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Michael Bond is born
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Queen Elizabeth the Second of England is born
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Harper Lee is born
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The first Lebanese constitution is established
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Marilyn Monroe is born
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In Portugal, General Óscar Carmona takes power with a military coup
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Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel
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Winnie the Pooh is published
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A hurricane kills 650 people in Cuba
The hurricane also hit Florida and Bermuda. "the storm formed from a low-pressure area in the southern Caribbean Sea on October 14. Moving slowly to the north, it steadily intensified, attaining hurricane intensity on October 18 near the Swan Islands. After passing the islands, the hurricane began to rapidly intensify as it accelerated to the north, attaining major hurricane intensity the following day. " https://dbpedia.org/page/1926_Havana%E2%80%93Bermuda_hurricane -
Harry Houdini dies
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NBC Radio Network opens in the U.S.
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The death penalty is re-established in Italy
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Miina Sillanpää becomes Finland's first female government minister
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The Harlem Globetrotters play their first road game
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Coretta Scott King is born
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The first fully electronic television system is achieved
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Stalin has uncontested control of the Soviet Union
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Show Boat opens on Broadway
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Maya Angelou is born
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Shirley Temple is born
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Voting age for women in the UK drops from 30 to 21
Passage of the Representation of the People Act in the United Kingdom lowers the voting age for women from 30 to 21, giving them equal suffrage with men from July 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928 -
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a successful transatlantic flight
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Sliced bread beginnings
The first machine-sliced and machine-wrapped loaf of bread is sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, United States, using Otto Frederick Rohwedder's technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928 -
Andy Warhol is born
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The Great Depression
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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
5 rivals of Al Capone and a civilian are shot dead in Chicago. -
Herbert Hoover is sworn in
He is the 31st President of the United States.