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1928 Historical Event(s)
January 23, 1928
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
March 12, 1928
– In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people.
May 3, 1928
– Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
May 15, 1928
– Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
June 8, 1928
– Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping (“Northern peace”).
June 9, 1928
– Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
July 27, 1928
– Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
October 8, 1928
– Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella’s Violin Concerto.
October 12, 1928
– An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
November 22, 1928
– The premier performance of Ravel’s Boléro takes place in Paris.
Who Were Born On 1928?
January 9, 1928
– Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (d. 1994)
January 16, 1928
– Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
January 24, 1928
– Desmond Morris, British anthropologist
March 4, 1928
– Alan Sillitoe, English writer (d. 2010)
March 12, 1928
– Edward Albee, American dramatist
April 8, 1928
– Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist
June 5, 1928
– Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
June 7, 1928
– Reg Park, British bodybuilder (d. 2007)
September 6, 1928
– Robert M. Pirsig, American author
October 2, 1928
– George “Spanky” McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)