Charles Lindbergh Receives Medal of Honor for Solo Trans-Atlantic Flight, March 21, 1928
Date: March 21, 1928
Date: March 21, 1928
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…
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) More events from 1928Leon…
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) More events…
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) More events from 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 1928Bremen Completes First Successful East-to-West Transatlantic Flight, April 12, 1928Boris Bazhanov Defects Through Iran to France, January 1, 1928Charles…
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 1928Amelia Earhart First Woman to Cross…