The temperature on May 17, 1928 was between 1.0 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
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