The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. The Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127) was one of the…
Tag: 1928
28 September 1928
Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. Here are four paragraphs on Alexander Fleming’s discovery…
31 January 1928
Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata. Leon Trotsky was exiled to Alma-Ata primarily because of his growing political conflict with Joseph Stalin after the death…
2 October 1928
The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.. Opus Dei is a personal prelature of…
12 March 1928
In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people. The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity-arch dam located in Los…
12 October 1928
An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children’s Hospital.
12 March 1928
The St Francis Dam fails in California, resulting in floods that kill 431 people. Ask most Angelenos what they think of when they hear the…
28 September 1928
Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory leading to the discovery of penicillin. Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming makes a curious discovery when…