Notable Deaths on August 28

Q: Who died on August 28?

Notable people who died on August 28 include: Magnus Maximus, Augustine of Hippo, Orestes, Fatimah, Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I.

Q: What is Al Arbour known for?

Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)

105 people 388 – 2024

August 28 has seen 105 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 388 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2015 — Al Arbour

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)

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Under Arbour, the New York Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983 and won a record 19 consecutive playoff series through 1984

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His 740 wins with the Islanders is the most for a coach with one team in NHL history

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He played his first professional games with the Detroit Red Wings in 1953

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Claimed by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1958, Arbour would help the team win a championship in 1961

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Arbour played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the next five years, winning another Cup in 1962

Magnus Maximus

Roman emperor (born 335)

Magnus Maximus was Roman emperor in the West from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian.

388

Augustine of Hippo

Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (born 354)

Augustine of Hippo was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Roman Africa and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of the most influential philosophers in the history of the Western world,…

430

Orestes

Roman general and politician

Orestes was a Roman general and politician of Pannonian ancestry. He joined the court of Attila the Hun in his native Pannonia, in which he reached a high position, becoming one of Attila's most trusted men. Orestes…

476

Fatimah

daughter of Muhammad (born 605)

Fatima bint Muhammad, commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra', was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam.…

632

Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I

ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (born 615)

Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, also known as Pacal or Pacal the Great, was ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology. He acceded to the throne in July 615 and…

683

Kōken

emperor of Japan (born 718)

Empress Kōken was the 46th and 48th monarch of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Seeking to protect the bloodline of Prince Kusakabe, her father, Emperor Shōmu, proclaimed her the first crown…

770

Louis the German

Frankish king (born 804)

Louis the German, also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the Pious, emperor of Francia, and his…

876

He Gui

Chinese general (born 858)

He Gui, courtesy name Guangyuan (光遠), was a major general in the service of the Later Liang state during the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He served as Later Liang's overall commander of its…

919

Xing Zong

Chinese emperor (born 1016)

Emperor Xingzong of Liao, personal name Zhigu, sinicised name Yelü Zongzhen, was the seventh emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.

1055

Mu'in ad-Din Unur

Turkish ruler and regent

Mu'in ad-Din Unur was the ruler of Damascus from 1140 to 1149. He was a Turkoman slave of Burid emirs.

1149

Eleanor of Portugal

Queen of Denmark

Eleanor of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta, the only daughter of Afonso II of Portugal and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal. Eleanor was Queen of Denmark by marriage to Valdemar the Young, son of Valdemar II, in…

1231

Levon IV

king of Armenia (born 1309)

Leo IV or Leon IV was the last Hethumid king of Cilicia, ruling from 1320 until his death. He was the son of Oshin of Armenia and Isabel of Korikos, and came to the throne on the death of his father. His name is…

1341

John de Sutton V

Baron Sutton of Dudley (born 1380)

Sir John de Sutton V was the 4th Baron Sutton of Dudley and heir to Dudley Castle. He was the son of Sir John de Sutton IV, 3rd Baron Sutton, and Joan. John married Constance Blount, daughter of Sir Walter le Blount of…

1406

Afonso V

king of Portugal (born 1432)

Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Aragon, Afonso acceded to the throne when…

1481

Federico II Gonzaga

duke of Mantua (born 1500)

Federico II of Gonzaga was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536.

1540

Francis Vere

English governor and general

Sir Francis Vere was an English army officer and politician who served during the reign of Elizabeth I and fought mainly in the Low Countries during the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War. Vere was…

1609

Hugo Grotius

Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (born 1583)

Hugo Grotius, also known as Hugo de Groot or Huig de Groot, was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright. A teenage prodigy, he was born in Delft and studied at Leiden…

1645

Johannes Banfi Hunyades

English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (born 1576)

János Bánfihunyadi, better known by his Latinized name Johannes Banfi Hunyades or his pseudonym Hans Hungar, was a Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. He emigrated to England in 1608 and built a reputation…

1646

George Lisle

English general (born 1610)

Sir George Lisle was a professional soldier from London who briefly served in the later stages of the Eighty and Thirty Years War, then fought for the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Captured at…

1648

Charles Lucas

English general (born 1613)

Sir Charles Lucas was a member of the landed gentry from Essex. A Royalist cavalry leader during the First English Civil War, in March 1646 he swore not to fight against Parliament again, but broke this promise when the…

1648

Axel Oxenstierna

Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (born 1583)

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a…

1654

Elisabetta Sirani

Italian painter (born 1638)

Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bologna. She became a successful painter,…

1665

John Berkeley

1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1602)

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton of Berkeley House in Westminster and of Twickenham Park in Middlesex, was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.…

1678

Edwin Stead

English landowner and cricketer (born 1701)

Edwin Stead was a patron of English cricket, particularly of Kent teams in the 1720s. He usually captained his teams but nothing is known about his ability as a player. He was born at Harrietsham in Kent and died in…

1735

David Hartley

English psychologist and philosopher (born 1705)

David Hartley was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of psychology. His most famous work is Observations on Man (1749).

1757

Melchor de Navarrete

Spanish colonial governor of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia, 1739–1742); of Spanish Florida (1749–1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754–1758) (born 1693)

Melchor de Navarrete y Bujanda (1693–1761) was a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as governor of Cartagena de Indias, from 1739 to 1742; of Spanish Florida from 1749 to 1752; and of Yucatán, from 1754 to…

1761

Junípero Serra

Spanish priest and missionary (born 1713)

Junípero Serra Ferrer, popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a…

1784

Adam Philippe

Comte de Custine, French general (born 1740)

Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine was a French Army officer. As a young officer in the French Royal Army, he served in the Seven Years' War. In the American Revolutionary War he joined Rochambeau's Expédition Particulière…

1793

Alexander Carlyle

Scottish church leader and author (born 1722)

Alexander Carlyle was a Scottish church leader, and autobiographer. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1770/71.

1805

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

American fur trader, founded Chicago (born 1750)

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. The site where he settled near the mouth of the…

1818

Andrew Ellicott

American surveyor and urban planner (born 1754)

Andrew Ellicott was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles…

1820

Edward Dando

English thief

Edward Dando was a thief who came to public notice in Britain because of his unusual habit of overeating at food stalls and inns, and then revealing that he had no money to pay. Although the fare he consumed was varied,…

1832

William Smith

English geologist and engineer (born 1769)

William 'Strata' Smith was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific…

1839

Julius Krohn

Finnish poet and journalist (born 1835)

Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn was a Finnish folk poetry researcher, professor of Finnish literature, poet, hymn writer, translator and journalist. He was born in Viipuri and was of Baltic German origin. Krohn worked as a…

1888

Robert Caldwell

English missionary and linguist (born 1814)

Robert Caldwell was a British missionary and linguist.

1891

Henry Sidgwick

English economist and philosopher (born 1838)

Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence.

1900

Frederick Law Olmsted

American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (born 1822)

Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States. Olmsted was famous for…

1903

Adolf Schmal

Austrian fencer and cyclist (born 1872)

Felix Adolf Schmal was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist. He was born in Dortmund and died in Salzburg. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

1919

Edgeworth David

Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (born 1858)

Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David was a Welsh Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and military veteran. He was knighted for his role in World War 1.

1934

George Prendergast

Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (born 1854)

George Michael "Mick" Prendergast was an Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Victoria. He was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Stawell, Victoria. He was apprenticed as a…

1937

Georg Hellat

Estonian architect (born 1870)

Georg Hellat was an Estonian architect.

1943

Boris III of Bulgaria (born 1894)

Boris III was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.

1943

Emmett Till

African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941)

Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. The…

1955

Bohuslav Martinů

Czech-American composer and educator (born 1890)

Bohuslav Jan Martinů was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores, and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental works. He became a violinist in…

1959

Giulio Racah

Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (born 1909)

Giulio (Yoel) Racah was an Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician. He was Acting President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1961 to 1962.

1965

Dimitris Pikionis

Greek architect and academic (born 1887)

Demetrios "Dimitris" Pikionis was a Greek architect, and also painter, of the 20th century who had a considerable influence on modern Greek architecture. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics,…

1968

Reuvein Margolies

Israeli author and scholar (born 1889)

Reuben Margolies was an Israeli author, Talmudic scholar and head of the Rambam library.

1971

Prince William of Gloucester (born 1941)

Prince William of Gloucester was a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, he was a grandson of George V, nephew of Edward VIII…

1972

Fritz Wotruba

Austrian sculptor (born 1907)

Fritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria. In his work, he increasingly dissolves figurative components in…

1975

Anissa Jones

American actress (born 1958)

Mary Anissa Jones was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from a drug overdose, five years after the show ended.

1976

Bruce Catton

American historian and journalist (born 1899)

Charles Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist who wrote books concerning the American Civil War. As a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring interesting characters and…

1978

Robert Shaw

English actor (born 1927)

Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII,…

1978

Béla Guttmann

Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1899)

Béla Guttmann was a Hungarian footballer and coach. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and was Jewish. He was deported by the Nazis to a Nazi slave labor camp where he was tortured; he survived the Holocaust.…

1981

Geoff Chubb

South African cricketer (born 1911)

Geoffrey Walter Ashton Chubb was a South African cricketer who played five Test matches for South Africa on the tour of England in 1951 aged 40.

1982

Muhammad Naguib

Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (born 1901)

Major General Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan, known simply as Mohamed Naguib, was an Sudanese-born Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who, along with Gamal Abdel Nasser, was one of the two principal…

1984

Ruth Gordon

American actress and screenwriter (born 1896)

Ruth Gordon Jones was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19. Known for her nasal voice and…

1985

Russell Lee

American photographer and journalist (born 1903)

Russell Werner Lee was an American photographer and photojournalist, best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) during the Great Depression. His images documented the ethnography of various…

1986

John Huston

Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)

John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous…

1987

Jean Marchand

Canadian union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (born 1918)

Jean Marchand was a Québécois public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada.

1988

Max Shulman

American author and screenwriter (born 1919)

Maximilian Shulman was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis, as well as for best-selling novels.

1988

John Steptoe

American author and illustrator (born 1950)

John Steptoe was an author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African-American experience. He is best known for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, which was acknowledged by literary critics as a…

1989

Willy Vandersteen

Belgian author and illustrator (born 1913)

Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "Willy" Vandersteen was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more…

1990

Alekos Sakellarios

Greek director and screenwriter (born 1913)

Alekos Sakellarios was a Greek writer and a director.

1991

William Stafford

American poet and academic (born 1914)

William Edgar Stafford was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970.

1993

Earl W. Bascom

American rodeo performer and painter (born 1906)

Earl Wesley Bascom was an American-Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboying and…

1995

Michael Ende

German scientist and author (born 1929)

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story ; other well-known works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver.…

1995

Jacques Dufilho

French actor (born 1914)

Jacques Dufilho was a French actor. He was born in Bègles (Gironde) and he died in Lectoure (Gers).

2005

Esther Szekeres

Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1910)

Esther Szekeres was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.

2005

George Szekeres

Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1911)

George Szekeres AM FAA, born Szekeres György, was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician. After migrating to Australia after World War II, he worked first for the University of Adelaide, and then the University of New…

2005

Heino Lipp

Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (born 1922)

Heino Lipp was an Estonian athlete, who was one of the greatest decathlete in the decade of the 1940s, but he was never able to compete in the Olympic Games, because citizens of the Soviet Union were never allowed to…

2006

Benoît Sauvageau

Canadian educator and politician (born 1963)

Benoît Sauvageau was a Canadian politician, who served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until his death in 2006.

2006

Melvin Schwartz

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)

Melvin Schwartz was an American physicist. He shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leon M. Lederman and Jack Steinberger for their development of the neutrino beam method and their demonstration of the doublet…

2006

Arthur Jones

American businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (born 1926)

Arthur Allen Jones was the founder of Nautilus, Inc. and MedX, Inc. and the inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, including the Nautilus pullover, which was first sold in 1970. Jones was a pioneer in the field of…

2007

Hilly Kristal

American businessman, founded CBGB (born 1932)

Hillel Kristal was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute.

2007

Paul MacCready

American engineer and businessman, founded AeroVironment (born 1925)

Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing…

2007

Francisco Umbral

Spanish journalist and author (born 1935)

Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez, better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.

2007

Miyoshi Umeki

Japanese-American actress (born 1929)

Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese American singer and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting.

2007

Phil Hill

American race car driver (born 1927)

Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across eight…

2008

Adam Goldstein

American drummer, DJ, and producer (born 1973)

Adam Michael Goldstein, known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock perform his 1983 single "Rockit".…

2009

Richard Egan

US Ambassador, Owner of Dell EMC, Engineer (born 1936)

Richard John Egan was an American business executive, political fundraiser, and United States Ambassador to Ireland (2001–2003).

2009

William P. Foster

American bandleader and educator (born 1919)

William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998. His innovations…

2010

Bernie Gallacher

English footballer (born 1967)

Bernard Gallacher was a Scottish professional footballer who made 113 appearances in the English Football League, playing predominantly at left-back.

2011

Rhodes Boyson

English educator and politician (born 1925)

Sir Rhodes Boyson was an English educator, author and Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Brent North. He was knighted and made a member of the Privy Council in 1987.

2012

Shulamith Firestone

Canadian-American activist and author (born 1945)

Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone was a radical feminist writer and activist. She was a prominent figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-wave feminism and a founding member of three radical…

2012

Dick McBride

American author, poet, and playwright (born 1928)

Richard William McBride was an American beat poet, playwright and novelist. He worked at City Lights Booksellers & Publishers from 1954 to 1969.

2012

Saul Merin

Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (born 1933)

Saul Merin was an Israeli ophthalmologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal and genetic eye diseases.

2012

Ramón Sota

Spanish golfer (born 1938)

Ramón Sota Ocejo was a Spanish professional golfer.

2012

John Bellany

Scottish painter and academic (born 1942)

John Bellany was a Scottish painter.

2013

Lorella Cedroni

Italian political scientist and philosopher (born 1961)

Lorella Cedroni was an Italian political philosopher.

2013

Edmund B. Fitzgerald

American businessman (born 1926)

Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald was an American business executive from Wisconsin and was a key figure in bringing major league baseball back to Milwaukee in the form of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970.

2013

Frank Pulli

American baseball player and umpire (born 1935)

Frank Victor Pulli was an American professional baseball umpire, working in the National League from 1972 until 1999. He umpired many postseason games, including four World Series. Pulli wore uniform number 14 during…

2013

Barry Stobart

English footballer (born 1938)

Barry Henry Stobart was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Shrewsbury Town during the 1960s.

2013

Rafael Díaz Ycaza

Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (born 1925)

Rafael Díaz Ycaza was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, short story writer, and columnist for the Ecuadorian newspaper El Universo.

2013

Glenn Cornick

English bass guitarist (born 1947)

Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was an English bass guitarist, and the original bassist for the British rock band Jethro Tull from 1967 to 1970. Rolling Stone has called his playing with Tull as "stout, nimble…

2014

Hal Finney

American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)

Harold Thomas Finney II was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and…

2014

John Anthony Walker

American soldier and spy (born 1937)

John Anthony Walker Jr. was a United States Navy chief warrant officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1985 and sentenced to life in prison.

2014

Mark Krasniqi

Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (born 1920)

Mark Krasniqi was a Kosovar Albanian ethnographist, publicist, writer and translator who did most of his work while residing in Yugoslavia.

2015

Nelson Shanks

American painter and educator (born 1937)

John Nelson Shanks was an American artist and painter. His best known works include his portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, first shown at Hirschl & Adler Gallery in New York City, April 24 to June 28, 1996, and the…

2015

Juan Gabriel

Mexican singer and songwriter (born 1950)

Alberto Aguilera Valadez, known professionally as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer-songwriter. Colloquially nicknamed Juanga and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style, which broke norms…

2016

Mr. Fuji

American professional wrestler and manager (born 1934)

Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara was an American professional wrestler, actor and manager, known professionally by his ring name Mr. Fuji. He was famous for often throwing salt in the eyes of fan favorite wrestlers. Notable…

2016

Mireille Darc

French actress and model (born 1938)

Mireille Darc was a French actress, director, photographer, singer and model. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Weekend. Darc was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the…

2017

Chadwick Boseman

American actor and playwright (born 1976)

Chadwick Aaron Boseman was an American actor and playwright. Through his two-decade career, he appeared in a number of projects spanning both blockbuster and independent films, and received various accolades, including…

2020

Obi Ndefo

American actor (born 1972)

Obi Ndefo was an American actor and yoga teacher, best known as Bodie Wells on the television drama Dawson's Creek, and for his recurring role as Rak'nor in Stargate SG-1.

2024

Steve Silberman

American writer and journalist (born 1957)

Stephen Louis Silberman was an American writer for Wired magazine and was an editor and contributor there for more than two decades. In 2010, Silberman was awarded the AAAS "Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine…

2024

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Who died on August 28?

Al Arbour — Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive (1932-2015)

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Known forHe is seventh for games coached in National Hockey League history and eighth all-time in wins

Deaths on this date105 (388 – 2024)

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Phoenix shooting: A man opens fire on pedestrians outside of a hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, resulting in the deaths of three people, including the perpetrator. Wikipedia →

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China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long stalemate over China's construction of a road in disputed territory. Wikipedia →

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The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Wikipedia →

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