1928

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 - 1928 - 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

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Births

• February 11 - [[[Conrad Janis]], actor.
• February 11 - [Archibald Forster]], CEO (Esso UK).
• February 11 - Gerry Alexander, West Indies cricket player.
• February 11 - Raoul Cita, rocker.
• April 9 - Tom Lehrer, satirical songwriter
• July 26 - Stanley Kubrick, American film director
• August 6 - Andy Warhol, American artist
• October 1 - George Peppard, actor

Deaths

Events

• Frederick Griffith conducted the Griffith experiment indirectly proving existence of DNA.
• February 11 - [[2nd [Winter Olympics]] opens in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
• Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam Netherlands
• Motorola founded.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Owen Willans Richardson
• Chemistry - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
• Medicine - Charles Jules Henri Nicolle
• Literature -Sigrid Undset
• Peace - Not awarded.