WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1928
Find out what all happened March to October 1928

Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy (15. May 1928)

The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis. (28. September 1928)

Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung. (28. October 1928)

Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. (9. June 1928)

An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston (12. October 1928)

Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. (10. October 1928)

The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. (19. April 1928)

Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight. (21. March 1928)

Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. (22. October 1928)

Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel. (18. September 1928)

The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. (2. October 1928)

The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. (27. August 1928)

Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July. (27. July 1928)

The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened. (29. June 1928)

The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. (12. April 1928)

Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital"). (8. June 1928)

Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. (28. September 1928)

The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. (14. April 1928)

Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. (7. July 1928)

New Vietnam Revolutionary Party is founded in Huế amid providing some of the communist party's most important leaders in its early years. (14. July 1928)