WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1928
Find out what all happened June to December 1928

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

The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents. (4. June 1928)

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. (17. December 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 RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew. (15. November 1928)

The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. (15. October 1928)

Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto. (8. October 1928)

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

Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king. (1. September 1928)

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

The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. (27. September 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)

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

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

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. (6. December 1928)

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

The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. (16. September 1928)

The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used with the Latin alphabet, comes into force in Turkey. (1. November 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). (18. June 1928)