Encyclopedia - 1928: Encyclopedia - 1928
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1928 - Events. January 6-7 - River Thames flood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 - Births
1928 - January. January 5 - Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1979) January 5 - Walter Mondale, U.S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1928: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 - Events
1928 - January-May. January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Congregation For Bishops: Encyclopedia - Congregation For Bishops
The Congregation for Bishops (Congregatio pro Episcopis) is the congregation of the Roman Curia which oversees the selection of new bisho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coat Of Arms Of Newfoundland And Labrador: Encyclopedia - Coat Of Arms Of Newfoundland And Labrador
Coat of Arms of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada was originally granted on January 1, 1637. In 1928, it was rediscovered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1928 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 In Aviation - First Flights
January January 7 - Polikarpov Po-2 March March 5 - Beardmore Inflexible May Sikorsky S-38 December December 7 - De Havilland Hawk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1928 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1928 In Aviation - Events
January January 6-8 - Lt Christian Schilt makes ten flights in an O2U Corsair to evacuate wounded marines from the besieged village of Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1927 In Film: Encyclopedia - 1927 In Film
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avie Bennett: Encyclopedia - Avie Bennett
Avie Bennett (born January 2, 1928) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. Married with six children, including his eldest son Pau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vidal Sassoon: Encyclopedia - Vidal Sassoon
Vidal Sassoon (born January 17, 1928 in London) was one of the most influential hair stylists of the mid-1960s. His works include the geo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daisaku Ikeda: Encyclopedia - Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, born January 2, 1928) is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Rothstein: Encyclopedia - Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 4, 1928) was a New York businessman and gambler chiefly famous for his role as a kingpin of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Encyclopedia - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician, active in the early years of the Pakistani Government...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walter Mondale: Encyclopedia - Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928 in Ceylon, Minnesota) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1888: Encyclopedia Ii - 1888 - Births
1888 - January-March. January 1 - Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (d. 1947) January 8 - Matt Moore, Irish-born actor (d. 1960) Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Cambridge 1st Earl Of Athlone: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Cambridge 1st Earl Of Athlone - Marriage
On 10 February 1904 Alexander married Princess Alice of Albany (23 February 1883 – 3 January 1981), the daughter of Prince Leopold, Duk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000 - Deaths
2000 - January. January 2 - Patrick O'Brian, English writer (b. 1914) January 15 - Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916) January 19; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Saratoga Cv-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Saratoga Cv-3 - 1928 – 1940
Saratoga, the first fast carrier in the Navy, quickly proved the value of her type. She sailed from Philadelphia on 6 January 1928, for s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1859: Encyclopedia Ii - 1859 - Births
1859 - January-June. January 11 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman and Viceroy of India (d. 1925) January 13 - Karl Ble...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regions Of Slovakia: Encyclopedia Ii - Regions Of Slovakia - Before 1949
Historically, Slovakia was not divided into kraje, but into comitatuses (counties, Slovak župy/"stolice") . This was the case when prese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Saratoga Cv-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Saratoga Cv-3 - 1944
The carrier arrived at Pearl Harbor on 7 January, and after a brief period of training, sailed from Pearl Harbor on 19 January with light...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ustaše: Encyclopedia Ii - Ustaše - History
Ustaše - Before WWII. In October 1928, after the assassination of Stjepan Radić, a radical youth group named Hrvatski Domobran starte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1854 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1854 In Rail Transport - Births
1854 in rail transport - January births. January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John G. Townsend Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - John G. Townsend Jr. - Political Career
Townsend served one term in the State House, during the 1903/04 session as a member of the Addicks, or Union Republican, faction of the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernst Kaltenbrunner: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernst Kaltenbrunner - Early Life
Born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria, he was the son of a lawyer. Educated at the State Realgymnasium in Linz and Graz University. He obtain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gwr 4300 Class: Encyclopedia Ii - Gwr 4300 Class - Overview
The class was introduced in 1911. 342 were built until 1932. They were numbered in the 4300-99, 5300-99, 6300 - 6399, 7300 - 7321, and 93...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1834 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1834 In Rail Transport - Births
1834 in rail transport - April births. April 1 - Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Rail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Tehran: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Tehran - History
The history of the establishment of universities in Iran and the University of Tehran in particular dates back to the year 1851 and the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rapidan Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Rapidan Camp - History
In November 1928, Herbert Hoover was elected to become 31st President of the United States. Hoover was originally from Iowa, and he and h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrgb: Encyclopedia Ii - Wrgb - History
WRGB claims to be the world's first television station. It traces its roots to an experimental station founded on January 13, 1928 from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quarry Hill Creative Center: Encyclopedia Ii - Quarry Hill Creative Center - Personal History
On April 10, 1946, Irving Fiske, (born Irving Fishman in Brooklyn, New York, on March 5, 1908), a playwright, inventor, freelance writer,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olecko: Encyclopedia Ii - Olecko - Olecko Town
Olecko (German: Marggrabowa since 1560, also Oletzko, Treuburg since 1928) is a town in Masuria, in the Warminsko-Mazurskie voivodship of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C. Douglass Buck: Encyclopedia Ii - C. Douglass Buck - Professional And Political Career
From 1922 until 1929 he was Chief Engineer of the Delaware State Highway Department and in 1928 was elected Governor of Delaware by defea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bombay Stock Exchange: Encyclopedia Ii - Bombay Stock Exchange - Dalal Street
James M. Maclean inaugurated the Brokers’ Hall in January 1899. After the First World War, BSE was shifted to an old building, near the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candy Barr: Encyclopedia Ii - Candy Barr - Early Life
She was born Juanita Dale Slusher in Edna, Texas, the youngest of five children born to Elvin Forest "Doc" Slusher (August 19, 1909-May 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Alice Comedies
Black Pete - 1925. Pete first appeared in the Walt Disney-produced 1920s "Alice Comedies" short subject series. He first appeared in Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princess Alice Of Albany: Encyclopedia Ii - Princess Alice Of Albany - Marriage
On February 10, 1904, Princess Alice of Albany married Prince Alexander of Teck, the brother of Queen Mary, in St George's Chapel, Windso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic
Weimar Timeline - 1920. January 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members. February 4, 1920 Allies demand 900 Germans be handed over for war cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Augusta Ca-31: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Augusta Ca-31 - Beginnings
The Augusta was laid down on 2 July 1928 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; launched on 1 February...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Saratoga Cv-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Saratoga Cv-3 - 1942
Saratoga continued operations in the Hawaiian Island region, but on 11 January 1942, when heading towards a rendezvous with Enterprise 50...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Saratoga Cv-3: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Saratoga Cv-3 - 1941
Between 14 October and 29 October 1940, Saratoga transported a draft of military personnel from San Pedro to Hawaii, and on 6 January 194...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princess Alice Of Albany: Encyclopedia Ii - Princess Alice Of Albany - Marriage
On February 10, 1904, Princess Alice of Albany married Prince Alexander of Teck, the brother of Queen Mary, in St George's Chapel, Windso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Rise To The Top 1921-1923
In early 1921, when the Communist Party was split into numerous factions and disagreements were threatening to get out of hand, Zinoviev ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - With Stalin And Kamenev Against Trotsky 1923-1924
During Lenin's illness, Zinoviev, his close associate Kamenev and Joseph Stalin formed a ruling 'triumvirate' (or 'troika') in the Commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Show Trials 1935-1936
After Kirov's murder on December 1, 1934, which started Stalin's Great Purges, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their closest associates were once a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry E. Yarnell: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry E. Yarnell - Interwar Assignments
Yarnell then rotated between sea and shore duty until ordered to aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-3) September 1927, as prospective commandi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lev Kamenev: Encyclopedia Ii - Lev Kamenev - Trials And Execution
After Kirov's murder on December 1, 1934, which started Stalin's Great Purges, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their closest associates were once a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania - History
In 1912, Mount Lebanon Township was incorporated as a "First Class Township" under Pennsylvania state law. It had formerly been a part of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zell Am See: Encyclopedia Ii - Zell Am See - History
Zell am See was populated already at the times of the Romans. In 740 AD, by order of the Archbishop Johannes (John) of Salzburg, monks fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China - Provisional Government Of The Republic Of China Nanjing 1912; Beijing 1912-1913
Provisional President of the Republic of China (臨時大總統): Sun Yat-sen (January 1, 1912 - March 10, 1912) Yuan Shikai (March 10, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Leaders Of The Republic Of China - Government Of The Republic Of China Nanjing 1948-1949; Taipei 1949-present
A new constitution was promulgated on December 25, 1947 and Chiang Kai-shek was subsequently elected President by the National Assembly. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Republic Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Republic Of China - Civil War 1945-1949
Main article: Chinese Civil War During World War II, the United States emerged as a major actor in Chinese affairs. As an ally it embarke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communist Party Usa: Encyclopedia Ii - Communist Party Usa - Formation And Early History 1919-1921
In January, 1919, Lenin invited the left wing of the Socialist Party of America to join the Communist International (Comintern). During t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communist Party Usa: Encyclopedia Ii - Communist Party Usa - Criminal Prosecutions
When the Communist Party was formed in 1919 the United States government was engaged in prosecution of Socialists who had opposed World W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1881 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1881 In Rail Transport - Births
1881 in rail transport - July births. July 8 - Mantis James Van Sweringen, American financier who, with his brother Oris, controlled t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De Gaulle: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles De Gaulle - Private Life
Charles De Gaulle married on April 7, 1921 to Yvonne Vendroux ("Tante Yvonne"). They had 3 children: Philippe (1921), Elisabeth (1924), a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De Gaulle: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles De Gaulle - Private Life
Charles de Gaulle married on April 7, 1921 to Yvonne Vendroux ("Tante Yvonne"). They had 3 children: Philippe (1921), Elisabeth (1924), a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early Life
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, in the Hudson River valley in upstate New York. His father, James Roosevel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early Life
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, in the Hudson River valley in upstate New York. His father, James Roosevel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1870s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1874. 13 January 1874 The original Tompkins Square Riot. As unemployed workers demonstr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1920s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1920. 2 January 1920 The U.S. Bureau of Investigation began carrying out the nationwide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1970s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1970. 5 January 1970 Joseph A. Yablonski, unsuccessful reform candidate to unseat "Toug...   » Read the article