1928

Year 1928 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

January

 * - changes its currency from  to.
 * - - floods in London - 14 drowned.
 * - at the, previously drained in  (and planted with grass), is completely refilled by a tidal wave.
 * - U.S. murderer executed at.
 * - arrests  in ; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to.

February

 * February -  established
 * - open in ,
 * - Heavy kills 11 in
 * - Swung parliament produced in after the.
 * - of  becomes the first holder of a  license from the.

March

 * becomes a British
 * In, the north of  fails killing 400
 * - is presented the  for his first trans- flight.
 * - founded in Hangzhou in, first named
 * - founded in Hangzhou in, first named

April

 * - -  primary elections in  preceded by assassinations and bombings
 * - Bomb attack against the Dictator of Italy in Milan - 17 bystanders dead
 * - destroys  - 200.000 buildings destroyed

May

 * - The first regular schedule of television programming begins in, by the 's television station  (the station was popularly known as WGY Television; after its sister radio station, ).
 * , commenced operations
 * Release of the, featuring the first appearances of  and.
 * - Bomb attack against Italian consulate in - 22 dead, 41 injured
 * - Italia crashes on the ; one of the occupants is Italian general
 * - A rescue expedition leaves for the North Pole
 * - A rescue expedition leaves for the North Pole

June

 * -, and warlord, is killed by Japanese agents during the.
 * - By seizing and renaming it Běipíng, the  puts an end to the  '  there.
 * - Medical doctor's strike begins in
 * - Students take over the medical wing of in
 * - Aviator starts her attempt to become the first woman to successfully pilot an  across the  (she succeeded the next day).
 * - Shooting incident in n parliament - shoots 3 opposition representatives and injures three others
 * - Swedish aeroplane rescues part of Italian North Pole expedition, including Umberto Nobile. Soviet icebreaker Krasin saves the rest
 * - The switches to one-man crews for its  in.
 * -  becomes the first  nominated by a major political party for, at the  in.

July

 * ' station begins broadcasting on 6.42  using 48 lines.
 * The becomes law, extending the right to vote to all women in the.
 * - The world's largest falls in.
 * -   dies in a solo plane crash in the  while returning from a goodwill flight to.
 * - assassinates, president of.
 * - recalls its troops from
 * - becomes only  ever to take 200  wickets before end of July.
 * - Official opening ceremony of the in.
 * - Official opening ceremony of the in.

August

 * - Murderer is arrested in  after killing about 20 people.
 * - accepts the  presidential nomination, with WGY/W2XB simulcasting the event on radio and television.
 * - proclaims himself King Zog I of ; he is crowned
 * - May Donoghue finds the remains of a snail in her gingerbeer, launching.
 * - The was signed in  - it was the first treaty which outlawed aggressive war.
 * - of Honduras is founded.

September

 * - leaves New York for Arctic.
 * - discovers.
 * - 's station starts broadcasting in, New York.
 * - sets all-time record for number of wickets taken in an English  season.
 * - The kills at least 2,500 people in.
 * - is founded.

October

 * -, founds
 * - crowned king (not yet emperor) of
 * - An respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital,.
 * - is executed at  prison for the 1927 murder of.

November

 * - At Park Central Hotel in, , 's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a game.
 * start a tradition of eating pastries to commemorate the old warrior king.
 * wins by a wide margin over.
 * - was enthroned as Emperor of.
 * - The opens in.
 * - appears in, the first sound cartoon.
 * - appears in, the first sound cartoon.

December

 * - In, a sent to greet  crashed near , killing all on board.
 * - Police disperses Sicilian gangs' meeting in
 * - U.S. Congress approves the construction of The Boulder Dam, later renamed The

Undated

 * enters Europe through the Amsterdam Olympics.
 * begins to lead the unit in.
 * The old ite city of is rediscovered.
 * switches from the to the -based modern.
 * conducts, indirectly proving existence of.
 * First (and last)  given.
 * The ratifies a new revision of the.
 * W2XBS, 's first television station, is established in.
 * Australian farmer, Jack Trott, finds in his garden.
 * The first patent for the principle was registered in  to.

January-February

 * - American journalist at, (d. )
 * - Japanese President of the Nichiren Buddhist religious organization, the
 * , and  (d. )
 * , U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate
 * -, American senior vice president of Trump Organization
 * -, American writer
 * -, American poet
 * -, American television producer
 * -, American author
 * , French composer (d. )
 * , English hairdresser
 * -, Venezuelan player (d. )
 * -, French actress
 * -, English anthropologist and writer
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, a politician,  of
 * -, American stage producer and director
 * -, American Catholic priest and novelist
 * , American illustrator
 * , American journalist
 * -, English entertainer
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * , American musician
 * , cosmonaut
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * , American musician
 * , cosmonaut
 * , cosmonaut

March-April

 * , American composer
 * , English writer
 * -, Colombian writer, laureate
 * -, Canadian engineer (d. )
 * -, American assassin (d. )
 * , American dramatist
 * , Venezuelan musician (d. )
 * -, German mezzo-soprano
 * , Swiss theologian
 * , Irish actor
 * -, American children's television host (d. )
 * -, American pianist
 * -, astronaut
 * -, Polish-born U.S. National Security Advisor
 * , Canadian hockey player
 * , American country music performer
 * , American dancer, actress, and singer
 * , American actor
 * -, French singer (d. )
 * -, American poet and novelist
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the
 * , American actor
 * , American producer and director (d. )
 * , Irish writer (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American songwriter
 * -, French conductor
 * , British musician (d. )
 * , King of Malaysia
 * -, American actress and politician
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American songwriter
 * -, French conductor
 * , British musician (d. )
 * , King of Malaysia
 * -, American actress and politician
 * -, American actress and politician

May-June

 * -, Irish race car driver (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * , Canadian jazz trumpeter (d. )
 * , American lawyer and speechwriter
 * , American mobster
 * , English automotive engineer (d. )
 * , American tennis player (d. )
 * , Canadian figure skater
 * -, American composer
 * -, American rodeo cowboy
 * -, baseball player and manager (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American physician
 * , cosmonaut (d. )
 * , English comedian and game show host (d. )
 * -, American songwriter
 * -, American mathematician, recipient of the
 * -, Argentine-born revolutionary (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, British newspaper editor
 * -, Argentine-born revolutionary (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, British newspaper editor

July-August

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, America Bible scholar
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, American jazz bassist (d. )
 * , American film director (d. )
 * , British novelist (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, Canadian magician
 * -, American singer
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, English film director
 * -, baseball team owner (d. )
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate
 * -, legendary Czech zoologist (d. )
 * , Filipino Catholic cardinal (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , Filipino Catholic cardinal (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )

September-October

 * -, Luxembourger politician and Prime Minister (d. )
 * -, American philosopher and author
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American saxophonist
 * -, American actor (famous for playing )
 * -, American poet and
 * -, American civil rights activist and minister
 * -, Romanian Holocaust survivor, writer, and lecturer, recipient of the
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Persian poet and painter (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * -, Finnish composer
 * -, American graphic designer
 * -, American microbiologist, recipient of the (d. )

November-December

 * , Japanese artist (d. )
 * , American basketball player (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, Mexican writer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Georgian composer
 * -, U.S. Senator from Illinois (d. )
 * -, American basketball coach
 * -, American linguist
 * -, Austrian artist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, French cartoonist
 * -, French cartoonist

Unknown date

 * , American sculptor

January - June

 * -, American dancer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Norwegian painter (b.)
 * -, British soldier (b. )
 * -, Danish scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American vaudevillian (b. )
 * - - American surgeon (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, famous Dutch sailor and savior of over 500 men, women and children (b. )
 * -, Argentine poet (b. )
 * , women's suffrage campaigner (b. )
 * , Chinese warlord (b. )
 * -, Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools (b. )
 * -, American illustrator (b. )
 * -, American illustrator (b. )

July - December

 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, later Maria Fyodorovna, wife of and Empress Consort of Russia (b. )
 * -, fifth (b. )
 * -, North Carolinian politician, founder of (b. )
 * -, Colombian writer (b. )
 * -, Scottish architect (b. )
 * - - English co-founder of Save the Children, and champion of children's human rights (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded