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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.
February 25, 1928
– Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
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).
June 29, 1928
– The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
July 27, 1928
– Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
August 27, 1928
– The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 28, 1928
– Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 10, 1928
– Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
November 15, 1928
– The RNLI Lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew.
Who Were Born On 1928?
January 12, 1928
– Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
February 26, 1928
– Anatoly Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
March 10, 1928
– Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
March 16, 1928
– Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor
March 28, 1928
– Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American political scientist and geostrategist
May 14, 1928
– Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor
May 18, 1928
– Pernell Roberts, American actor (d. 2010)
August 15, 1928
– Nicolas Roeg, English film director
September 14, 1928
– Angus Ogilvy, British businessman, husband of Princess Alexandra (d. 2004)