Historical Events in 1928 (Part 2)

Oct 1 Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi runs 15k world record 46:49.6 and 10 miles 50:15.0 in Berlin, Germany

Oct 6 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Five Farms CC: Leo Diegel dominates Al Espinosa, 6 & 5 in the final to win the first of his 2 consecutive titles

Oct 6 Josip Broz Tito sentenced to 5 years in jail

Oct 8 Cole Porter and E. Ray Goetz' musical "Paris" opens at the Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 195 performances

Oct 9 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3 at Sportsman's Park to become first to sweep consecutive World Series; Babe Ruth hits smashes 3 HRs for Yanks

Oct 10 Chiang Kai-shek becomes Director of the State Council of China

Oct 15 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators

Oct 20 Wien Alaska Airways, Inc. incorporated; the first airline in Alaska and one of the 1st in the US with Noel Wien as president

Oct 22 Herbert Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism"

Nov 1 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings

Nov 1 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km

Nov 2 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in US with Leopold Stokowski leading the Philadelphia Orchestra at The Academy of Music, Philadelpha

Nov 4 American gangster Arnold Rothstein is shot at a business meeting for reputedly refusing to pay gambling debts (dies 6th November)

Nov 8 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl" premieres in NYC

Nov 10 Emperor Hirohito of Japan's possession of the Imperial Regalia is publicly confirmed

Nov 18 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon

Nov 20 Boston Gardens opens, Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0

Nov 22 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly (Paris)

Nov 30 Vladimir K. Zworykin receives patent on Iconoscope TV system

Dec 26 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming