Year by year · 20th century

1928

1928 in world history: 8 events, 9 births, 18 deaths, 2 works, 1 state founded and 2 that came to an end. 721 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 27 August

    Fifteen nations sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Signatories in Paris renounced war as an instrument of national policy. The pact had no means of enforcement, but it later underpinned charges of crimes against peace at Nuremberg.

    NurembergParis

  2. 28 September

    Alexander Fleming notices the mould that leads to penicillin

    Back from holiday, Alexander Fleming found a mould killing bacteria on a culture plate in his London laboratory. Developed into a drug in the 1940s, penicillin opened the antibiotic era.

    London

  3. Event

    Youth Pledge

    The Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda) was the declaration made on 28 October 1928 at the Second Indonesian Youth Congress in Batavia.

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In the profiles

Wars and longer events

Born in 1928 9

Died in 1928 18

Works 2

States founded 1

States that came to an end 2

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APA
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