WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1928
Find out what all happened May to November 1928

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris. (22. November 1928)

Arnold Rothstein, the head of the Jewish mob in New York, was shot and mortally wounded on the 4 Nov., and died on 6 Nov.; He was assassinated by George "Hump" McManus, for failing to pay a large gambling debt. (6. November 1928)