What Happened In June 1928 In History

Historical Events for June, 1928

• 4th » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• 8th » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• 9th » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker F.VII e.g Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the 'Southern Cross (aircraft) or Southern Cross'.
• 18th » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the aviator named pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
• 29th » The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1928

• 1st » Georgy Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (d. 1971)
• 1st » Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 1st » Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Rafael A. Lecuona, Cuban-American gymnast and academic (d. 2014)
• 4th » Ruth Westheimer, German-American therapist and author
• 5th » Robert Lansing (actor) e.g Robert Lansing, American actor (d. 1994)
• 5th » Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 6th » Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea, English physician and politician
• 7th » Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1995)
• 7th » James Ivory (director) e.g James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 7th » Reg Park, English-South African bodybuilder and actor (d. 2007)
• 9th » R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic
• 10th » Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 11th » Queen Fabiola of Belgium
• 12th » Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 12th » Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) e.g Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 12th » Richard M. Sherman, American composer and songwriter
• 13th » Li Ka-shing, Chinese businessman
• 13th » Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (d. 2009)
• 13th » John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences or Nobel Prize laureate
• 14th » Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, author, and guerrilla leader (d. 1967)
• 16th » Annie Cordy, Belgian actress and singer
• 16th » Speedy Long, American lawyer and politician (d. 2006)
• 18th » Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 18th » David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic (d. 2006)
• 19th » Tommy DeVito (musician) named Tommy DeVito, American singer and guitarist (The Four Seasons (band) named The Four Seasons and Four Lovers)
• 19th » Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000)
• 19th » Barry Took, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 20th » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1964)
• 20th » Martin Landau, American actor and producer
• 20th » Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician
• 20th » Asrat Woldeyes, Ethiopian surgeon and educator (d. 1999)
• 21st » Wolfgang Haken, German-American mathematician and academic
• 22nd » Ralph Waite, American actor and director (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 23rd » Michael Shaara, American author (d. 1988)
• 25th » Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created 'The Smurfs' (d. 1992)
• 25th » Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 25th » Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 25th » William Russo (musician) e.g Bill Russo, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
• 25th » Alex Toth, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 25th » Moray Watson, English actor
• 26th » Jacob Druckman, American composer (d. 1996)
• 26th » Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Japanese inventor
• 27th » James Lincoln Collier, American journalist and author
• 27th » Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (d. 1995)
• 28th » Hans Blix, Swedish politician, 33rd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) called Minister for Foreign Affairs for Sweden
• 28th » Harold Evans, English-American historian and journalist
• 28th » Cyril Smith, English politician (d. 2010)
• 29th » Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
• 29th » Jean-Louis Pesch, French author and illustrator
• 29th » Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths for June 1928

• 3rd » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 4th » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 14th » Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1857)
• 16th » Mark Keppel, American educator (b. 1867)
• 18th » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (b. 1872)
• 22nd » A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)

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