Steamboat Willie Released, First Fully Synchronized Sound Cartoon, November 18, 1928

In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people. Date: March 12, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Bundaberg Diphtheria Vaccine Contamination Kills 12 Children, January 27, 1928Soviet Union Introduces…

SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned. Date: November 12, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital. Date: October 12, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Bremen Completes First Successful East-to-West Transatlantic Flight, April 12, 1928Graf Zeppelin…

The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. Date: December 6, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Jinan…

Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. Date: July 7, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Zhang Zuolin Assassinated by…

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 1928Thames Flood Devastates London, Kills 14 – January…