The Winter Olympic Games take place in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Harlem nightclubs thrive, spotlighting numerous artists such as jazz musicians Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Charles Lindbergh completes his first trans-Atlantic flight
The first analog TV service is presented in Schenectady, New York
Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
The Republic of China is recognized by the United States
An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital. This invention helps a little girl who suffered from poliomyelitis to recover from respiratory failure nearly instantaneously
Arnold Rothstein, one of New York City's most notorious gamblers, is shot dead over a poker game
The Threepenny Opera (German: Die Dreigroschenoper) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill opens at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin
Women exercise their newly found right to vote (which they won in 1920) in the 1928 elections in which Republican Herbert Hoover wins U.S. presidential election by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith
The animated short Steamboat Willie is released.This is the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, and features cartoon stars Mickey and Minnie Mouse
The Drowsy Chaperone opens at the Morosco Theatre in New York City*