Newark Liberty International Airport Opens, First NYC Metro Airport, October 1, 1928

Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. Date: September 28, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Jinan Incident Begins, Japanese Retaliation Kills 2,000 Chinese…

Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel. Date: September 18, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Kellogg-Briand Pact Outlaws War, Signed by 15 Nations – August 27, 1928Charles…

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 → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928SS Vestris Sinks Off Virginia, Killing 110+…

Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. Date: October 10, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Thames Flood Kills 14, Devastates Riverside London – January 7, 1928Leon Trotsky Exiled to Alma-Ata, January…

The Rovaniemi township decree is promulgated, as a result of which Rovaniemi secedes from the old rural municipality as its own market town on January 1, 1929. Date: June 27, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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 → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This…