Popular Culture 1928
- The cartoon star Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, an animated short film produced by Walt Disney.
- Decline and Fall is published a novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh.
- Lady Chatterley's Lover is banned in England and the US
- The First Yo Yo Factory Opens in Santa Barbara, California.
- The House at Pooh Corner by Author A. A. Milne
- Diga Diga Doo" by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Technology
- Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to successfully pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
- Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin and changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics and his discovery of penicillin has, and still, saves millions of people.
- Home Pregnancy Test first introduced which tests for the presence of hCG which doubles every 48 hrs during early pregnancy and is checked using a urine sample . Introduced by Selmar Aschheim and Bernard Zondek
What Events Happened in 1928
- The Okeechobee Hurricane or Hurricane San Felipe Segundo was a deadly hurricane that struck the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Florida in September of the 1928
- Japan Breaks off relations with China
- Major earthquake destroys the town of Corinth in Greece
- The Summer Olympics are held in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Inventions Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Antibiotics England by Alexander Fleming
Iron Lung USA by Philip Drinker
Sliced Bread maker USA by Otto Frederick
Bubble Gum first called Double Bubble USA by Walter E Diemer