Letting Down My Hair)
Born :10/14/1928Gary Graffman, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award)
Born :01/26/1928Gene Snyder, (Rep-R-KY, 1963-65, 67- )
Born :02/10/1928Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
Born :06/06/1928George Deukmejian, Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)
Born :04/01/1928George Grizzard, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
Born :10/01/1928George Peppard, Detroit Mich, actor (Banacek, A-Team, Blue Max)
Born :06/01/1928Georgi T Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
Born :06/11/1928Gerard van Le˜enhorst, Dutch Sect of State (CDA)
Born :08/21/1928Gillian Sheen, England, foils (Olympic-gold-1956)
Born :03/31/1928Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)
Born :04/26/1928Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep (Independent)
Born :11/12/1928Grace Kelly, Phila Pa, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco)
Born :01/13/1928Gregory Walcott, Wilson NC, actor (87th Precinct)
Born :03/20/1928Hans Kng, Swiss religious theologist
Born :02/10/1928Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
Born :04/12/1928Hardy Kruger, Berlin Germany, actor (Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right)
Born :06/16/1928Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
Born :01/30/1928Harold Prince, stage producer (Phantom of Opera)
Born :12/12/1928Helen Frankenthaler, NY, abstract expressionist artist (Arden)
Born :09/07/1928Herbert H Bateman, (Rep-R-VA, 1983- )
Born :08/07/1928Herbert H Bateman, (Rep-R-Virginia)
Born :04/01/1928Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
Born :05/04/1928Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president (1981- )
Born :02/02/1928Howard Caine, Nashville Tn, actor (Californians)
Born :12/31/1928Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit)
Born :06/29/1928Ian Bannen, Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park)
Born :05/17/1928Ian Griggs, bishop of Ludlow
Born :12/20/1928Jack Christiansen, Kansas, NFL hall of famer defensive back (Lions)
Born :12/30/1928Jack Lord, NYC, actor (Steve McGarrett-Hawaii 5-0, God's Little Acre)
Born :08/27/1928Jack Thompson, Labour MP
Born :06/26/1928Jacob Druckman, Philadelphia, composer (Animus I Auerole)
Born :05/31/1928Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard)
Born :10/17/1928James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)
Born :03/25/1928James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13)
Born :05/03/1928James Brown, Augusta Ga, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pants)
Born :06/17/1928James Brown, soul singer (Hot Pants)
Born :08/31/1928James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven)
Born :11/01/1928James Edward Bradford, DC, HW weightlifer (Olympic-silver-1952, 56)
Born :04/07/1928James Garner, Norman Okla, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
Born :07/16/1928James Kilfedder, Ulster Popular Unionist MP
Born :10/02/1928James Porter, CEO (Commonwealth Institute)
Born :03/21/1928James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco)
Born :04/06/1928James Watson, chemist (codiscovered structure of DNA)
Born :04/07/1928James White, UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
Born :07/20/1928Jan Meyers, (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985- )
Born :04/01/1928Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
Born :08/06/1928Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1952-68)
Born :04/18/1928Jean-Fran‡ois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Fran‡ois France, conductor
Born :06/20/1928Jean-Marie Le-Pen, France, leader National Front party
Born :05/03/1928Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage)
Born :10/25/1928Jeanne Cooper, Minneapolis, actress (Kay-Young & Restless)
Born :01/23/1928Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim)
Born :03/20/1928Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
Born :11/23/1928Jerry Bock, US, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof)
Born :02/18/1928Jim McElreath, auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
Born :08/10/1928Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
Born :04/04/1928Jimmy Logan, British comedian
Born :12/15/1928Jimmy Nelson, Chic Ill, ventriloguist (Nestles, Farfel)
Born :11/12/1928Johan B W Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of the D‚cadence)
Born :07/19/1928John Bratby, painter/writer (Breakdown)
Born :12/10/1928John Colicos, Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
Born :04/08/1928John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
Born :04/19/1928John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College)
Born :08/22/1928John Lupton, Highland Park Ill, actor (Tom-Broken Arrow)
Born :07/03/1928John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
Born :08/30/1928Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer)
Born :04/06/1928Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
Born :04/02/1928Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
Born :10/20/1928Joyce Brothers, pop psychologist
Born :01/09/1928Judith Krantz, NYC, author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle)
Born :06/21/1928Judith Raskin, NYC, soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro)
Born :03/08/1928Judy Johnson, Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows)
Born :09/09/1928Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, US, jazz musician (Black Messiah)
Born :10/17/1928Julie Adams, Iowa, actress (Away All Boats, Black Rose)
Born :11/22/1928Juno Stover-Irwin, US, diver (Olympic-silver-1956)
Born :08/22/1928Karlheinz Stockhausen, M”drath Germany, composer (Kontrapunkte)
Born :06/08/1928Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Hamlet Trap)
Born :11/14/1928Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood Calif, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
Born :01/23/1928Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, skater (Olympic-silver-1952)
Born :10/18/1928Keith Jackson, Carrolton Ga, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football)
Born :10/27/1928Kyle Rote, football half-back (NY Giants 1951-61)
Born :09/16/1928Lamine Diakhat‚, Senegal, poet (Primordiale du Sixieme Jour)
Born :10/01/1928Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], actor (Alamo, Romeo & Juliet)
Born :09/10/1928Leo P[atrick] Kelley, US, sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space)
Born :07/23/1928Leon Fleisher, SF Calif, pianist/conductor (Annapolis Symph 1973-77)
Born :11/14/1928Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
Born :01/12/1928Lew Gallo, Mt Kisko, actor (12 O'Clock High)
Born :10/--/1928Li Peng, PM of China (1987- )
Born :02/02/1928Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, PM of Italy (1988- )
Born :05/12/1928Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
Born :10/21/1928Mario Pinto, the Andrade, writer/president MPLA (Angola)
Born :10/25/1928Marion Ross, Albert Lea Mn, actress (Marion-Happy Days, Bkln Bridge)
Born :01/20/1928Martin Landau, Bkln NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
Born :06/20/1928Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, Tucker)
Born :06/10/1928Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are)
Born :04/04/1928Maya Angelou, St Louis Mo, poet/actress (Nyo-Roots)
Born :05/04/1928Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
Born :06/18/1928Michael Blakemore, British theater director
Born :04/05/1928Michael Bryant, actor (Sakharov, Girly)
Born :02/24/1928Michael Harrington, St Louis, socialist/author (Fragments of Century)
Born :11/18/1928Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
Born :01/11/1928Mitchell Ryan, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
Born :04/04/1928Monty Norman, composer/writer
Born :04/08/1928Monty Sunshine, bandleader
Born :02/03/1928Mr "Fred" Rogers, Latrobe, Pa, kid host (Mr Roger's Neighorhood)
Born :06/19/1928Nancy Marchand, Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant)
Born :07/14/1928Nancy Olson, Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)
Born :05/23/1928Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor (Without a Clue, Masada)
Born :12/07/1928Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)
Born :04/23/1928Okke Jager, theologist/writer/poet
Born :06/22/1928Orson Bean, Burlington Vt, comedian (I Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth
Born :07/22/1928Orson Bean, actor/comedian (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth)
Born :11/22/1928Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper (Olympic-bronze-1956)
Born :03/19/1928Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
Born :07/04/1928Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author (1st Family, Blood River)
Born :02/24/1928Paul B Elvstr”m, Denmark, yachter (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56, 60)
Born :02/22/1928Paul Dooley, Parkensburg WV, actor (16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding)
Born :06/04/1928Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
Born :11/29/1928Paul Simon, (Sen-D-IL, 1985- )
Born :07/04/1928Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer/essayist/critic
Born :07/20/1928Pavel Kohout, Czech dramatist/director
Born :07/02/1928Pavel Kohout, Czech, author (Poor Murderer)
Born :05/18/1928Pernell Roberts, Waycross Ga, actor (Adam-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)
Born :01/20/1928Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
Born :05/24/1928Peter Griffiths, MP
Born :07/20/1928Peter Ind, jazz musician
Born :11/06/1928Peter Matz, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show)
Born :03/11/1928Peter Roger Hunt, London England, director (Dr No)
Born :03/12/1928Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music)
Born :01/26/1928Philip Jos‚ Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld)
Born :12/16/1928Philip K[indred] Dick, US, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner)
Born :09/18/1928Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show)
Born :07/14/1928Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall)
Born :05/01/1928Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist
Born :07/16/1928Ray Thornton, (Rep-D-Arkansas)
Born :06/19/1928Raymond Powell, British parliament leader
Born :05/16/1928Reginald Askew, dean of King's College London
Born :09/11/1928Reubin Askew, (Gov-Fla)
Born :11/20/1928Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s)
Born :11/30/1928Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor (This Island Earth)
Born :05/09/1928Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49)
Born :04/15/1928Richard Evans, British diplomat
Born :02/25/1928Richard Stern, US writer
Born :04/02/1928Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Mohawk)
Born :06/05/1928Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
Born :04/14/1928Robert Mugabe, president (Zimbabwe, 1988- )
Born :07/16/1928Robert Sheckley, US, sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap)
Born :10/02/1928Robin Duthie, CEO (Britoil)
Born :09/17/1928Roddy McDowall, London Engld, actor (Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck)
Born :02/09/1928Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
Born :01/26/1928Roger Vadim, France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella)
Born :03/12/1928Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
Born :05/23/1928Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/coronet paper towels spokeswoman
Born :12/31/1928Ross Barbour, Columbus Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
Born :09/06/1928Rudolph Plukfelder, USSR, light heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :01/08/1928Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
Born :04/02/1928Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer/songwriter
Born :06/16/1928Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64)
Born :06/03/1928Sheila Faith, MP/MEP
Born :04/23/1928Shirley Temple Black, Santa Monica Calif, child actress/ambassador
Born :07/18/1928Simon Vinkenoog, writer
Born :01/28/1928Slade Gorton, (Sen-R-WA, 1981- )
Born :10/02/1928Spanky McFarland, actor (Little Rascals, Our Gang)
Born :05/24/1928Stanley Baxter, British comic
Born :07/26/1928Stanley Kubrick, NYC, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita)
Born :07/04/1928Stephen Boyd, [William Millar], actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur)
Born :07/04/1928Sylvius G M "Boy" Rozendal, premier (Netherland's Antilles)
Born :05/22/1928T Boone Pickens, buys large companies (Shamrock)
Born :05/27/1928Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots)
Born :05/08/1928Theodore Sorenson, pesidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
Born :10/11/1928Thomas Burnett Swann, US, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur)
Born :08/29/1928Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)
Born :02/01/1928Tom Lantos, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
Born :04/09/1928Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer, proposed poisoning pigeons
Born :10/25/1928Tony Franciosa, actor (Long Hot Summer, Name of Game, Death Wish 3)
Born :06/05/1928Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
Born :04/05/1928Tony Williams, US, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights)
Born :08/04/1928Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)
Born :03/24/1928Vanessa Brown, Vienna Austria, actress (My Favorite Husband)
Born :02/23/1928Vasili G Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18-1)
Born :01/02/1928Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Mass, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle)
Born :06/12/1928Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live)
Born :01/17/1928Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson)
Born :07/09/1928Vince Edwards, Bkln NY, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln)
Born :07/07/1928Vincent Edwards, actor (Dr Ben Casey, Death Stalk, Firehouse)
Born :11/27/1928Walter Klien, pianist
Born :01/05/1928Walter Mondale, (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
Born :07/05/1928Warren Oates, Depoy Ky, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke)
Born :04/05/1928Will Gaines, jazz dancer
Born :08/17/1928Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
Born :10/05/1928Willem de Kwadsteniet, lawyer/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :01/20/1928William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
Born :10/30/1928William Campbell, Newark NJ, acotr (Jerry-Cannonball, Luke-Dynasty)
Born :01/16/1928William Kennedy, US writer
Born :01/07/1928William Peter Blatty, NYC, author (The Exorcist)
Born :03/18/1928William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
Born :05/24/1928William Trevor, Brit writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)
Born :11/09/1928Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host
Born :10/28/1928Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch hockey team
Born :05/11/1928Yaacov Agam, Israeli statues artist
Born :03/28/1928Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security advisor under Carter
Born :01/05/1928Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)




Died :08/07/1928Alphonse MAJ Ari‰ns, pastor (founder 1st RC workers group), dies
Died :07/17/1928Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
Died :01/06/1928Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
Died :02/29/1928Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies
Died :05/04/1928Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies
Died :06/07/1928Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
Died :05/16/1928Edmund William Grosse, poet/author, dies
Died :07/21/1928Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
Died :06/14/1928Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies
Died :10/23/1928F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies
Died :08/09/1928Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
Died :07/17/1928Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies
Died :02/04/1928Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist: L transformation/Nobel 1902), dies
Died :04/29/1928Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (Ich l”sche das Licht), dies
Died :11/21/1928Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
Died :02/15/1928Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies
Died :09/13/1928Italo Svevo, [Ettore Schmitz], Italian writer (Una Vita). dies
Died :03/03/1928Jan [Jean] T Toorop, painter/graphic artist (3 Brides), dies
Died :04/05/1928Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archelogist, dies
Died :08/12/1928Leos Janacek, Czech composer/conductor (Sly Foxes), dies
Died :05/31/1928Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
Died :11/08/1928Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Streets of sin), dies
Died :03/18/1928Paul van Osta˜en, Flemish writer (Free as a Bird), dies
Died :04/25/1928Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies
Died :06/17/1928Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies
Died :08/29/1928Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies
Died :06/18/1928Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
Died :01/12/1928Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
Died :06/12/1928Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
Died :08/08/1928Stjepan Radic, founder/leader Croatian Boer party, dies
Died :04/02/1928Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
Died :01/11/1928Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87
Died :08/30/1928Wilhelm Vienna, German physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies




Special :01/23/1928"Abenteuer of brave Soldiers Schwejk" premiers in Berlin
Special :03/19/1928"Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (Blue Network)
Special :11/22/1928"Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly, in Paris
Special :03/04/1928"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
Special :05/19/1928"Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
Special :08/27/192816 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident
Special :09/11/19281st TV drama-WGY's Queens Messenger
Special :01/01/19281st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
Special :06/08/19281st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
Special :06/09/19281st aerial cross of Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia
Special :05/31/19281st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland
Special :07/06/19281st all-talking motion picture shown, in NY (Lights of NY)
Special :12/19/19281st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US
Special :11/01/19281st celebration of Author's Day
Special :07/03/19281st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
Special :01/17/19281st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
Special :12/20/19281st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montr‚al, Qu
Special :02/22/19281st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
Special :02/07/19281st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
Special :07/12/19281st televised tennis match
Special :04/13/19281st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hnefeld-K”hl)
Special :02/08/19281st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
Special :10/04/192825th World Series begins, NY Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals
Special :02/11/19282nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
Special :09/15/1928400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva
Special :03/13/1928450 die in St Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
Special :05/19/192851 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal)
Special :05/01/19286 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania
Special :08/12/19289th Olympic Games closes in Amsterdam
Special :07/28/19289th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam
Special :05/17/19289th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
Special :11/17/1928A Schaumasse discovers asteroid #1114 Lorraine
Special :03/16/1928A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1303 Luthera
Special :05/26/1928A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4
Special :07/27/1928AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms
Special :09/01/1928Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king
Special :06/28/1928Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention
Special :01/01/1928Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
Special :04/15/1928Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms
Special :05/25/1928Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
Special :04/12/1928Assassination attempt on king Victor Emanuel II of Italy
Special :05/23/1928Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
Special :08/31/1928Brecht & Weils "Dreigroschenoper" premiers
Special :11/12/1928British steamer "Vestris" capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110
Special :12/11/1928Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover
Special :02/19/1928Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal
Special :09/18/1928Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928
Special :09/15/1928Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
Special :04/01/1928Chaing Kai-sheks army battles with Yang-tse
Special :04/30/1928Cherkess Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1957)
Special :10/06/1928Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China
Special :10/22/1928China expells all Russian instructors & civil servants
Special :01/28/1928Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101
Special :05/01/1928Drunken fascist Erich Wichman harasses VARA-radio transmitter
Special :09/17/1928E Delporte discovers asteroid #1122 Neith
Special :10/06/1928E Delporte discovers asteroid #1124 Stroobantia
Special :10/08/1928Eastern Soccer League forms in US
Special :07/07/1928Edward Hamm of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11"
Special :05/07/1928England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
Special :05/19/1928Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die
Special :10/03/1928French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42
Special :06/28/1928Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
Special :05/29/1928Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
Special :09/13/1928G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1099 Figneria
Special :08/10/1928G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1110 Jaroslawa
Special :09/21/1928G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1123 Shapleya
Special :10/11/1928G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1734 Zhongolovich
Special :10/07/1928G Neujmin discovers asteroid #2484 Parenago
Special :05/11/1928General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY)
Special :10/06/1928Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China
Special :07/30/1928George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie
Special :12/13/1928George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)
Special :10/15/1928German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, NJ
Special :11/01/1928Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km
Special :07/21/1928H E Wood discovers asteroid #1096 Reunerta
Special :07/19/1928H E Wood discovers asteroid #1305 Pongola
Special :07/10/1928H E Wood discovers asteroid #3300
Special :07/26/1928Heavyweight Gene Tunney KOs Tom Heeney (NYC)
Special :08/27/1928Helen Mills beats Helen Hull Jacobs to win US Tennis championship
Special :11/06/1928Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for pres
Special :11/07/1928Herbert Hoover (R) elected president
Special :11/10/1928Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan
Special :09/17/1928Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
Special :09/16/1928Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
Special :11/05/1928J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1102 Pepita
Special :04/19/1928Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
Special :08/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
Special :06/24/1928Johnny Farrell wins US Open golf tournament
Special :11/04/1928Jos‚ Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
Special :09/18/1928Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above The Channel
Special :09/28/1928Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
Special :01/26/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1083 Salvia & #1155 Aenna
Special :02/26/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1091 Spiraea
Special :08/11/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1097 Vicia
Special :12/09/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1104 Syringa
Special :02/22/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1156 Kira
Special :05/21/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1304 Arosa
Special :02/24/1928K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3227 Hasegawa
Special :03/27/1928KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions
Special :09/13/1928KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions
Special :10/04/1928KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet
Special :05/02/1928KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
Special :11/11/1928KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
Special :09/12/1928Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess"
Special :08/27/1928Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war
Special :07/19/1928King Foead of Egypt disbands parliament
Special :12/13/1928L Volta discovers asteroid #1115 Sabauda
Special :05/01/1928Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
Special :10/06/1928Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
Special :10/01/1928Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour
Special :09/30/1928Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
Special :09/09/1928M Wolf discovers asteroid #1365 Henyey
Special :08/17/1928M Wolf discovers asteroid #2483 Guinevere
Special :12/05/1928MW Miklas elected president of Austria
Special :04/26/1928Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London
Special :04/14/1928Maddus AL starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
Special :04/09/1928Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
Special :09/19/1928Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
Special :03/15/1928Mussolini modifies Italian electoral system
Special :08/02/1928Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Special :12/23/1928NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast network
Special :06/25/1928NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
Special :04/14/1928NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :06/12/1928NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
Special :03/11/1928Netherlands-Belgium 1 to 1 radio report of Han Hollander begins
Special :02/20/1928O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1090 Sumida
Special :09/05/1928O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1098 Hakone
Special :09/11/1928P Shajn discovers asteroid 1120 Cannonia, 1121 Natascha & 1610 Mirnaya
Special :08/15/1928P Shajn discovers asteroids #1112 Polonia & #1113 Katja
Special :07/08/1928Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
Special :05/01/1928Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
Special :09/17/1928Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning
Special :01/06/1928Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium zest (against oecumene)
Special :10/22/1928Pres Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"
Special :09/28/1928Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
Special :05/07/1928Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
Special :10/07/1928Race Tafari Makonnen crowned as king of Abyssinia
Special :12/01/1928Railroad museum opens in Utrect Neth
Special :06/14/1928Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover
Special :01/31/1928Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
Special :02/08/1928Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
Special :09/09/1928Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ¬"
Special :08/13/1928Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
Special :01/10/1928Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
Special :01/10/1928Stalin sends Trotsky to Wjerny, Siberia
Special :04/09/1928Turkey passes separation of church & state
Special :11/03/1928Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
Special :09/28/1928US acknowledge Chinese govt of Chiang Kai-shek
Special :09/27/1928US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
Special :09/06/1928USSR signs Briand-Kellogg-pact
Special :05/24/1928Umberto Nobile fly airship over North Pole again
Special :11/20/1928WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions
Special :11/11/1928WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
Special :05/10/1928WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
Special :11/11/1928WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
Special :11/11/1928WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
Special :11/18/1928Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
Special :07/06/1928Worlds largest hailstone 1« lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska
Special :09/29/1928Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10
Special :09/28/1928Yanks clinch pennant #6
Special :07/26/1928Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1
Special :03/29/1928Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
Special :11/18/192873øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :04/05/192880øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :10/18/192882øF highest temperature for this date in NYC

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