Date: January 27, 1928
A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London. Date: January 7, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Okeechobee Hurricane Strikes Southeastern Florida, Killing…
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…
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 1928Leon Trotsky Exiled to Alma-Ata, January 31, 1928United States Recognizes Republic…
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 1928Thames Flood Kills 14,…
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 → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events…
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 → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928St. Francis Dam Fails in California, Killing 431 People,…