November 1928 in History

Events in History

Nov 1 1st celebration of Authors' Day

The Age of Zeppelins

Nov 1 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km

The Hindenburg bursts into flames as it approaches its mooring mast. Thirty-six people died.

Nov 3 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet

Event of Interest

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

Nov 4 Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
Nov 6 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
Nov 6 Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor

Election of Interest

Nov 6 Republican candidate Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Al Smith

Nov 6 Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king

Event of Interest

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

Nov 11 France's 5th government of Raymond Poincaré forms
Nov 11 KXO-AM in El Centro CA begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WMT-AM in Cedar Rapids IA begins radio transmissions
Nov 11 WOL-AM in Washington, D.C. begins radio transmissions
Nov 12 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes & sinks off Virginia, kills 110
Nov 17 Boston Garden officially opens
Nov 17 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years
Nov 20 WGH-AM in Newport News VA begins radio transmissions

Historic Invention

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

Birthdays in History

Nov 2 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme) (d. 1996)
Nov 2 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, born in Manchester, England
Nov 3 Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (Kimba the White Lion), born in Toyonaka City, Japan (d. 1989)
Nov 4 Hannah Weiner, American experimental poet, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1997)
Nov 7 Norton Zinder, American biologist (genetic transduction), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Nov 7 Richard G. Scott, American scientist and LDS apostle, born in Pocatello, Idaho (d. 2015)
Nov 9 Anne Sexton, American poet (Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
Nov 10 William Staveley, British Royal Navy admiral (d. 1997)
Nov 11 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author (The Death of Artemio Cruz), born in Panama City, Panama (d. 2012)
Nov 11 Edward Zorinsky, American (Sen-D-NB, 1976-88), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1987)
Nov 12 Johan Polak, Dutch publisher and publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
Nov 15 William Heirens, serial killer (Lipstick Killer), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2012)
Nov 17 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), born in London (d. 1996)
Nov 18 Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician (Vice President of the Philippines, 1986-92), born in Paco, Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (d. 2004)
Nov 22 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
Nov 26 John Barton, British theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, born in London, England (d. 2018)
Nov 28 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (Misery Index), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1980)
Nov 28 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
Nov 29 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2003)
Nov 29 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
Nov 30 Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )