December 1928 Explained
The following events occurred in December 1928:
- US Presidential-electee Herbert Hoover visited Peru.[12]
- England won the 1st Test cricket match against Australia by a record 675 runs.[13]
- Fascist Italy passed a decree putting an aristocrat's estate into the hands of a special agricultural board. The aristocrat had failed to comply with a government demand that estate holders must cultivate their lands extensively to help the country increase its farming production.[15]
- Born: Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher and activist, in Philadelphia
- Two operations were performed on George V to drain his right lung.[24]
- Elections were held for the Romanian Chamber of Deputies; an alliance led by the National Peasants' Party won by a landslide, dealing a crushing defeat to Vintilă Brătianu's National Liberal Party.[25]
- President Calvin Coolidge welcomed representatives of 34 nations at the opening of the International Civil Aeronautics Conference in Washington, D.C. The three-day gathering commemorated the 25th anniversary of the first flight, and was the first significant event to recognize the achievement of the Wright brothers. Orville Wright was honored, and escorted Charles Lindbergh to the platform to receive the Harmon Trophy.[26] [27] [28]
- Bolivia called up its reserves and bombed Bahia Negra from the air, but none of the bombs dropped actually exploded.
- A closing session at the League of Nations turned into a shouting match between German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann and his Polish counterpart August Zaleski, over Poland's treatment of German minorities in Polish Upper Silesia.[34]
- Rotary International was banned in Fascist Italy.[35]
- Born: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist and architect, in Vienna, Austria (d. 2000)
- Aristide Briand of the council of the League of Nations said he would immediately convoke a special council session in Paris if either Bolivia or Paraguay formally declared war.
- Paraguay accepted an offer of mediation from the Pan-American Congress.[38]
- Orville Wright was honored in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight, as a granite boulder was unveiled to mark the spot of the flight and the cornerstone of a government memorial was laid. Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, Governor Angus Wilton McLean, National Aeronautic Association President Hiram Bingham and aviator Amelia Earhart were all in attendance.[39] [40]
- Born: George Lindsey, actor, in Fairfield, Alabama (d. 2012)
- Died: Eglantyne Jebb, 52, British social reformer and founder of Save the Children
- Dubble Bubble Gum, the first brand of chewing gum that allowed for blowing bubbles cleanly, was first sold by the Fleer Chewing Gum Company of Philadelphia under the brand name "Dubble Bubble".[51] The invention of Walter E. Diemer,[52] an accountant for the Fleer candy company, bubble gum differed from previous candies in that it could not only expand with air, but was easy to remove from the skin once popped.
- A special commission appointed by Mussolini to study Italian elementary school textbooks announced that there was not a single geography or history book fit for Italian schools. The commission ordered a new state-approved textbook that would reappraise Italian history and its prominent figures from the years before the Fascist regime.[56]
- Born: Bernard Cribbins, British actor and singer, in Oldham (d. 2022)
- Scottish anatomist and anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith said that 45 to 50 was the age that humans were naturally meant to live to. "Civilization, acting as the world's hothouse, gradually extended this age to between 65 and 75", he explained. "Nowadays some even desire it to be prolonged over the century mark. I think it is one of the most foolish of things for man to want such a long life." Keith said it was "selfish" for older generations to "hang on too long" and block younger generations from getting their chance in life, and that it would be in the world's best interests to restrict human life to an age at which each human would produce at maximum ability.[57]
- Balaídos Municipal Stadium opened in Vigo, Spain.
- Born: Bo Diddley, R&B musician, in McComb, Mississippi (d. 2008)
- Died: Lutz Wahl, 59, American Major General
- French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré tried to resign, but his cabinet would not let him, rising one by one to tell him that doing so would cause national disaster.[58]
- Born: Siné, political cartoonist, in Paris, France (d. 2016)
Notes and References
- Web site: Significant Earthquake Search – sorted by Date . . March 4, 2015 .
- News: Kinsley . Philip . December 2, 1928 . Ecuador, Put on Feet by Yanks, Cheers Hoover . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 1, 1928 . Count Bernadotte to Wed Miss Manville Today in Ceremony Costing $750,000 . . 1 .
- Web site: Year End Review – 1928 . CanadaGenWeb.org . March 4, 2015 .
- News: Steele . John . December 3, 1928 . King Better; Fever Reduced . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 4, 1928 . Royal Commission Named to Act for King George; Patient Spends Quiet Day . . 1 .
- Steele . John . December 5, 1928 . Queen Named as Head of Royal Council of Six . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Web site: State of the Union Addresses and Messages . Peters . Gerbhard . Woolley . John T. . The American Presidency Project . March 4, 2015 .
- Web site: Sixth Annual Message – December 4, 1928 . Peters . Gerbhard . Woolley . John T. . The American Presidency Project . March 4, 2015 . September 24, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115528/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29569 . dead .
- News: December 5, 1928 . British Primate Enthroned; Asks Peace in Church . Chicago Daily Tribune. 16 .
- Web site: Whoopee! . . March 4, 2015 .
- News: December 5, 1928 . Hoover Cheered Wildly by 30,000 at Peruvian City . . 1 .
- Book: Mercer, Derrik . 1989 . Chronicle of the 20th Century . London . Chronicle Communications Ltd. . 373 . 978-0-582-03919-3 .
- Web site: Chronology 1928 . 2002 . indiana.edu . March 4, 2015 .
- News: Darrah . David . December 8, 1928 . Prince Neglects Farming; Italy Seizes Estate . Chicago Daily Tribune. 2 .
- News: December 9, 1928 . Move to Stem Stock Crash . Chicago Daily Tribune. Part 1 p. 1 and Part 3 p. 7 .
- Klein . Harold . December 9, 1928 . $880,000,000 Lost on 6 Stocks in Crashing Market . . 1 .
- News: December 8, 1928 . Sale of Vintage and Making Of Home Wine Held Legal . . 1 .
- Book: Sullivan, Brian R. . 2014 . My Fault: Mussolini as I Knew Him . New York . Enigma Books . 196 . 978-1-936274-39-0 .
- News: December 10, 1928 . 21 Cannon Boom Hoover Greeting in Chile Landing . . 1 .
- Web site: Celtic (II) . White Star History . White Star Line History Website Project . March 4, 2015 .
- News: Steele . John . December 11, 1928 . Fear King's Death Is Near . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Morris, Peter . 2010 . A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations that Shaped Baseball . Rowman & Littlefield . 217 . 978-1-56663-677-3 . registration .
- News: Steele . John . December 13, 1928 . King's Rally Revives Hope . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: Rue . Larry . December 13, 1928 . Peasants Win by Landslide in Roumania Vote . Chicago Daily Tribune. 11 .
- News: November 25, 1928 . 34 Nations Sending Aviation Experts . The New York Times . March 25, 2023.
- News: December 14, 1928 . Lindbergh Shares Honor with Wright. The New York Times . March 25, 2023.
- Downs . Charles F. II . Winter 2003 . The International Civil Aeronautics Conference of 1928 . . . March 25, 2023.
- Web site: Clip-oon Ties: Then and Now . Necktie Emporium . March 4, 2015 .
- News: Steele . John . December 14, 1928 . King's Chances for Recovery Good . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 14, 1928 . Hoover Given Royal Greeting by Buenos Aires . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 15, 1928 . Senate Passes Boulder Dam Bill 64, to 11 . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Farcau, Bruce W. . 1996 . The Chaco War: Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932–1935 . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Publishing Group . 14 . 978-0-275-95218-1 .
- News: December 16, 1928 . Germany, Poland Clash Angrily as League Closes . . 1 .
- News: December 16, 1928 . Fascists Declare Rotary Ban; Club Headquarters Surprised . . 1 .
- News: December 17, 1928 . Paraguay Calls Its Troops . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: Kinsley . Philip . December 17, 1928 . Hoover Reaches Uruguay for Visit of a Day . Chicago Daily Tribune. 5 .
- News: December 18, 1928 . Paraguay Asks Peace as 30,000 Rush to Colors . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 18, 1928 . Honor Wright in Spot Where He First Flew . Chicago Daily Tribune. 11 .
- Web site: Amelia Earhart Disappears on Round-the-World Flight . Stimson . Richard . The Wright Stories . March 4, 2015 .
- News: December 19, 1928 . Mediation for Peace in South America Begins . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Urban, Joan Barth . 1986 . Moscow and the Italian Communist Party: From Togliatti to Berlinguer . I.B. Tauris Publishers . 46–47, 71–72 . 978-1-85043-027-8 .
- Web site: Hubert Wilkins 1888–1958 . South-Pole.com . March 4, 2015 .
- Book: Riffenburgh, Beau . Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Volume 1 . Oxon and New York . Routledge . 1080 . 978-0-415-97024-2 .
- News: Crawford . Arthur . December 22, 1928 . Coolidge Signs Boulder Bill; Up To States . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: Kinsley . Philip . December 22, 1928 . Brazil Greets Hoover; Rio in Festive Mood . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 23, 1928 . President Grants Full Pardon to John W. Langley . . 1 .
- News: Kinsley . Philip . December 24, 1928 . Hoover Off for U.S., Laden with Latin Good Will . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: December 24, 1928 . Chicago Plane Burns; 4 Die . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Franklin, Harold B. . 1929 . Sound Motion Pictures: From the Laboratory to their Presentation . . Doubleday, Doran & Company . 25–26 .
- Patrick Robertson, Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011)
- "W.E. Diemer, Bubble Gum Inventor, Dies at 93", by Abby Goodnough, The New York Times, January 12, 1998, p. B7
- News: December 27, 1928 . Train Wreckers Derail Flyer On Santa Fe; Two Badly Hurt . . 1 .
- News: Darrah . David . December 28, 1928 . Mussolini Bans New Year's Day Fetes So All Can Work . Chicago Daily Tribune. 11 .
- Book: Tomasevich, Jozo . 2001 . War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941–1945 . Stanford, California . Stanford University Press . 26 . 978-0-8047-7924-1 .
- News: Darrah . David . December 30, 1928 . Mussolini Board Finds Textbook in Schools Unfit . Chicago Daily Tribune. 6 .
- News: December 31, 1928 . This Scientist Would Make 50 Man's Age Limit . Chicago Daily Tribune. 7 .
- News: January 1, 1929 . French Cabinet Refuses to Let Poincaré Resign . Chicago Daily Tribune. 24 .