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Contents  (full)

1 Events of 1928

-  Jan. ^. Feb. ^. March ^. April

-  May ^. June ^. July  ^.  Aug.

-  Sept. ^. Oct. ^. Nov. ^.  Dec.

-  Undated ^. Ongoing ^.

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Nobel Prizes

5 See also -  Notes -  External links

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Events of 1928

January

Jan.7: Tidal wave fills Tower's moat.

• January 1 - Estonia changes its currency from mark to kroon.
• January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned.
• January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843 (and planted with grass), is completely refilled by a tidal wave.
• January 12 - U.S. murderer Ruth Snyder executed at Ossining.
• January 15 - North Korea unvails the atomic bomb and uses it aginst venezuela
• January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turkestan.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x612, 240 KB) The Tower of London, viewed from the SwissRe tower. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (816x612, 240 KB) The Tower of London, viewed from the SwissRe tower. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Tower of London (disambiguation) Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is an historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The mark was the currency of Estonia between 1919 and 1928. ... The Kroon is the official currency of Estonia. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats (also known as a Fosse) were deep and wide water-filled trenches, excavated to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... For other uses, see Tower of London (disambiguation) Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is an historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ruth Snyder Execution Ruth Snyder (1895 – January 12, 1928) was executed for the murder of her husband, Albert Snyder. ... Ossining is the name of a CDP and a township in Westchester County, New York: Ossining (town) Ossining (village) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Obedinennoe Gosudarstvennoe Politicheskoe Upravlenie (or OGPU) (Combined State Political Directorate, also translated as All Union State Political Board) was the name of the secret police in the Soviet Union in one of the stages of its development. ... 1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Trotskii, Trotski, Trotzky) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 - August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (&#1051... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

February

• February - Kurume University (Japan) established
• February 11 - II Olympic Winter Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland
• February 12 - Heavy hail kills 11 in England
• February 20 - Swung parliament produced in Japan after the general election.
• February 25 - Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.

Kurume University (Japanese: 久留米大学 Kurume Daigaku, abbreviated to 久大) is a private university. ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland. ... St. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the precipitation. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 16th General Election of Japan of the House of Representatives was the first election in Japan after the diet passed the General Election Law. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Jenkins Laboratories was the enterprise headed by United States,station W3XK. Charles Jenkins Laboratories closed after Mr. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Federal Radio Commission Seal The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) was a government body that regulated radio use in the United States from its creation in 1927 until its replacement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1934. ...

March

• March 12
  • Malta becomes a British dominion
  • In California, the St. Francis Dam north of Los Angeles fails killing 400
• March 21 - Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight.
• March 26 - China Academy of Art founded in Hangzhou in Republic of China, first named National Academy of Art

is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Commonwealth of Nations, previously the British Empire, dominion is the term used to refer to a current or former territory of the shared Crown, other than the United Kingdom. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Colorized photo of the St. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 – 26 August 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. ... The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States. ... “Atlantic” redirects here. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... China Academy of Art is an art school in mainland China. ... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ...

April

• April 10 - Pineapple Primary - Republican Party primary elections in Chicago preceded by assassinations and bombings
• April 12 - Bomb attack against the Dictator of Italy in Milan - 17 bystanders dead
• April 22 - Earthquake destroys Corinth - 200.000 buildings destroyed

is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pineapple Primary was the name given to a Republican primary election held in Chicago on April 10, 1928 in which more than 60 bombs were thrown and politicians were killed. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... Corinth, or Korinth (Greek: Κόρινθος, Kórinthos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ...

May

• May 10 - The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric's television station W2XB (the station was popularly known as WGY Television; after its sister radio station, WGY).
• May 15
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, commenced operations
  • Release of the animated short Plane Crazy, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
• May 23 - Bomb attack against Italian consulate in Buenos Aires - 22 dead, 41 injured
• May 24 - Airship Italia crashes on the North Pole; one of the occupants is Italian general Umberto Nobile
• May 30 - A rescue expedition leaves for the North Pole

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June

• June 4 - Zhang Zuolin, President of the Republic of China and warlord, is killed by Japanese agents during the Huanggutun Incident.
• June 8 - By seizing Beijing and renaming it Běipíng, the NRA puts an end to the Fengtian warlords' Běiyáng government there.
• June 11 - Medical doctor's strike begins in Vienna
• June 14 - Students take over the medical wing of Rosario University in Argentina
• June 17 - Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to successfully pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she succeeded the next day).
• June 20 - Shooting incident in Yugoslavian parliament - Punica Rasic shoots 3 opposition representatives and injures three others
• June 24 - Swedish aeroplane rescues part of Italian North Pole expedition, including Umberto Nobile. Soviet icebreaker Krasin saves the rest July 12
• June 28 - The Great Gorge and International Railway switches to one-man crews for its trolleys in Canada.
• June 29 - New York Governor Alfred E. Smith becomes the first Catholic nominated by a major political party for U.S. President, at the Democratic National Convention in Houston, Texas.

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July

• July 2
  • Jenkins Laboratories' W3XK station begins broadcasting on 6.42 MHz using 48 lines.
  • The Representation of the People Act 1928 becomes law, extending the right to vote to all women in the United Kingdom.
• July 6 - The world's largest hailstone falls in Potter, Nebraska.
• July 12 - Mexican aviator Emilio Carranza dies in a solo plane crash in the New Jersey Pine Barrens while returning from a goodwill flight to New York City.
• July 17 - José de León Toral assassinates Álvaro Obregón, president of Mexico.
• July 25 - U.S.A. recalls its troops from China
• July 27 - Tich Freeman becomes only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before end of July.
• July 28 - Official opening ceremony of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

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August

• August 16 - Murderer Carl Panzram is arrested in Washington, DC after killing about 20 people.
• August 22 - Alfred E. Smith accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, with WGY/W2XB simulcasting the event on radio and television.
• August 25 - Ahmet Zogu proclaims himself King Zog I of Albania; he is crowned September 1
• August 26 - May Donoghue finds the remains of a snail in her gingerbeer, launching Donoghue v. Stevenson.
• August 27 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris - it was the first treaty which outlawed aggressive war.
• August 29 - Club Deportivo Motagua of Honduras is founded.

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September

• September 1 - Richard Byrd leaves New York for Arctic.
• September 3 - Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin.
• September 11 - Kenmore's WMAK station starts broadcasting in Buffalo, New York.
• September 15 - Tich Freeman sets all-time record for number of wickets taken in an English cricket season.
• September 16 - The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane kills at least 2,500 people in Florida.
• September 25 - Motorola is founded.

is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an pioneering polar explorer and famous aviator. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. ... For the Japanese rock band, see Penicillin (band). ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenmore is a village located in Erie County, New York. ... WMAK-DT channel 7 is a digital television station serving the Knoxville, Tennessee area. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Tich Freeman (Alfred Percy Freeman; born May 17, 1888; died January 28, 1965) was a Kent leg spin bowler and the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lowest pressure 929 mbar (hPa; 27. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Motorola Inc. ...

October

• October 2 - Saint Josemaria Escriva, founds Opus Dei
• October 7 - Haile Selassie crowned king (not yet emperor) of Abyssinia
• October 12 - An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
• October 19 - William Edward Hickman is executed at San Quentin prison for the 1927 murder of Marian Parker.

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November

• November 4 - At Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, Arnold Rothstein, New York City's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game.
• November 6
  • Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the old warrior king.
  • U.S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith.
• November 10 - Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
• November 17 - The Boston Garden opens in Boston.
• November 18 - Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the first sound cartoon.

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December

• December 3 - In Rio de Janeiro, a seaplane sent to greet Alberto Santos-Dumont crashed near Cap Arcona, killing all on board.
• December 5 - Police disperses Sicilian gangs' meeting in Cleveland
• December 21 - U.S. Congress approves the construction of The Boulder Dam, later renamed The Hoover Dam

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Undated

• Coca Cola enters Europe through the Amsterdam Olympics.
• Eliot Ness begins to lead the prohibition unit in Chicago.
• The old Canaanite city of Ugarit is rediscovered.
• Turkey switches from the Arabic to the Latin-based modern Turkish alphabet.
• Frederick Griffith conducts Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving existence of DNA.
• First (and last) Best Title Writing Academy Award given.
• The Episcopal Church in the United States of America ratifies a new revision of the Book of Common Prayer.
• W2XBS, RCA's first television station, is established in New York City.
• Australian farmer, Jack Trott, finds Rhizanthella gardneri in his garden.
• The first patent for the transistor principle was registered in Germany to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld.

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Births

January-February

• January 2
  • Robert Goralski - American journalist at Voice of America, NBC News (d. 1988)
  • Daisaku Ikeda - Japanese President of the Nichiren Buddhist religious organization, the Soka Gakkai International
• January 5
  • Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1979)
  • Walter Mondale, U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate
• January 6 - George H. Ross, American senior vice president of Trump Organization
• January 7 - William Peter Blatty, American writer
• January 10 - Philip Levine, American poet
• January 11 - David L. Wolper, American television producer
• January 16 - William Kennedy, American author
• January 17
  • Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
  • Vidal Sassoon, English hairdresser
• January 23 - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)
• January 23 - Jeanne Moreau, French actress
• January 24 - Desmond Morris, English anthropologist and writer
• January 26 - Roger Vadim, French film director (d. 2000)
• January 30 - Hal Prince, American stage producer and director
• February 5 - Andrew Greeley, American Catholic priest and novelist
• February 9
  • Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
  • Roger Mudd, American journalist
• February 22 - Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer
• February 23 - Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (d. 1990)
• February 23 - Ralph Earnhardt, American Race car driver (d. 1973)
• February 26
  • Fats Domino, American musician
  • Anatoli Filipchenko, cosmonaut
• February 27 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel

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One of the most successful and influential producers in the entertainment industry-responsible for classics such as Roots (TV miniseries), The Thorn Birds, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist from Albany, NY, whose novels, many of which feature the interaction of members of the fictional Phelan family, are based in local history and the supernatural. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Barraqué (January 17, 1928 – August 17, 1973) was a French composer. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928) is a hairdresser. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hal Prince (born January 30, 1928), full name Harold Smith Prince, is a American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rev. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is one of the worlds most influential fantasy and science fiction artists. ... Roger Mudd, born February 9, 1928 in Washington, is a U.S. television journalist. ... is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruce Forsyth, CBE (born Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson on 22 February 1928) is a British showman and entertainer who achieved celebrity on the show Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present the television shows The Generation Game, Play Your... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Vasili Grigoryevich Lazarev (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Лазарев; February 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ralph Earnhardt (died 1973) was a NASCAR racing legend and father of Dale Earnhardt. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928) is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwri