The temperature on March 24, 1928 was between 5.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
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