Date: January 27, 1928
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 1928Bremen Completes First Successful East-to-West Transatlantic Flight, April 12,…
Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace"). Date: June 8, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Amelia Earhart First Woman to Cross Atlantic by…
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…
The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days. Date: May 3, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in…
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 1928Charles Kingsford Smith Completes First Trans-Pacific Flight, June 9, 1928Zhang Zuolin Assassinated…
Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata. Date: January 31, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1928Bundaberg Diphtheria Vaccine Contamination Kills 12 Children, January 27, 1928Charles Lindbergh Receives Medal of Honor for Solo Trans-Atlantic Flight,…