WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1928
Find out what all happened March to November 1928

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

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

The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan. (1. October 1928)

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

The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. (27. September 1928)

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

In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people. (12. March 1928)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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