Top News Stories from 1928

World Events

• Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, is signed in Paris by 65 nations.
• Richard E. Byrd starts an expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930.
• The first of Joseph Stalin's Five Year Plans imposes collectivization on agriculture in the Soviet Union.

U.S. Events

• The Jones-White Merchant Marine Act passed by Congress (May 22) provides funds to help make the U.S. commercial shipping industry more competitive in the world.
• Former Chicago city council member Oscar DePriest is elected to the 71st U.S. Congress (Nov. 6). He is the first black Representative to be elected in a northern state.
• U.S. voters elect Herbert Hoover president (Nov. 6) over Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York.

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• John Baird beams a television image from England to the United States.
• GE introduces a television set with a 3" X 4" screen.
• The first television is sold -- a Daven for $75.
• Walt Disney introduces Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie, the first cartoons with sound.
• The Academy Awards are handed out for the first time. Wings wins Best Picture.

Science

• Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
• The Aschheim-Zondek urine pregnancy test is developed.
• Anthropologist Margaret Mead publishes Coming of Age in Samoa.

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