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* 1928 – Texaco becomes the first U. S. oil company to sell its gasoline nationwide under one single brand name in all 48 states ( 50 states after Alaska and Hawaii joined the Union in 1959 ).
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Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 1927 – 1928 period.
Percy Bysshe Shelley composed a " Hymn of Apollo " ( 1820 ), and the god's instruction of the Muses formed the subject of Igor Stravinsky's Apollon musagète ( 1927 – 1928 ).
Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
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* 1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
* 1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer ( d. 1928 )
* 1928 – Hardy Krüger, German actor
* 1928 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor
* 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author ( d. 2000 )
* 1928 – The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so.
* 1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
* 1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
* 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )
* 1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist ( d. 1987 )
* 1928 – Bob Cousy, American basketball player
* 1928 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano ( d. 2010 )
* 1928 – Camilla Wicks, American concert violinist
Australia's ageing post-war team broke up after 1926, with Collins, Charlie Macartney and Warren Bardsley all departing, and Gregory breaking down at the start of the 1928 – 29 series.
A single Test was held at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1928 – 29.
* 1928 – Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer ( d. 1990 )
* 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer ( b. 1928 )
Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 to 1930, but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible.
* 1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress ( d. 2010 )
* 1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor ( d. 2012 )
* Friedensreich Hundertwasser ( 1928 – 2000 ): artist and architect
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* 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D. C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
* 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 ).
* 1928 – Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler ever to take 200 first-class wickets before the end of July.
* 1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
* June 29 – 1928 Democratic National Convention: At the Democratic National Convention in Houston, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith becomes the first Catholic nominated by a major political party for President of the United States.
** The Representation of the People Act 1928 becomes law, extending the right to vote to all women in the United Kingdom.
* Stoke Ramblers merges with Stoke Victoria Cricket Club, and becomes Stoke Football Club ( in 1928, it is renamed Stoke City ).
Detailed knowledge about the state and development of Chinese martial arts becomes available from the Nanjing decade ( 1928 – 1937 ), as the Central Guoshu Institute established by the Kuomintang regime made an effort to compile an encyclopedic survey of martial arts schools.
* 1928: Voting in Tasmanian state elections becomes compulsory ( federal voting became compulsory in 1924 )
* November 3, 1928 The village of Aiga becomes the town of Aiga ( 相賀町 ).
* 20 October 1928 Alfred Hugenberg becomes head of DNVP
* 8 December 1928 Prelate Kaas becomes head of Center party.
* Oct 20, 1928 Alfred Hugenberg becomes head of DNVP
As adults, La Toile's daughter Lorelei becomes the first Cobweb, with Clothilde's daughter Claudia as her sidekick, attempting to make up for their ancestors ' crimes as vigilantes, battling criminals and later saboteurs from 1928 until 1945.
* 1928 Malayala Manorama becomes a daily from 2 July
In the beginning of 1928, the sports section becomes independent and renames itself to RSK Sloboda.
* 1928 ( June 28 ), after staying in Trepassey for three weeks, Amelia Earhart as a passenger aboard the Friendship, becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1928: A gondola to the Bürger Alps becomes the first funicular to be built in Austria.
Patoruzú first appeared on October 19, 1928, in the Las Aventuras de Don Gil Contento strip in the Crítica newspaper, under the name of Curugua Curuguagüigua ; last cacique of the giant Tehuelches, of whom Don Gil becomes tutor.
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