1928 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1928?
- January 23, 1928 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 28, 1928 – C.V. Raman discovers Raman effect.
- March 12, 1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people.
- April 26, 1928 – Los Angeles City Hall dedicated.
- June 4, 1928 – President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- June 8, 1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping (“Northern peace”).
- June 18, 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
- July 27, 1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
- September 1, 1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- September 17, 1928 – The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
- September 18, 1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- September 27, 1928 – The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
- September 28, 1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
- October 1, 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
- October 12, 1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
- October 28, 1928 – Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung.
- November 12, 1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 mi off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
- November 18, 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey’s birthday.
- December 6, 1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
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