Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area. Date: October 1, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan. Date: October 1, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. Date: September 27, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel. Date: September 18, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. Date: September 17, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. Date: August 27, 1928 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1928 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…