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Interesting things that took place in 1928
February 11 – II Olympic Winter Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Feb. 26 My Dad was born.
March 21 – Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic flight
April 23 – Shirley Temple born
May 10 – The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric’s television station W2XB (the station was popularly known as WGY Television; after its sister radio station, WGY).
May 15 – Release of the animated short Plane Crazy, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
June 17 – Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to successfully pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she succeeded the next day).
July 28 – Official opening ceremony of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
September 1 – Richard Byrd leaves New York for Arctic.
September 3 – Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin.
September 25 – Motorola is founded.
October 2 – Saint Josemaria Escriva, founds Opus Dei
Nov. 6 – U.S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith.
November 10 – Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
November 18 – Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the first sound cartoon.
December 21 – U.S. Congress approves the construction of The Boulder Dam, later renamed The Hoover Dam .
Just a couple of observations. My Dad pre-dates Mickey Mouse, Penicillin. and the Hoover Dam.
