Kellogg-Briand Pact Outlaws War, Signed by 15 Nations – August 27, 1928
Date: August 27, 1928
Date: August 27, 1928
The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. Date: June 4, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 4 π Events on this day in 1928 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Okeechobee Hurricane Strikes Southeastern Florida, Killing 2,500+ September 17, 1928Newark Liberty…
Bundaberg tragedy: a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with Staph. aureus bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of Bundaberg. Date: January 27, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 27 π Events on this day in 1928 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Iron…
Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931. Date: December 17, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 17 π Events…
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded. Date: October 2, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 2 π Events on this day in 1928 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Soviet Union Introduces First Five-Year Plan, October…
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). Date: June 18, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 18 π Events on this day in 1928 π On This…
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. Date: June 9, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 9 π Events on this day in 1928 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Chiang Kai-shek Becomes Chairman of the Republic of China,…