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| January 01, 1928 |
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1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio |
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| January 01, 1928 |
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Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth) |
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| January 06, 1928 |
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene) |
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| January 09, 1928 |
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Eugene O'Neill's Marco Millions, premieres in NYC |
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| January 10, 1928 |
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G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical Rosalie, premieres in NYC |
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| January 10, 1928 |
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Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky |
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| January 12, 1928 |
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Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's Cock Robin, premieres in NYC |
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| January 17, 1928 |
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1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented |
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| January 23, 1928 |
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Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk premieres in Berlin |
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| January 28, 1928 |
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Christopher Hornsrud chosen PM of Norway at age 101 |
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| January 30, 1928 |
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1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US |
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| January 30, 1928 |
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Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW v Vic |
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| January 30, 1928 |
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Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, premieres in NYC |
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| January 31, 1928 |
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Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company |
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| February 07, 1928 |
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1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) |
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| February 08, 1928 |
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1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY |
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| February 08, 1928 |
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Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV |
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| February 11, 1928 |
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2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland |
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| February 19, 1928 |
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2nd Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland |
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| February 19, 1928 |
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Canadian hockey team wins 3rd consecutive gold medal |
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| February 22, 1928 |
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1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) |
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| March 01, 1928 |
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Paul Whiteman & orchestra record Ol' Man River for Victor Records |
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| March 04, 1928 |
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Bunion Run race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne |
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| March 05, 1928 |
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Karl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von K”penick, premieres in Berlin |
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| March 11, 1928 |
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Netherlands & Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) |
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| March 13, 1928 |
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450 die in St Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) |
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| March 13, 1928 |
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Rudolph Friml's musical Three Musketeers, premieres in NYC |
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| March 15, 1928 |
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Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) |
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| March 19, 1928 |
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Amos & Andy debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) |
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| March 22, 1928 |
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No‰l Coward's musical This Year of Grace, premieres in London |
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| March 27, 1928 |
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KGB-AM in San Diego CA begins radio transmissions |
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| March 27, 1928 |
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
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| March 27, 1928 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
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| March 29, 1928 |
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Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC) |
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| April 01, 1928 |
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Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse |
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| April 07, 1928 |
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44-yr old NY Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 |
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| April 09, 1928 |
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Eugene O'Neill's Lazarus Laughed, premieres in Pasadena |
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| April 09, 1928 |
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Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play Diamond Lil |
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| April 09, 1928 |
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Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss |
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| April 09, 1928 |
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Turkey passes separation of church & state |
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| April 12, 1928 |
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Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
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| April 13, 1928 |
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1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hnefeld-K”hl) |
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| April 14, 1928 |
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Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA |
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| April 14, 1928 |
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Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2 |
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| April 15, 1928 |
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Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf (SF) forms |
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| April 19, 1928 |
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32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 |
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| April 19, 1928 |
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Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland |
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| April 19, 1928 |
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Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926 |
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| April 24, 1928 |
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Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented |
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| April 25, 1928 |
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Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind |
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| April 26, 1928 |
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Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London |
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| April 30, 1928 |
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Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957) |
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| May 01, 1928 |
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6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania |
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| May 01, 1928 |
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Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter |
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| May 01, 1928 |
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Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) |
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| May 01, 1928 |
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Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service |
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| May 01, 1928 |
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Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms |
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| May 02, 1928 |
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KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions |
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| May 07, 1928 |
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England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 |
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| May 07, 1928 |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey) |
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| May 10, 1928 |
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WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming |
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| May 11, 1928 |
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54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4 |
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| May 11, 1928 |
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54th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2 |
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| May 11, 1928 |
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63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's |
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| May 11, 1928 |
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General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, NY) |
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| May 12, 1928 |
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Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy |
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| May 12, 1928 |
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Opium laws enforced |
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| May 14, 1928 |
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John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab & suffers a broken leg |
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| May 15, 1928 |
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Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance |
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| May 17, 1928 |
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9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam |
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| May 19, 1928 |
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Firedamp explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners |
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| May 19, 1928 |
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51 frogs enter 1st annual Frog Jumping Jubilee (Angel's Camp, Cal) |
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| May 19, 1928 |
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Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die |
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| May 22, 1928 |
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US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act |
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| May 23, 1928 |
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Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die |
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| May 24, 1928 |
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Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7 |
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| May 24, 1928 |
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Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again |
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| May 25, 1928 |
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Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean |
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| May 26, 1928 |
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A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4 |
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| May 28, 1928 |
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Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged |
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| May 29, 1928 |
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Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car |
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| May 31, 1928 |
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1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland |
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| May 31, 1928 |
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Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season |
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| June 02, 1928 |
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Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft |
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| June 08, 1928 |
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1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) |
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| June 09, 1928 |
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60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2 |
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| June 09, 1928 |
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Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane |
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| June 11, 1928 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, Case Of Jonathan Drew, is released |
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| June 12, 1928 |
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NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7 |
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| June 14, 1928 |
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Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover |
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| June 15, 1928 |
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Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th & final time |
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| June 17, 1928 |
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Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) |
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| June 18, 1928 |
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Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean |
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| June 24, 1928 |
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32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill |
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| June 25, 1928 |
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NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader |
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| June 28, 1928 |
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Alfred E Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention |
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| June 28, 1928 |
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Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) |
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| June 30, 1928 |
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Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards |
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| July 02, 1928 |
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British parliament accept female sufferage |
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| July 03, 1928 |
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1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird) |
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| July 06, 1928 |
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1st all-talking motion picture shown in NY (Lights of NY) |
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| July 06, 1928 |
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Worlds largest hailstone 1« lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska |
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| July 07, 1928 |
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41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) |
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| July 07, 1928 |
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Edward Hamm of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11 |
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| July 08, 1928 |
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Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader |
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| July 10, 1928 |
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Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout |
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| July 12, 1928 |
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1st televised tennis match |
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| July 19, 1928 |
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King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament |
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| July 21, 1928 |
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1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland |
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| July 26, 1928 |
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Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
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| July 26, 1928 |
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Yanks score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 |
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| July 27, 1928 |
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AVRO, General Vereniging Radio Omroep, forms |
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| July 28, 1928 |
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9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam |
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| July 29, 1928 |
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Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie is released |
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| July 29, 1928 |
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Cleve Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game |
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| July 30, 1928 |
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George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (US) |
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| August 01, 1928 |
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Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace |
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| August 02, 1928 |
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Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
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| August 03, 1928 |
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Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) |
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| August 11, 1928 |
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Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils |
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| August 11, 1928 |
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Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists |
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| August 12, 1928 |
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9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam |
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| August 13, 1928 |
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Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins |
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| August 14, 1928 |
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Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur's Front Page, premieres in NYC |
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| August 25, 1928 |
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Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina & Winnipeg |
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| August 27, 1928 |
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16 die in a NYC subway's 2nd worst accident |
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| August 27, 1928 |
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42nd US Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) |
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| August 27, 1928 |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war |
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| August 30, 1928 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India |
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| August 31, 1928 |
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Brecht & Weils Dreigroschenoper premieres |
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| September 01, 1928 |
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Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king |
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| September 03, 1928 |
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Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit |
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| September 06, 1928 |
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USSR signs Briand-Kellogg-pact |
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| September 07, 1928 |
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Sophie Treadwell's Machinal, premieres in NYC |
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| September 09, 1928 |
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Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' ¬ |
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| September 11, 1928 |
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1st TV drama-WGY's Queens Messenger |
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| September 11, 1928 |
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Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees |
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| September 12, 1928 |
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-17] Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 |
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| September 12, 1928 |
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Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in Night Hostess |
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| September 13, 1928 |
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KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions |
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| September 15, 1928 |
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400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva |
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| September 15, 1928 |
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin |
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| September 15, 1928 |
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Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 |
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| September 15, 1928 |
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Stothard, Kalmar & Ruby's musical Good Boy, premieres in NYC |
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| September 16, 1928 |
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Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die |
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| September 17, 1928 |
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48th US Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) |
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| September 17, 1928 |
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Henri Cochet wins US Tennis Open |
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| September 17, 1928 |
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Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 |
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| September 17, 1928 |
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Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning |
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| September 18, 1928 |
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Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928 |
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| September 18, 1928 |
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Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above Channel |
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| September 19, 1928 |
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Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC) |
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| September 21, 1928 |
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My Weekly Reader magazine made its debut |
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| September 24, 1928 |
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Cohan/Lardner's musical Elmer the Great, premieres in NYC |
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| September 27, 1928 |
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US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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NY Yanks clinch pennant #6 |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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US acknowledge Chinese govt of Chiang Kai-shek |
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| September 28, 1928 |
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Valentin Katayev's Kvadratura Kruga, premieres in Moscow |
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| September 29, 1928 |
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Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston |
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| September 29, 1928 |
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Yanks (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10 |
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| September 30, 1928 |
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Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin) |
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| September 30, 1928 |
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Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr |
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| October 01, 1928 |
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Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards in 1 hour |
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| October 01, 1928 |
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6) |
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| October 01, 1928 |
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USSR launches its 1st 5 year plan |
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| October 03, 1928 |
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French sun Ondine sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 |
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| October 04, 1928 |
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25th World Series begins, NY Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals |
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| October 04, 1928 |
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KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet |
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| October 06, 1928 |
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11th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Five Farms CC Baltimore |
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| October 06, 1928 |
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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China |
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| October 06, 1928 |
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Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail |
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| October 07, 1928 |
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0) |
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| October 07, 1928 |
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Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia |
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| October 08, 1928 |
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Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical Paris, premieres in NYC |
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| October 08, 1928 |
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Eastern Soccer League forms in US |
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| October 09, 1928 |
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Marcel Pagnol's Topaz, premieres in Paris |
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| October 09, 1928 |
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NY Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game |
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| October 09, 1928 |
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NY Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series |
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| October 15, 1928 |
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German dirigible Graf Zeppelin lands in Lakehurst, NJ |
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| October 15, 1928 |
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Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators |
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| October 16, 1928 |
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Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points |
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| October 22, 1928 |
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China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants |
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| October 22, 1928 |
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ESL Robinson's Far-Off Hills, premieres in Dublin |
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| October 22, 1928 |
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Pres Hoover speaks of American system of rugged individualism |
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| October 28, 1928 |
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Bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours |
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| October 28, 1928 |
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Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia |
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| November 01, 1928 |
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1st celebration of Author's Day |
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| November 01, 1928 |
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Bradman scores a century each innings (131 & 133*), NSW v Qld |
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| November 01, 1928 |
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Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km |
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| November 02, 1928 |
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Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila |
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| November 03, 1928 |
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Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet |
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| November 04, 1928 |
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Jos‚ Moncada elected president of Nicaragua |
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| November 06, 1928 |
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Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds |
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| November 06, 1928 |
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Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for pres |
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| November 06, 1928 |
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Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor |
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| November 07, 1928 |
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Herbert Hoover (R) elected president |
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| November 08, 1928 |
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George & Ira Gershwin's musical Treasure Girl, premieres in NYC |
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| November 10, 1928 |
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Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan |
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| November 11, 1928 |
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France's 5th govt of Poincar‚ forms |
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| November 11, 1928 |
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KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions |
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| November 11, 1928 |
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WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions |
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| November 11, 1928 |
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WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions |
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| November 11, 1928 |
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WOL-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions |
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| November 12, 1928 |
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British steamer Vestris capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110 |
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| November 13, 1928 |
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Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC |
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| November 17, 1928 |
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Boston Garden officially opens |
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| November 17, 1928 |
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Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years |
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| November 18, 1928 |
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in Steamboat Willie |
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| November 19, 1928 |
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1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover |
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| November 20, 1928 |
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Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 |
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| November 20, 1928 |
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WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions |
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| November 22, 1928 |
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Bolero by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris) |
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| November 26, 1928 |
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Paul Claudel's Lepdrehumily, premieres in Dresden |
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| November 26, 1928 |
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Philip Barry's Holiday, premieres in NYC |
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| November 30, 1928 |
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Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England |
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| December 01, 1928 |
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CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton |
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| December 01, 1928 |
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Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth |
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| December 02, 1928 |
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Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP |
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| December 04, 1928 |
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Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical Whoopee, premieres in NYC |
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| December 05, 1928 |
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England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane |
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| December 05, 1928 |
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MW Miklas elected president of Austria |
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| December 11, 1928 |
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Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover |
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| December 11, 1928 |
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NL Pres John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers |
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| December 12, 1928 |
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Nichols/Brownes Wings over Europe, premieres in NYC |
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| December 13, 1928 |
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Clip-on tie designed |
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| December 13, 1928 |
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George Gershwin's An American In Paris premieres (NYC) |
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| December 14, 1928 |
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2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man |
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| December 17, 1928 |
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John McGraw backs NL Pres John Heydler's designated hitter idea |
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| December 19, 1928 |
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1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US |
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| December 20, 1928 |
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1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montr‚al, QuŠ |
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| December 20, 1928 |
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Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St NYC |
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| December 23, 1928 |
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NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network |
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| December 24, 1928 |
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George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) opens at 152 W 54th St NYC |
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| December 25, 1928 |
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Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic v NSW) 14,887 |
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| December 25, 1928 |
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NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps |
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| December 26, 1928 |
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Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming |
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| December 26, 1928 |
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World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic |
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| December 28, 1928 |
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Last recording of Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, made |
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| December 28, 1928 |
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Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of West End blues |
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