1928 in the United States List of events
Events from the year 1928 in the United States
Incumbents
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
December 5 – Police disperse a Sicilian gangs' meeting in Cleveland .
December 21 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam .
Undated
Ongoing
Sport
Births
January
Walter Mondale Birch Bayh January 1 – William Henry Draper III , American venture capitalistJanuary 2
January 5 – Walter Mondale , American politician, 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (d. 2021 )January 6 – George H. Ross , American businessmanJanuary 7 – William Peter Blatty , American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2017 )January 8
January 9 – Judith Krantz , American novelist (d. 2019 )January 10 – Philip Levine , American poet (d. 2015 )January 11
January 12 – Lloyd Ruby , American race car driver (d. 2009 )January 14 – Lauch Faircloth , American politician (d. 2023 )January 15
January 16
January 20 – Rudy Boesch , American soldierJanuary 21 – Gene Sharp , American political theorist of nonviolent action (d. 2018 )January 22 – Birch Bayh , American politician (d. 2019 )January 30 – Harold Prince , American stage producer, director (d. 2019 )
February
Fats Domino
March
Frank Borman Fred Rogers Jim Lovell Lefty Frizzell March 3 – Bernice Sandler , American women's rights activist (d. 2019 )March 5 – J. Hillis Miller , American literary critic (d. 2021 )March 6
March 7
March 9 – Keely Smith , American singer (d. 2017 )March 10 – James Earl Ray , American assassin (d. 1998 )March 12
March 14
March 15 – Bob Wilber , American clarinetist and saxophonistMarch 17 – Barbara Kloka Hackett , American judge (d. 2018 )March 18 – Julia Mullock , American-Korean royal (d. 2017 )March 19
March 20
March 23 – Mark Rydell , American actor, director and producerMarch 24
March 25
March 27 – Douglas Applegate , politician (d. 2021 )March 29 – Vincent Gigante , American Mafia gangster (d. 2005 )March 31 – Lefty Frizzell , American country music performer (d. 1975 )
April
Estelle Harris Maya Angelou James Garner Shirley Temple April 1 – George Grizzard , American actor (d. 2007 )April 2 – Joseph Bernardin , American cardinal (d. 1996 )April 3
April 4
April 5 – Tony Williams , American singer (d. 1992 )April 6
April 7
April 8 – Fred Ebb , American composer (d. 2004 )April 9
April 11 – Ethel Kennedy , American human-rights campaigner, wife of Robert F. Kennedy April 16 – Night Train Lane , American football player (d. 2002 )April 17
April 18
April 19 – Richard Garwin , American physicistApril 20 – Robert Byrne , American chess player (d. 2013 )April 22 - Estelle Harris , American actress (d. 2022 )April 23 – Shirley Temple , American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat (d. 2014 )April 24 – Johnny Griffin , African-American jazz saxophonist (d. 2008 )April 25 – Cy Twombly , American artist (d. 2011 )April 27
April 28
May
Sonny James Billy Martin Pernell Roberts Rosemary Clooney May 1 – Sonny James , American country singer (d. 2016 )May 3
May 4
May 5 – Marshall Grant , American musician (d. 2011 )May 7 – John Ingle , American actor (d. 2012 )May 8
May 9
May 11
May 12
May 14 – Dub Jones , American R&B singer (d. 2000 )May 15 – Robert Hughes , basketball coach (d. 2024 )May 16 – Billy Martin , American baseball player, manager (d. 1989 )May 18
May 19 – Dolph Schayes , American basketball player (d. 2015 )May 21 – Alice Drummond , American actress (d. 2016 )May 22 – T. Boone Pickens , American businessman (d. 2019 )May 23 – Rosemary Clooney , American singer and actress (d. 2002 )May 24 – Leonard B. Sand , American judge (d. 2016 )May 25 – Mary Wells Lawrence , American advertising executiveMay 26 – Jack Kevorkian , American right-to-die advocate (d. 2011 )May 29 – George A. Sinner , American politician (d. 2018 )May 31
June
Richard M. Sherman John Forbes Nash, Jr. Martin Landau June 3 – Louise Daniel Hutchinson , American historian and academic (d. 2014 )June 6
June 9 – Jackie Mason , American comedian (d. 2021 )June 12
June 13 – John Forbes Nash, Jr. , American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (d. 2015 )June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27 – Edward B. Cottingham , politicianJune 28 – Patrick Hemingway , second son of author Ernest Hemingway June 29
June 30 – Nathaniel Tarn , poet, essayist, anthropologist and translator
July
Elias James Corey Joe Jackson Stanley Kubrick July 4 – Chuck Tanner , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011 )July 5
July 6
July 8 – Pat Adams , painter, printmakerJuly 9
July 10
July 11 – Conrad Janis , American jazz trombonist and actor[ 10] July 12
July 13
July 14 – Nancy Olson , American actressJuly 15 – Tom Troupe , American actor, writerJuly 16 – Jim Rathmann , American race car driver (d. 2011 )July 17 – Joe Morello , American jazz drummer (d. 2011 )July 18
July 19 – Priscilla Johnson McMillan , journalist and historian (d. 2021 )[ 11] July 20 – Cecilia Suyat Marshall , American civil rights activist and historian (d. 2022 )[ 12] July 22
July 23 – Leon Fleisher , American classical pianist (d. 2020 )July 26
August
Andy Warhol Eddie Fisher Marian Seldes James Coburn August 1
August 3 – Janet Abu-Lughod , American sociologist (d. 2013 )August 4 – Gerard Damiano , American adult film director (d. 2008 )August 5 – Bogdan Maglich , American physicist (d. 2017 )August 6 – Andy Warhol , American figure in the visual art movement pop art (d. 1987 )August 7 – Herbert H. Bateman , American politician (d. 2000 )August 8 – Jane Stoll , American professional baseball player (d. 2000 )August 9
August 10
August 12
August 16
August 18 – Marge Schott , American baseball team owner (d. 2004 )August 19 – Laurette Luez , American actress (d. 1999 )August 20 – Frank Rosolino , American jazz trombonist (d. 1978 )August 21 – Art Farmer , American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player (d. 1999 )August 22 – Ray Marshall , American politicianAugust 23 – Marian Seldes , American actress (d. 2014 )August 25
August 28 – Ed Salem , American football quarterback, defensive back (d. 2001 )August 30
August 31 – James Coburn , American actor (d. 2002 )
September
Horace Silver Adam West James Lawson Koko Taylor September 1 – George Maharis , American actor (d. 2023)September 2 – Horace Silver , American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (d. 2014 )September 3 – James Churgin , geologist and oceanographerSeptember 4 – Dick York , American actor (d. 1992 )September 6 – Robert M. Pirsig , American philosopher (d. 2017 )September 7
September 9 – Sol LeWitt , American artist (d. 2007 )September 10 – Walter Ralston Martin , American Baptist Christian minister and author (d. 1989 )September 11
September 12
September 13 – Robert Indiana , American contemporary artist (d. 2018 )September 14
September 15
September 16 – Patricia Wald , American judge (d. 2019 )[ 14] September 19 – Adam West , American actor (d. 2017 )September 20
September 22
September 23
September 25 – Victor Gold , American journalist, press secretary (d. 2017 )September 26 – Robert D. Ray , American lawyer, politician (d. 2018 )September 27 – Garry Watson , American child actorSeptember 28 – Koko Taylor , African-American singer (d. 2009 )
October
Jeanne Cooper Anthony Franciosa October 1
October 2 – Spanky McFarland , American child actor (d. 1993 )October 3
October 4 – Alvin Toffler , American futurologist (d. 2016 )October 7
October 8 – M. Russell Ballard , American businessman and religious leader (d. 2023 )October 14 – Gary Graffman , American concert pianistOctober 16 – Eileen Ryan , American actress (d. 2022 )October 17
October 18 – Keith Jackson , American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality (d. 2018 )October 21
October 22 – Warren Winiarski , American winemaker (d. 2024 )[ 18] October 23 – George M. Woodwell , American ecologist (d. 2024 )[ 19] October 25
October 27 – Waldo Holmes , American musician and songwriterOctober 29 – Harriet Pattison , landscape architect (d. 2023 )[ 21] October 30
October 31 – Roy Romer , American politician
November
Rance Howard November 3
November 4 – George Stanich , high jumperNovember 6
November 7 – Herbert Flam , tennis player (d. 1980 )November 9 – Harrison Ruffin Tyler , American engineer, businessman, grandson of John Tyler
November 11 – Ernestine Anderson , jazz and blues singer (d. 2016 )[ 24] November 12 – Bobby Baker , political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson (d. 2017 )November 13 – Steve Bilko , baseball player (d. 1978 )November 14 – Kathleen Hughes , actressNovember 15
November 16 – Clu Gulager , actor and directorNovember 17
November 18
November 20 – Pete Rademacher , American boxerNovember 23 – Elmarie Wendel , American actress and singer (d. 2018 )November 25 – Jimmy Johnson , blues guitarist (d. 2022 )November 29 – Paul Simon , American politician (d. 2003 )November 30 – Joe B. Hall , American basketball coach
December
Dick Van Patten Dan Blocker Barbara Nichols Bo Diddley December 1 – Sarge Ferris , American professional poker player (d. 1989 )December 2 – Edwin Kessler , American atmospheric scientist (d. 2017 )December 5 – Barbara Stauffacher Solomon , American landscape architect and graphic designer (d. 2024 )December 7 – Noam Chomsky , American linguistDecember 9 – Dick Van Patten , American actor (d. 2015 )December 10
December 12
December 15
December 16
December 17 – George Lindsey , American actor (d. 2012 )December 19 – Nathan Oliveira , American painter, printmaker, and sculptor (d. 2010 )December 20 – Jack Christiansen , American football player and coach (d. 1986 )December 21
December 23
December 24 – Nancy Tuckerman , American secretary (d. 2018 )December 25
December 26 – Martin Cooper , American inventor, "father of the mobile phone "December 27 – Richard Freed , American music critic (d. 2022 )December 28 – Bill Gradison , American politicianDecember 29 – June Preston , American child actress (d. 2022 )December 30 – Bo Diddley , African-American musician (d. 2008 )December 31 – Hugh McElhenny , American football player (d. 2022 )
Deaths
January 1 – Loie Fuller , dancer (born 1862 )
January 3
January 6 – Alvin Kraenzlein , American athlete (born 1876 )January 12 – Ruth Snyder , murderer (born 1895 )
January 13 – Frederick Arthur Bridgman , artist (born 1847 )
January 21 – John A. Kimberly , entrepreneur, co-founder of Kimberly-Clark (born 1838 )
January 22 – Victor Blue , American admiral (born 1865 )
January 25 – Charles Gorman , American actor (born 1865 )
March 7 – Robert Abbe , surgeon (born 1851 )
March 19 – Nora Bayes , singer and actress (born 1880 )
April 2 – Theodore William Richards , recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1868 )
April 8 – Wendell P. Bowman , army major general (born 1847 )
April 22
April 25 – Floyd Bennett , aviator (born 1890 )
May 8 – Clara Williams , actress (born 1888 )
May 18 – Bill Haywood , labor leader (born 1869 )
May 19 – Bessie Van Vorst , campaigning journalist (died 1873 )
June 6 – John D. Works , U.S. senator from California from 1911 to 1917 (born 1847 )
June 16 – Mark Keppel , Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools (born 1867 )
June 22
June 24 – Holbrook Blinn , actor (born 1872 )
July 1
July 22 – William M. Folger , admiral (born 1844 )August 29 – George N. Bliss , soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1837 )
October 8 – Larry Semon , actor (born 1889 )
October 20 – Mary Ingalls , blind older sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (born 1865 )
October 24 – Arthur Bowen Davies , artist (born 1863 )
October 30 – Robert Lansing , Secretary of State (born 1864 )
December 11 – Lewis Howard Latimer , inventor (born 1848 )
December 14 – Theodore Roberts , actor (born 1861 )
December 16 – Elinor Wylie , poet and novelist (born 1885 )
December 25 – Fred Thomson , silent film actor (born 1890 )
See also
References
^ "Transatlantic Television in 1928" . Baird Television . Retrieved 2015-09-29 .The New York Times ^ Edgerton, Gary R. (30 January 2009). The Columbia History of American Television ISBN 9780231121651 ^ "Tamiami Trail Officially Opened in 1928" . Retrieved 2020-06-29 .^ Jan Onofrio (1 January 2000). Iowa Biographical Dictionary ISBN 978-0-403-09304-5 ^ "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti" . Washington Post . Retrieved 19 August 2022 .^ "Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 15 August 2022 .^ "Ostroff, Eugene" . American National Biography (subscription required) ^ Grimes, William (March 13, 1996). "Vince Edwards, 67, the Doctor In the Hit TV Series 'Ben Casey' . The New York Times . Retrieved June 14, 2020 .^ Donald J. Hall, 'a giant' in Kansas City's corporate, civic and philanthropic life, dies at 96 ^ Conrad Janis (1928–2022), Mindy’s dad on “Mork & Mindy” ^ In Memoriam: Priscilla Johnson McMillan, 1928–2021 ^ Justice Thurgood Marshall’s wife ‘Cissy’ Marshall dies at 94 ^ "Donald Henderson, epidemiologist who helped to eradicate smallpox – obituary" , The Telegraph , 21 August 2016, retrieved 22 August 2016 ^ "Robert L. Wald's Obituary in the Washington Post" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .^ Martin Tolchin, acclaimed DC journalist and founder of The Hill, dies at 93 ^ Richard Stolley, the Man Who Launched PEOPLE Magazine, Dies at 92 ^ Hevesi, Dennis. "Abraham Woods, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 80" , The New York Times
^ Napa wine legend Warren Winiarski dies aged 95 ^ Dr. George Woodwell (1928–2024), pioneering climate researcher ^ Vallance, Tom (January 23, 2006). "Anthony Franciosa; Temperamental leading man" The Independent Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved May 22, 2019 . ^ Harriet Pattison, 94, Dies; Landscape Architect With a Tie to Louis Kahn ^ Sr. Mary Joseph of the Trinity, socialite who became 'kind of an unusual nun,' dead at 91 ^ Elaine Showalter; Lea Baechler; A. Walton Litz (27 September 1993). Modern American Women Writers ISBN 978-0-02-082025-3 ^ Peter Vacher (March 20, 2016). "Ernestine Anderson obituary" . The Guardian ^ "Ed Nelson: Veteran of Roger Corman's low-budget horror movies who" . The Independent . 28 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2022 .^ Sharrar, Jack (1998). Avery Hopwood: his life and plays . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780472109630
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