What Happened in November 1928

Historical Events

Nov 1 1st celebration of Authors' Day

Cricket History

Nov 1 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings

The Age of Zeppelins

Nov 1 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km

The Hindenburg bursts into flames as it approaches its mooring mast. Thirty-six people died.

Nov 1 Turkey passes a new alphabet law switching from the Arabic to the Latin alphabet

Music Premiere

Nov 2 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in US with Leopold Stokowski leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at The Academy of Music, Philadelpha

Murder of Arnold Rothstein

Nov 4 American gangster Arnold Rothstein is shot at a business meeting for reputedly refusing to pay gambling debts (dies 6th November)

Businessman and Mobster Arnold Rothstein

Nov 4 Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
Nov 6 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
Nov 6 Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor

Hoover Elected President

Nov 6 Republican candidate Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Al Smith

Nov 6 Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king

Treasure Girl

Nov 8 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl" premieres in NYC

Emperor Hirohito's Regalia

Nov 10 Emperor Hirohito of Japan's possession of the Imperial Regalia is publicly confirmed

Poincaré Government

Nov 11 France's 5th government of Raymond Poincaré forms

French President and Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré

Nov 11 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
Nov 12 British steamer "Vestris", sailing from NYC to Uruguay, capsizes and sinks off Hampton Roads, Virginia, kills 111, including many women and children
Nov 17 Boston Garden officially opens
Nov 17 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years

Steamboat Willie

Nov 18 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon

Boston Gardens

Nov 20 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0

Nov 20 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions

Bolero

Nov 22 Orchestral work "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly in Paris, France

Nov 26 Philip Barry's play "Holiday" premieres in New York City
Nov 30 Australian cricket legend Don Bradman makes an inauspicious Test debut; scores 18 & 1 vs England in 1st Test in Brisbane; dropped to 12th man for 2nd Test

Vladimir K. Zworykin

Nov 30 Vladimir K. Zworykin receives patent on Iconoscope TV system

Events in 1928

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 James Bradford, American heavyweight weightlifter (Olympic silver 1952, 56), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2013)
Nov 2 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme) (d. 1996)
Nov 2 Leon Hart, American College Football Hall of Fame end and fullback (Heisman Trophy 1949, Notre Dame), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Nov 2 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, born in Manchester, England (d. 2023)
Nov 3 George Yardley III, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (6 × NBA All-Star 1955–60; first player to score 2,000 points in a season; Fort Wayne Pistons), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2004)

Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989)

Nov 3 Japanese manga artist (Kimba the White Lion), born in Toyonaka City, Japan

Nov 4 Hannah Weiner, American experimental poet, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1997)
Nov 6 Peter Matz, American musician and orchestra leader (Hullabaloo; The Carol Burnett Show), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Nov 7 Norton Zinder, American biologist (genetic transduction), born in New York City (d. 2012)
Nov 7 Richard G. Scott, American scientist and LDS apostle, born in Pocatello, Idaho (d. 2015)
Nov 8 Des Corcoran, Australian politician (Premier of South Australia. 1979; Member of Parliament, 1962-82), born in Millicent, South Australia
Nov 9 Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Nov 9 Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio and TV host, born in Gelselaar, Netherlands (d. 2001)
Nov 10 Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpeter, and composer of classical music and film scores ("The Mission"; "Cinema Paradiso"; "The Hateful Eight"), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2020) [1]
Nov 10 William Staveley, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1997)
Nov 11 Arthur Cunningham, American composer, born in Piermont, New York (d. 1997)
Nov 11 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (The Death of Artemio Cruz), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2012)
Nov 11 Edward Zorinsky, American (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1987)
Nov 11 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
Nov 11 Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (Operation Mata Hari), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1995)
Nov 11 Trevor Meale, New Zealand cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v England 1958), born in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2010)
Nov 12 Bob Holness, South African English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012), born in Natal, South Africa (d. 2012)
Nov 12 Johan Polak, Dutch essayist (Bloom of Decadence), publisher, and patron of the arts, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Nov 13 Hampton Hawes, American jazz pianist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1977)
Nov 14 Kathleen Hughes, American actress (It Came From Outer Space), born in Hollywood, California
Nov 14 Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek, Austrian dramatic soprano (Vienna State Opera 1954-96; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-96), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1998)
Nov 15 C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], American country singer ("Convoy"), born in Audubon, Iowa (d. 2022)
Nov 15 John Orchard, British actor (Capone, M*A*S*H), born in Kennington, London (d. 1995)
Nov 15 Seldon Powell, American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist, born in Lawrenceville, Virginia (d. 1997)
Nov 15 William Heirens, serial killer (Lipstick Killer), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2012)
Nov 16 (William) "Clu" Gulager, American actor (Virginian; The Tall Man; The Last Picture Show), born in Holdenville, Oklahoma (d. 2022)
Nov 17 Colin McDonald, Australian cricket batsman (47 Tests, 5 x 100s; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2021)
Nov 17 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), born in London (d. 1996)
Nov 17 John Sangster, Australian jazz composer (The Hobbit Suite), born in Sandringham, Australia (d. 1995)
Nov 17 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2017)
Nov 18 Mickey Mouse, Disney cartoon strip character
Nov 18 Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1994)
Nov 18 Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician (Vice President of the Philippines, 1986-92), born in Paco, Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (d. 2004)
Nov 18 Sheila Jordan (née Dawson), American jazz singer and songwriter, born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 19 Don Hunstein, American photographer of musicians, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2017)
Nov 20 Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), born in Vladimir, Soviet Union (d. 2017)
Nov 20 Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2006)
Nov 20 John Disley, Welsh athlete (co-founded London Marathon), born in Corris, Gwynedd (d. 2016)
Nov 20 Pedro Ferrándiz, Spanish basketball coach (EuroLeague 1965, 67, 68, 74 Real Madrid; Spain 1964-65), born in Alicante, Spain (d. 2022)
Nov 20 Pete Rademacher, American boxer (Olympic gold +81kg 1956; first challenger for world heavyweight title in first pro bout; lost), born in Tieton, Washington (d. 2020)
Nov 20 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2015)
Nov 22 Juno Stover-Irwin, American diver (Olympic silver women's platform 1956, bronze 1952), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2011)
Nov 22 Pat Smythe, English equestrian rider (Olympic bronze team jumps 1956; author children's books), born in London, England (d. 1996)
Nov 22 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
Nov 23 Jakob Jež, Slovenian composer (Klas pri klasu (Ear by Ear)), and pedagogue, born in Boštanj, Slovenia (d. 2022)
Nov 23 Jerry Bock, American Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010)
Nov 25 Etta Jones, American jazz singer ("Don't Go to Strangers"; "Save Your Love for Me"), born in Aiken, South Carolina (d. 2001)
Nov 25 James "Jimmy" Johnson, American gospel and blues singer and guitarist, born in Holly Springs, Mississippi (d. 2022) [1]
Nov 26 Don Tregonning, Australian tennis player and coach, born in Melbourne, Victoria
Nov 26 John Barton, British theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, born in London, England (d. 2018)
Nov 27 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (Oi Kyries tis avlis), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2005)
Nov 27 Walter Klien, Austrian pianist, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1991)
Nov 28 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (Misery Index), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1980)
Nov 28 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, Kgosi (king) of the Bafokeng (1956-95), born in Otsetswe, Botswana (d. 1995)
Nov 28 Jan Fotek, Polish composer (Musica Cromatica), born in Czerwińsk on the Vistula, Poland (d. 2015)
Nov 29 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2003)
Nov 29 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
Nov 29 Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America 1951, first to refuse to parade in a swimsuit, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2016)
Nov 30 Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )
Nov 30 Elmira Nazirova, Azerbaijani-Israeli classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Baku, USSR (d. 2014)
Nov 30 Joe B. Hall, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Division I C'ship 1978; University of Kentucky 1972-85), born in Cynthiana, Kentucky (d. 2022)

Born in 1928

Famous Weddings

John Barrymore

Nov 24 Actor John Barrymore (46) marries third wife silent screen actress Dolores Costello (25) (divorced 1935)

Famous Deaths

Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928)

Nov 6 American gambler and mobster who fixed the 1919 World Series, dies of gunshot wounds at 46

Nov 8 Mauritz Stiller [Moshe Stiller], Swedish actor and director (The Saga of Gösta Berling, Erotikon), dies from an infective pleurisy at 45
Nov 13 Mark Lidzbarski, Polish-German philologist, dies at 60
Nov 15 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American Geologist and educator, dies at 85
Nov 17 Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author, politician, & freedom fighter (b. 1865)
Nov 19 Achille Simonetti, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 71
Nov 21 Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies