What Happened in 1928

Agatha Christie publishes The Mystery of the Blue Train

The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on March... Read more

Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Creates Artwork for the 'Flit' Ad Campaign

In 1928 Flit, then marketed by a newly formed subsidiary of Jersey Standard, Stanco Incorporated, became the subject of a very successful long... Read more

Stalin's First Five-Year Plan Begins

The first Five Year Plan introduced in 1928, concentrated on the development of iron and steel, machine-tools, electric power and transport. Joseph... Read more

Stalin Begins Collectivization Of Agriculture

To satisfy the state's need for increased food supplies, the First Five-Year Plan called for the organization of the peasantry into collective... Read more

Mercedes-Benz SSK is First Produced

The Mercedes-Benz SSK is a roadster built by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz between 1928 and 1932. Its name is an acronym of Super... Read more

Kellogg's Rice Krispies First Appears On The Market

Rice Krispies (known as Rice Bubbles in Australia) is a breakfast cereal that was created by Eugene Mckay for the Kellogg company, and later... Read more

Frida Kahlo Joins the Mexican Communist Party

Diego incorporated a portrait of Frida into his "Ballad of the Revolution" mural in the Ministry of Public Education. She appears in a panel he... Read more

Enzo Ferrari Establishes Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has... Read more

Al Capone buys 14 room mansion in Palm Island, FL

Sometime in 1928, Al Capone purchased a 14 room mansion in Palm Island, Florida. Read more

II Olympic Winter Games Held in St. Moritz, Switzerland

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in St.... Read more

St. Francis Dam Failure

The bold, black headlines echo down through the years, staring up from the fading, crumbling newspapers that carried the tale of death and... Read more

Maya Angelou is born

Marguerite Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4 1928. Her father, Bailey Johnson, was a doorman and navy dietitian and her mother... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Moves To Key West

The new Hemingways heard of Key West from Ernest’s friend John Dos Passos, and the two stopped at the tiny Florida island on their way back from... Read more

New York Rangers win Stanley Cup

The 1928 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the Montreal Maroons. It was the first appearance by... Read more

Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic

After Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927, Amy Phipps Guest, (1873–1959), expressed interest in being the first woman to... Read more

Stanley Kubrick is Born

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American director, writer, producer, and photographer of films, who lived in England during... Read more

Games of the IX Olympiad Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in... Read more

Andy Warhol is born

Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was... Read more

Frank Lloyd Wright Marries Olgivanna Lazovich Hinzenburg

Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Lazovich was a Montenegrin dancer, born in Montenegro on 27 December 1898. A daughter of Ivan Lazovich and his wife,... Read more

Alexander Fleming First Discovers Penicillin

For the first 2 million years or so of human history, bacterial infections—pneumonia, scarlet fever, syphilis, festering wounds—were often... Read more

Ronald Reagan Attends Eureka College

In the fall of 1928 Ronald Reagan, from Dixon, Ill., enrolled as a freshman at Eureka College. He became an active participant in many phases of... Read more

Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin

When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first... Read more

1928 World Series

In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with 1927, this was the first time a team had... Read more

Charfield Railway Disaster

At 4.28am on Saturday, October 13, 1928, the Leeds to Bristol night mail crashed under the road bridge at Charfield Station, some 20 miles south of... Read more

Ronald Reagan Becomes Leader in Strike at Eureka College

Ronald Reagan spoke publicly and became a leader in a student strike movement on the Eureka College campus. After successfully staging a five-day... Read more