1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1928 - Events. January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843, is completely refilled by a tidal wave January 12 - US murderer Ruth Snyder executed at Ossining January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turk ...

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1928 - January-May. January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843, is completely refilled by a tidal wave January 12 - US murderer Ruth Snyder executed at Ossining January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turkestan February - Kurume University (Japan) established February 11 - 1928 Winter Oly ...

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The Congregation for Bishops (Congregatio pro Episcopis) is the congregation of the Roman Curia which oversees the selection of new bishops pending papal approval. It also schedules the papal audiences required quinquennially for bishops. The Congregation for Bishops has its origins in the "Congregation for the Erection of Churches and Consistorial Provisions" founded by Pope Sixtus V on January 22, 1588. Congregation for Bishops - Prefects. Gaetano Cardinal de Lai (1908-1928)Including:

Congregation for Bishops - Prefects

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Coat of Arms of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada was originally granted on January 1, 1637. In 1928, it was rediscovered and officially reintroduced. It consists of: a red shield with a white cross two white unicorns and two yellow lions occupy opposing quadrants of the shield two Beothuk supporters with arrows and bows a European elk above the shield on a red and gold torse a banner that reads Quaerite prime Regnum Dei ...

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January January 7 - Polikarpov Po-2 March March 5 - Beardmore Inflexible May Sikorsky S-38 December December 7 - De Havilland Hawk Moth ...

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January January 6-8 - Lt Christian Schilt makes ten flights in an O2U Corsair to evacuate wounded marines from the besieged village of Quilali, Nicaragua. He is awarded the Medal of Honor. February February 7 - Bert Hinkler leaves Croydon in an Avro Avian, attempting the first solo flight from England to Australia. He will arrive in Darwin on February 22. February 12 - Lady Mary Hearth leaves Cape Town in an Avro Avian in an attempt to make the first solo flight by a woman from South Africa to England. S ...

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See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film 1927 in film - Events. January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. April 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx marries Marion Benda. May 11 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed. The first Academy Awards (Oscars) went to films released in 1927 or 1928. October 6 - The Jazz Singer, starring A ...

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Avie Bennett (born January 2, 1928) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Married with six children, including his eldest son Paul, a noted criminal lawyer. In 1986, he acquired the Canadian publishing company, McClelland & Stewart Inc. In 2000, he donated his shares, 75% of the company, to the University of Toronto. In 1991, he purchased Hurtig Publishers, publisher of the Canadian Encyclopedia and in 2003 he was appointed Chair of The Historica Foundation of Canada. He is also Chairman and President of Fir ...

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Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928 in London) was one of the most influential hair stylists of the mid-1960s. His works include the geometric, the wash-and-wear perm, and the "Nancy Kwan". They were all modern and low-maintenance. The hairstyles created by Sassoon relied on dark, straight, and shiny hair cut into geometric yet organic shapes. In 1963, Sassoon created a short, angular hairstyle cut on a horizontal plane that was recreation of the classic "bob cut" His geometric haircuts seemed to be severely cut, but were entirely lacquer-free, ...

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Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, born January 2, 1928) is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association of more than 12 million members in more than 190 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. Born of poor origins, his family endured the hardships of the war, as many did. In his youth, he lost an older brother to World War II, which developed in him a strong opposition to war. In his late teens, he learned of Nichiren Shoshu Bud ...

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Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 4, 1928) was a New York businessman and gambler chiefly famous for his role as a kingpin of organized crime. He is also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox scandal in which the 1919 World Series was fixed. His notoriety inspired several fictional characters based on his life, including "Meyer Wolfsheim" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, and "Nathan Detroit" in the Damon Runyon novel "The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown", which was made into the musical < ...

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician, active in the early years of the Pakistani Government. He was the son of Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto. Bhutto served in the position of President (from 1971 to 1973) and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. He has the rare distinction of being a civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator. Deposed in a coup by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, he was hanged on charges of authorizing the murder of a political opponent in 1974. Zulfik ...

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - Political legacy
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - Books Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - Collections of Speeches

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Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was the 42nd US Vice President (1977-1981) under President Jimmy Carter. He was also a two-term US Senator from Minnesota and the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1984 against the incumbent, Republican Ronald W. Reagan, who was reelected in a landslide victory when Mondale carried only his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. Walter Mondale - ...

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1888 - January-March. January 1 - Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (d. 1947) January 8 - Matt Moore, Irish-born actor (d. 1960) January 24 - Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (d. 1960) Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer (d. 1958) February 2 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969) February 17 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969) February 19 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928) Februar ...

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On 10 February 1904 Alexander married Princess Alice of Albany (23 February 1883 – 3 January 1981), the daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Alexander and Alice had three children: Princess May of Teck, later styled Lady May Cambridge (23 January 1906–29 May 1994), married 23 October 1931 Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (26 January 1900-24 January 1993) Prince Rupert of Teck, later styled Viscount Trematon (24 August 1907–15 April 1928) See also:

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2000 - January. January 2 - Patrick O'Brian, English writer (b. 1914) January 15 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916) January 19; Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934) Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1913) 2000 - February. February 9 - Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921) February 10 - Jim Varney, Actor (b. 1949) February 11 - Roger Vadim, French film director (b. 1928) Feb ...

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Saratoga, the first fast carrier in the Navy, quickly proved the value of her type. She sailed from Philadelphia on 6 January 1928, for shakedown, and on 11 January, her air officer, the future World War II hero, Marc A. Mitscher, landed the first aircraft on board. In an experiment on 27 January, the rigid airship Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored to Saratoga's stern and took on fuel and stores. The same day Saratoga sailed for the Pacific via the Panama Canal. She was diverted briefly between 14 February and 16 February ...

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USS Saratoga CV-3, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1928 – 1940, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1941, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1942, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1943, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1944, USS Saratoga CV-3 - 1945, USS Saratoga CV-3 - Decommissioning, USS Saratoga CV-3 - Saratoga in culture

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1859 - January-June. January 11 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman and Viceroy of India (d. 1925) January 13 - Karl Bleibtreu, critic (d. 1928) January 27 - Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941) February 1 - Victor Herbert, Irish-born composer (d. 1924) February 3 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935) February 6 - Elias Disney, American farmer and father of Walt Disney (d. 1941)< ...

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Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into comitatuses (counties, Slovak župy/"stolice") . This was the case when present-day Slovakia was part of: Great Moravia (cca. 9th century) the Kingdom of Hungary (cca. 11th / 12th century - 1918), see List of traditional regions of Slovakia Czechoslovakia (the "župy" existed 1918 - 1928) the WWII Slovak Republic (the "župy" existed 1940 - 1945) In 1928-1939 (and formally also 1945-1948) Slovakia as a whole formed the administrative unit "Slova ...

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Regions of Slovakia, Regions of Slovakia - Before 1949, Regions of Slovakia - Kraje December 24 1948/ January 1 1949 – June 30 1960, Regions of Slovakia - Kraje July 1 1960 – December 19 1990, Regions of Slovakia - Kraje since July 24 1996

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