Timeline July 1928

Events in July 1928 11

• 1847 – 1928 Ellen Terry (1847-1928) Died 21 July 1928, aged 81 English actress who was the leading Shakespearean actress of her era. She was Henry Irving's stage partner at the Lyceum Theatre for more than twenty years. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925.
• 1880 – 1928 Alvaro Obregon (1880-1928) Died 17 July 1928, aged 48 Mexican revolutionary general and President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He had just been re-elected president when a Catholic militant, Jose de Leon Toral, shot him at a restaurant in Mexico City. His death led Plutarco Elias Calles to found the ruling National Revolutionary Party.
• 1928 Shakhty Trial Soviet show trial of mining engineers for sabotage Fifty-three engineers and technicians from the Shakhty coal region were tried in Moscow for alleged sabotage and conspiracy with foreign powers. Most were convicted, and five were executed. The trial set the pattern for later Stalinist show trials.
• 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover published D. H. Lawrence's novel privately printed in Florence D. H. Lawrence had his last novel privately printed in Florence because it could not be published openly in Britain or the United States. Its sexual frankness kept it banned for decades. Penguin's acquittal in the 1960 obscenity trial became a landmark in British censorship law.
• 1928 Wimbledon 1928 Men: René Lacoste · Women: Helen Wills
• 1928 Equal Franchise Act British women gain the vote on equal terms with men The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act received royal assent. It lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21 and gave them the vote on the same terms as men. About five million more women became eligible to vote.
• 1928 Sliced bread first sold Otto Rohwedder's bread-slicing machine enters commercial use The Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri began selling bread sliced by Otto Frederick Rohwedder's machine. Pre-sliced bread spread quickly across the United States. It gave rise to the phrase "the best thing since sliced bread".
• 1928 – 2023 Federico Bahamontes The Eagle of Toledo Voted the greatest climber in the history of the Tour de France.
• 1928 – 1978 Bob Crane (1928-1978) Died 29 June 1978, aged 49 Crane was an American actor best known for starring in the television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes". He was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a murder that remains officially unsolved.
• 1928 – 1999 Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) Died 7 March 1999, aged 70 Stanley Kubrick was an American-born filmmaker who directed landmark films including 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining. He worked primarily from England for most of his career and was known for his meticulous, perfectionist approach to filmmaking. He died in his sleep days after completing Eyes Wide Shut.
• 1928 Chrysler acquires Dodge Brothers Chrysler becomes one of the Big Three Walter Chrysler bought Dodge Brothers from the investment bank Dillon, Read and Co. The merger greatly expanded Chrysler's manufacturing and dealer network. Chrysler had launched its Plymouth and DeSoto brands earlier the same year.