HISTORICAL DETAILS - 1928
The year Shirley Temple was Born
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MAJOR EVENTS
February 22: Lt. Bert Hinkler completes the first solo flight from 
England to Australia in 15 1/2 days.

April 27: Australia launches a flying doctor service at Cloncurry, 
Queensland.

June 9: Capt. Charles Kingsford Smith and crew complete their 
flying trip from the United States to Australia.

June 18: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo over 
the Atlantic.

November 11: The Bruce Government returned to power with a reduced 
majority.

SPORT
July 28: Eighth Olympic Games open in Amsterdam. United States 
dominate.

SCIENCE
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.

Albert Szent-Gyogyi and Charles King separately discover vitamin C.

SOCIAL TRENDS
An American report says cigarette output is increasing at 1.4 
thousand million each month.

Herbert Hoover predicts poverty in the United States will end. He 
promises there will be "a chicken in every pot, a car in every 
garage".

Plastic comes into commercial use.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
First Mickey Mouse films released

Bertolt Brecht's Three-Penny Opera opens in Berlin.

The Daven Corporation announces first television set to be sold for 
$US75 (July 3).

BIRTHS
Child star, later Diplomat, Shirley Temple Black (April 23)

Artist John Olsen (January 21 )

Artist Pro (Kevin Charles) Hart (May 30)

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14)

Film Director Stanley Kubrick (July 26)

Artist Andy Warhol (August 6)

Artist Charles Raymond Blackman (August 12)

DEATHS
English Author Thomas Hardy (January 11 )

British World War l Field Marshal Douglas Haig (January 28)

Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen (June 20)

Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister (October 22)
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