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Died on August 28th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Joseph Alsop |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
| St. Augustine |
Religion |
13-Nov-354 AD |
28-Aug-430 AD |
Confessions |
| Warren A. Bechtel |
Business |
12-Sep-1872 |
28-Aug-1933 |
Founder of Bechtel Corporation |
| Charles Boyle |
Military |
1676 |
28-Aug-1731 |
4th Earl of Orrery |
| Jan Clayton |
Actor |
26-Aug-1917 |
28-Aug-1983 |
Ellen Miller on Lassie |
| William Cochran |
Physicist |
30-Jul-1922 |
28-Aug-2003 |
Crystallography |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| George Douglas |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1869 |
28-Aug-1902 |
The House With the Green Shutters |
| Richard J. Egan |
Business |
28-Feb-1936 |
28-Aug-2009 |
Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| Ruth Gordon |
Actor |
30-Oct-1896 |
28-Aug-1985 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Hugo Grotius |
Scholar |
10-Apr-1583 |
28-Aug-1645 |
De Jure Belli ac Pacis |
| David Hartley |
Philosopher |
8-Aug-1705 |
28-Aug-1757 |
Theory of associationism |
| Richard Hughes |
Author |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Leigh Hunt |
Poet |
19-Oct-1784 |
28-Aug-1859 |
Story of Rimini |
| John Huston |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1906 |
28-Aug-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Anissa Jones |
Actor |
11-Mar-1958 |
28-Aug-1976 |
Buffy on Family Affair |
| John Gordon Mein |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
28-Aug-1968 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68 |
| Frederick Law Olmsted |
Architect |
26-Apr-1822 |
28-Aug-1903 |
Designed New York's Central Park |
| Pip Pyle |
Drummer |
4-Apr-1950 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Prominent Canterbury drummer |
| William F. Quinn |
Politician |
13-Jul-1919 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62 |
| Melvin Schwartz |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1932 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Robert Shaw |
Actor |
9-Aug-1927 |
28-Aug-1978 |
Quint in Jaws |
| William Smith |
Geologist |
23-Mar-1769 |
28-Aug-1839 |
Father of English Geology |
| Arthur G. Sorlie |
Politician |
26-Apr-1874 |
28-Aug-1928 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28 |
| William Stafford |
Poet |
17-Jan-1914 |
28-Aug-1993 |
Traveling Through the Dark |
| E. P. Thompson |
Historian |
3-Feb-1924 |
28-Aug-1993 |
The Making of the English Working Class |
| Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Lamar Trotti |
Screenwriter |
18-Oct-1900 |
28-Aug-1952 |
Young Mr. Lincoln |
| Miyoshi Umeki |
Actor |
3-Apr-1929 |
28-Aug-2007 |
Sayonara |
| Robert Walker |
Actor |
13-Oct-1918 |
28-Aug-1951 |
Strangers on a Train |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
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