What is 1928?
{{Year nav|1928}} {{Year in various calendars|1928}} '''1928''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXVIII]]) was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1928th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1928}}. == Events == * [[January 31]] – [[Leon Trotsky]] is [[exiled]] to [[Kazakhstan]] * [[February 8]] – [[British people|British]] [[inventor]] John Logie Baird sends the first [[television]] signal across the [[Atlantic Ocean]], from [[London]] to [[New York (state)|New York]] * [[May 7]] – The [[United Kingdom]] gives [[Women's suffrage|equal voting rights to women]] by passing the Representation of the People Act. This law allows women to [[vote]] when they are 21 years old, like men. Before this, women could not vote until they were 30. * [[June 9]] – [[Australian]] [[Pilot|flyer]] [[Charles Kingsford Smith]] finishes the first airplane flight across the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[September 28]] – [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[scientist]] [[Alexander Fleming]] discovers [[penicillin]] * [[October 2]] – Josemaria Escriva starts [[Opus Dei]]. == Births == === January === [[File:Z A Bhutto (President of Pakistan).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]]]] * [[January 5]] – [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], 9th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] and 4th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. [[1979]]) === February === * [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Stuart Whitman]], American actor * [[February 22]] &ndash; Sir [[Bruce Forsyth]], British entertainer and television presenter * [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Fats Domino]], American musician * [[February 28]] &ndash; Sir [[Stanley Baker (actor)|Stanley Baker]], Welsh actor (d. [[1976]]) * [[February 29]] &ndash; [[Joss Ackland]], British actor === March === * [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Diana Coupland]], British actress * [[March 6]] - [[Glyn Owen]], Welsh actor (d. [[2004]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Fred Rogers]], American television children's program host and writer (d. [[2003]]) === April === [[File:ShirleyTemple in 1