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The following events occurred in August 1928:

August 15, 1928: Germany launches the high-tech luxury liner SS Europa
August 27, 1928: Germany's Foreign Minister Gustav Streseman joins others in signing Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact in Paris, renouncing "war as an instrument of national policy"
The Kellogg-Briand Pact and seals from 15 signatory nations
France's Foreign Minister Aristide Briand addresses the assembled representatives

Wednesday, August 1, 1928

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  • Croatian deputies withdrew from the Yugoslavian National Assembly and set up a separatist parliament in Zagreb.[1][2] They said that they would not recognize any decisions made in Yugoslavian parliament as binding in Croatia.[3]

Thursday, August 2, 1928

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Friday, August 3, 1928

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Saturday, August 4, 1928

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  • A volcanic eruption occurred at Paluweh in the Dutch East Indies, causing a tsunami that killed at least 160 people and affecting the global climate.[6]
  • A group of 11,000 Britons conducted a pilgrimage to the battlefields of northern France on the fourteenth anniversary of the British declaration of war on Germany.[7]
  • The anniversary was marked in Berlin with a huge anti-war demonstration organized by communists outside the City Palace. 600 red flags were dipped as the crowd sang "The Internationale" and took an oath to boycott war.[7]

Sunday, August 5, 1928

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  • About 1,000 communists were arrested in Paris for trying to mount an anti-war demonstration in Ivry-sur-Seine in defiance of the government.[8]
  • Born: Bogdan Maglich, nuclear physicist, in Sombor, Yugoslavia (d. 2017)

Monday, August 6, 1928

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Tuesday, August 7, 1928

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  • Italy tightened its emigration laws, making it harder for Italians to reunite with relatives living abroad. Wives and sons could still join emigrated husbands and fathers, but only if they were dependent on them. Sisters had to be unmarried in order to join their brothers.[11]
  • Born: James Randi, stage magician and scientific skeptic, in Toronto, Canada (d. 2020)[12]

Wednesday, August 8, 1928

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Thursday, August 9, 1928

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Friday, August 10, 1928

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Saturday, August 11, 1928

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  • U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover formally accepted the Republican nomination for president in a speech at Stanford University Stadium.[17]
  • Weimar Germany celebrated its ninth birthday; the government decreed that August 11 would thereafter be a national holiday.[18]

Sunday, August 12, 1928

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Monday, August 13, 1928

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Tuesday, August 14, 1928

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  • The second night of aerial war maneuvers were conducted over London. It was reported that vital sections of the city would have been bombed to ruins if the air raid had been real.[24][25]
 
Lee Tracy originates the role of Editor Hildy Johnson
  • The stage comedy The Front Page, adapted for three films and several television series, opened on Broadway.[26]

Wednesday, August 15, 1928

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Thursday, August 16, 1928

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SS Bremen

Friday, August 17, 1928

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  • Aerial maneuvers over London ended in the morning, with experts in agreement that British air defenses were inadequate. Fast bombers were found to be the most successful type of plane.[28]
  • American stage and film actress Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur were married in New York.[29]
  • Born: Willem Duys, radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer (d. 2011)
  • Died: Frank Urson, 41, American film director, drowned

Saturday, August 18, 1928

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  • A tropical storm swept Haiti, killing about 200 people and doing an estimated $1 million property damage.[30]
  • Born:

Sunday, August 19, 1928

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Monday, August 20, 1928

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Tuesday, August 21, 1928

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Wednesday, August 22, 1928

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Thursday, August 23, 1928

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  • New York Governor Al Smith formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president in a speech in Albany. The planned ceremony in the park outside the Capitol was driven indoors due to rain, so 25,000 stood in the downpour to hear Smith's speech from inside the Assembly Chamber over loudspeakers. WGY of Schenectady televised the event and became the first television station to transmit a remote broadcast.[35][36]
  • Born: Marian Seldes, actress, in Manhattan (d. 2014)

Friday, August 24, 1928

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Saturday, August 25, 1928

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Sunday, August 26, 1928

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Monday, August 27, 1928

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Tuesday, August 28, 1928

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Wednesday, August 29, 1928

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Thursday, August 30, 1928

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Friday, August 31, 1928

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References

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  3. ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941–1945. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-8047-7924-1.
  4. ^ "Royal Commission". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 3 August 1928. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "Unthinkable? Implement the Easter Act 1928". The Guardian. April 16, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "Paluweh Volcano". Volcano Live. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Europe Recalls Start of World War 14 Yrs. Ago". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 5, 1928. p. 4.
  8. ^ Wales, Henry (August 6, 1928). "French Police Scoop Up Reds by Cartloads". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Crash Sends Submarine to Bottom of Sea". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 7, 1928. p. 1.
  10. ^ Darrah, David (August 8, 1928). "Chrlorine Gas Kills 31 in Submarine". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Italy Decrees Emigration Bars for Home Folk". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 8, 1928. p. 1.
  12. ^ "James Randi has died". James Randi Educational Foundation. October 21, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  13. ^ National Hurricane Center; Hurricane Research Division (April 1, 2014). "Atlantic hurricane best track (HURDAT version 2)" Archived February 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  14. ^ "Heiress' Troth to Gene Tunney Is Announced". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 9, 1928. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Malay Volcano Kills 1,000, All but Destroys Island; Fire Wrecks Six Villages". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 9, 1928. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Pierre du Pont Comes Out for Gov. Al Smith". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 11, 1928. p. 2.
  17. ^ Kinsley, Philip (August 12, 1928). "Hoover Expounds Dry Law". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  18. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (August 12, 1928). "New Germany Celebrates its Ninth Birthday". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  19. ^ "Dutch Plane Crashes into Spectators; Four Killed". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 13, 1928. p. 13.
  20. ^ "Jugoslavia Ratifies Nuttuno Convention". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1928. p. 6.
  21. ^ "London 'Bombed' as Planes Wage Mimic Warfare". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 14, 1928. p. 13.
  22. ^ "General Strike Dtung Out in Łódź, Poland". Lewiston Daily Sun. Lewiston, Maine: 1. October 20, 1928.
  23. ^ McClellan, George B. (1933). Modern Italy: A Short History. London: Oxford University Press. p. 245.
  24. ^ "Tons of 'Bombs' Rain on London in Mimic Air War". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1928. p. 13.
  25. ^ "London 'Smoking Ruins' After 'Bombing' From Air". Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 2. August 14, 1928.
  26. ^ "The Front Page". Playbill Vault. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  27. ^ "Bill Dickey 1928 Batting Gamelogs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  28. ^ "London Proves Easy Victim in Air Maneuvers". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 17, 1928. p. 7.
  29. ^ "Helen Hayes Weds Author; Ex-Wife Loses". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 18, 1928. p. 1.
  30. ^ "200 Feared Dead, 10,000 Lose Homes as Storm Whips Haiti; $1,000,000 Property Damage". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 19, 1928. p. 1.
  31. ^ "Goebel Smashes Record in Trans-U.S. Flight; Lands Here After 19 Hours in Air". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 20, 1928. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Tornadoes Kill 8, Hurt 100 in Iowa and Minnesota". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 21, 1928. p. 1.
  33. ^ Darrah, David (August 22, 1928). "Scorn of Italy Heaped on Pact to Outlaw War". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 8.
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  35. ^ "Al Smith's Good Humor Triumphs Over Weather as Rain Drenches Crowd". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 23, 1928. p. 1.
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  37. ^ Whittlesey, Lee H. (2014). Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park. Roberts Rinehart Publishers. p. 13. ISBN 9781570984518.
  38. ^ "Kellogg Arrives in Paris to Sign Anti-War Pact". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 24, 1928. p. 1.
  39. ^ "Lloyd Wright and Olga Wed in California". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 26, 1928. p. 1.
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  41. ^ Hickock, Guy (August 27, 1928). "15 Nations Sign Anti-War Pact; Hail Stresemann". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 1.
  42. ^ "Yugo Slavs Sign Kellogg Pact; 4 Other O. K. It". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 29, 1928. p. 1.
  43. ^ "Albanians Plan Special Bill to Set Up Throne". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 30, 1928. p. 11.
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  47. ^ "Amelia Earhart Barely Escapes in Plane Crash". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 1, 1928. p. 1.