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)
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)
Bundaberg tragedy: a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with Staph. aureus bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of Bundaberg. Date: January 27, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran to seek asylum in France. He is the only member of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Soviet Union. Date: January 1, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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)