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Died on July 28th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Margot Asquith |
Socialite |
2-Feb-1864 |
28-Jul-1945 |
Wife of Herbert Henry Asquith |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Composer |
21-Mar-1685 |
28-Jul-1750 |
Baroque composer |
| Jim Bannon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1984 |
Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
Playwright |
6-Mar-1619 |
28-Jul-1655 |
Voyage dans la Lune |
| Mary Ellen Chase |
Scholar |
24-Feb-1887 |
28-Jul-1973 |
Silas Crockett |
| Fred P. Cone |
Politician |
28-Sep-1871 |
28-Jul-1948 |
Governor of Florida, 1937-41 |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Thomas Cromwell |
Government |
c. 1485 |
28-Jul-1540 |
Advisor to Henry VIII |
| Marie Dressler |
Actor |
2-Nov-1868 |
28-Jul-1934 |
Min and Bill |
| Jill Esmond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1908 |
28-Jul-1990 |
The Skin Game |
| Joan Finney |
Politician |
12-Feb-1925 |
28-Jul-2001 |
Governor of Kansas, 1991-95 |
| Ralph F. Gates |
Politician |
24-Feb-1893 |
28-Jul-1978 |
Governor of Indiana, 1945-49 |
| Allvar Gullstrand |
Doctor |
5-Jun-1862 |
28-Jul-1930 |
Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye |
| Antonio Guzmán Blanco |
Head of State |
20-Feb-1829 |
28-Jul-1899 |
President of Venezuela, 1870-88 |
| Trygve Haavelmo |
Economist |
13-Dec-1911 |
28-Jul-1999 |
Economic forecasting |
| Otto Hahn |
Chemist |
8-Mar-1879 |
28-Jul-1968 |
Demonstrated fission |
| François Hanriot |
Military |
3-Dec-1759 |
28-Jul-1794 |
Led French revolutionary forces |
| Albert Kingsbury |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1863 |
28-Jul-1943 |
Kingsbury thrust bearing |
| Frank Loesser |
Composer |
29-Jun-1910 |
28-Jul-1969 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Archer J. P. Martin |
Chemist |
1-Mar-1910 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Partition chromatography |
| William James Mayo |
Doctor |
29-Jun-1861 |
28-Jul-1939 |
Co-Founder of the Mayo Clinic |
| Donald J. Pease |
Politician |
26-Sep-1931 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93 |
| Robespierre |
Head of State |
6-May-1758 |
28-Jul-1794 |
Presided over the Reign of Terror |
| Eugene Roche |
Actor |
22-Sep-1928 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Bill Parker on Webster |
| Tony Rosenthal |
Sculptor |
9-Aug-1914 |
28-Jul-2009 |
Abstract sculptor, Alamo |
| Giuseppe Sarti |
Composer |
28-Dec-1729 |
28-Jul-1802 |
I Due Litiganti |
| George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Helen Traubel |
Singer |
16-Jun-1899 |
28-Jul-1972 |
Wagnerian soprano |
| Pope Victor II |
Religion |
1018 |
28-Jul-1057 |
Bishop of Eichstädt, Pope from 1055-57 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Composer |
4-Mar-1678 |
28-Jul-1741 |
The Four Seasons |
| Minor Watson |
Actor |
22-Dec-1889 |
28-Jul-1965 |
Guadalcanal Diary |
| Alfred L. Werker |
Film Director |
2-Dec-1896 |
28-Jul-1975 |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Grant Williams |
Actor |
18-Aug-1930 |
28-Jul-1985 |
The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| John Peter Zenger |
Journalist |
c. 1697 |
28-Jul-1746 |
Sedition against the Crown |
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