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 25, 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
- 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.
- March 21, 1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
- May 3, 1928 – Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 – The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
- October 12, 1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
- October 22, 1928 – Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
- 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 22, 1928 – The premier performance of Ravel’s Boléro takes place in Paris.
- 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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