Major Events
- Feb 3 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')
- Jun 18 American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, landing at Burry Port, Wales
- Aug 27 Kellogg-Briand Pact, 60 nations agree to condemn 'recourse to war for the solution of international controversies'.
- Aug 30 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
- Sep 15 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin while studying influenza
- Oct 2 "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", known as Opus Dei, founded by Catholic priest JosemarĂa Escrivá in Madrid, Spain
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1928 in Film & TV
- Apr 28 RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York, allowing trials of inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson's first home television receiver; a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture was received from radio transmitter
- Jul 2 The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA
- Jul 3 John Logie Baird demonstrates the first colour television transmission in London
- Jul 29 Test footage first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" with Mickey Mouse
- Sep 11 1st ever TV drama WGY's "Queens Messenger" broadcast in the New York area starring Izetta Jewell
- Nov 18 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon
- Dec 23 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1928 in Music
- Jun 28 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End Blues"
1928 in Sport
- Jul 31 Halina Konopacka of Poland hurls discus world record 39.62m to win first gold medal in women's Olympic athletics at the Amsterdam Games; American Lillian Copeland and Ruth Sveberg of Sweden take minor medals
- Oct 9 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman's Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks
Did You Know?
Turkey passes a new alphabet law switching from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet
James Earl Ray
Frank Borman
James Watson
Hosni Mubarak
Che Guevara
Noam Chomsky
Fred Rogers
Maya Angelou
Shirley Temple
John Nash
Stanley Kubrick
Andy Warhol
Fats Domino
Fred Ebb
Burt Bacharach
Charles Strouse
Bo Diddley
Gordie Howe
Earl Lloyd
Betsy Rawls
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Fun Fact About 1928
Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.
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H. H. Asquith
Emmeline Pankhurst
Roald Amundsen
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Famous Weddings in 1928
- Jan 2 Photographer Ansel Adams (25) weds Virginia Best in Yosemite Valley
- Feb 26 American actress Mary Astor (21) weds American film director Kenneth Hawks (30) at her family home "Moorcrest" in the Hollywood Hills, until his death in 1930
- Mar 6 Industrialist Oskar Schindler (19) weds Emilie Schindler (20) in Svitavy, Czech Republic
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