WORLD HISTORY · 1928 日本語
Events of 1928Showa 3 (Japan) · Year of the Dragon
What happened in 1928?
In 1928, Japan held its first general election under universal male suffrage, and Emperor Showa's enthronement ceremony took place in Kyoto. In China, warlord Zhang Zuolin was killed in a bombing, and the Northern Expedition ended with the Nationalists unifying the country.
- Japan holds first universal male suffrage electionAsia
- March 15 Incident arrests of CommunistsAsia
- Amsterdam Olympics openEurope
- Zhang Zuolin killed in train bombingAsia
- Northern Expedition forces enter BeijingAsia
- Kellogg–Briand Pact signedEurope
- Emperor Showa's enthronement ceremony heldAsia
- Northeast changes flags, Nationalists unify ChinaAsia
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1928 at a glance
| Japanese era | Showa 3 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Dragon |
| Age of people born in 1928 | Turn 98 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1927 (Showa 2) ／ 1929 (Showa 4) |
| Events | 34 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1928
Our birthday pages list 618 people born in 1928. Here are some of them.
- Walter MondaleBorn January 5 · turns 98 this year · American Democratic politician who served as the 42nd vice president in the Car…
- Fred RogersBorn March 20 · turns 98 this year · American TV host, songwriter, and Presbyterian minister who created and starred…
- Gordie HoweBorn March 31 · turns 98 this year · Canadian hockey star nicknamed "Mr. Hockey" who led the Detroit Red Wings to fo…
- Maya AngelouBorn April 4 · turns 98 this year · American poet and memoirist best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and…
- James WatsonBorn April 6 · turns 98 this year · American molecular biologist who, with Francis Crick, worked out the double-hel…
- Shirley TempleBorn April 23 · turns 98 this year · American child film star of the 1930s who later became a U.S. ambassador and th…
- Rosemary ClooneyBorn May 23 · turns 98 this year · American pop and jazz singer known for "Come On-a My House" and for starring in…
- Ruth WestheimerBorn June 4 · turns 98 this year · German-born American sex therapist known as Dr. Ruth, famous for her frank, fri…
- Maurice SendakBorn June 10 · turns 98 this year · American author and illustrator of children's books, best known for the classic…
- John Forbes Nash, Jr.Born June 13 · turns 98 this year · American mathematician whose work on game theory earned the 1994 Nobel Prize in…
- Vera RubinBorn July 23 · turns 98 this year · American astronomer whose measurements of how galaxies spin provided key eviden…
- Andy WarholBorn August 6 · turns 98 this year · American Pop artist and filmmaker famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans and celeb…
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- Ennio MorriconeBorn November 10 · turns 98 this year · Italian composer whose film scores, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, s…
- Osamu TezukaBorn November 3 · turns 98 this year
- Joe JacksonBorn July 26 · turns 98 this year
- Takako DoiBorn November 30 · turns 98 this year
- Ernest TidymanBorn January 1 · turns 98 this year
- Gerhard WeinbergBorn January 1 · turns 98 this year
- Dan RostenkowskiBorn January 2 · turns 98 this year
- Abdul Rahman Ya'kubBorn January 3 · turns 98 this year
- Denise BryerBorn January 5 · turns 98 this year
- Imtiaz AhmedBorn January 5 · turns 98 this year
- Zulfikar Ali BhuttoBorn January 5 · turns 98 this year
- William Peter BlattyBorn January 7 · turns 98 this year
- Slade GortonBorn January 8 · turns 98 this year
- Domenico ModugnoBorn January 9 · turns 98 this year
- Judith KrantzBorn January 9 · turns 98 this year
- Peter MathiasBorn January 10 · turns 98 this year
- Philip LevineBorn January 10 · turns 98 this year
- David L. WolperBorn January 11 · turns 98 this year
- Ruth BrownBorn January 12 · turns 98 this year
- Garry WinograndBorn January 14 · turns 98 this year
- Hans KornbergBorn January 14 · turns 98 this year
- Lars ForssellBorn January 14 · turns 98 this year
- Joanne LinvilleBorn January 15 · turns 98 this year
- W. R. MitchellBorn January 15 · turns 98 this year
- Pilar LorengarBorn January 16 · turns 98 this year
- William KennedyBorn January 16 · turns 98 this year
- Jean BarraquéBorn January 17 · turns 98 this year
- Vidal SassoonBorn January 17 · turns 98 this year
Events of 1928 (timeline · 34)
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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.
A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
Bundaberg tragedy: a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with Staph. aureus bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of Bundaberg.
Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
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.
The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
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).
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.
Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.
The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsizes in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.
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.
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.
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FAQ
What year was 1928 in the Japanese calendar?
1928 was Showa 3 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1928?
1928 is the Year of the Dragon.
How old is someone born in 1928?
They turn 98 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1928?
In 1928, Japan held its first general election under universal male suffrage, and Emperor Showa's enthronement ceremony took place in Kyoto. In China, warlord Zhang Zuolin was killed in a bombing, and the Northern Expedition ended with the Nationalists unifying the country.
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