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)
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)
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…
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)
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)
The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. Date: June 4, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. Date: April 12, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. Date: March 21, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)