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September 29, 1928

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Notable Births

Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

1928Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)[โ€ ]

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971, until his death. In 1999, when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords, he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain. When he died, he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer.

Brajesh Mishra

1928Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)[โ€ ]

Brajesh Chandra Mishra was an Indian politician and diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service who is best known for serving as the first National Security Advisor of India from 1998 to 2004. He also served as the principal secretary of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He received the Padma Vibhushan for his contributions.

1928Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)[โ€ ]

Jeffrey Thomas O'Connell was an American legal expert, professor, and attorney. In 1965, O'Connell and Harvard Law School professor Robert Keeton co-authored the book Basic Protection for the Traffic Victim: A Blueprint for Reforming Automobile Insurance, which created the theoretical underpinnings of no-fault law. His specialty was product liability, and he wrote numerous books about this, advocating no-fault insurance for automobiles and other products.

Notable Deaths

John Devoy

1928John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (born 1842)[โ€ ]

John Devoy was an Irish republican rebel and journalist who owned and edited The Gaelic American, a New York weekly newspaper, from 1903 to 1928.

Ernst Steinitz

1928Ernst Steinitz, German mathematician (born 1871)[โ€ ]

Ernst Steinitz was a German mathematician.

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