1 February 1928Discovery of Vitamin FHerbert Evans
Discovers vitamin F
Historical records for United States of America in 1928, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Discovers vitamin F
Birth of James Garner
Birth of Burt Bacharach
Birth of Vera Rubin
65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact
Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully. Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact
Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully
Signs the pact renouncing war as an instrument of policy.
War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully
65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact
An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations
The Pact in implemented by the League of Nations
An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations
An act formulated by the League of Nations embodying the Pact is signed by 23 nations
Wins 444 electoral votes to 87 for Alfred Smith. Elected President of the USA, wins 58% of the popular vote
Elected President of the USA, wins 58% of the popular vote
Winner of the Academy Award for, "Two Arabian Nights"
Winner of the Oscar for Best Actor
Supports the presidential nomination of Herbert Hoover
Writes & directs "Hells Angels", the most expensive movie of its time at a cost of $3.8 million
Establishes the Little America base on the Ross Ice Shelf for the first Byrd Antarctic expedition
Wallis Simpson marries Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Not renominated for Vice President when Charles Curtis joins Herbert Hoover's ticket.
The USA announces that it will build the most powerful cruiser fleet in the World
Shaw graduated from Warren Easton High School in New Orleans in 1928.
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