Timeline May 1928

Events in May 1928 14

• 1874 – 1928 Max Scheler (1874-1928) Died 19 May 1928, aged 53 German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics and philosophical anthropology. His major works include Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Values. He influenced Edith Stein and Karol Wojtyla.
• 1876 – 1928 Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928) Died 21 May 1928, aged 51 Japanese bacteriologist at the Rockefeller Institute. He identified the syphilis bacterium in the brains of patients with progressive paralysis. He died of yellow fever in Accra while researching the disease.
• 1928 1928 World Snooker Championship Joe Davis Title 2 Winner: Joe Davis; Runner-up: Fred Lawrence. Score: 16–13.
• 1928 Jinan incident Clash between Nationalist and Japanese troops in Shandong Fighting broke out in Jinan between Chiang Kai-shek's Northern Expedition forces and Japanese troops deployed to protect Japanese residents. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. The incident deepened Sino-Japanese hostility.
• 1928 – 2023 Burt Bacharach American Songwriter & Composer American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist, widely regarded as one of the most important figures of 20th-century popular music. Working primarily with lyricist Hal David, he wrote dozens of hit songs including Walk on By, I Say a Little Prayer and Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head. He won six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and charted 73 songs in the American Top 40.
• 1928 Burt Bacharach born in Kansas City Born Burt Freeman Bacharach in Kansas City, Missouri. Raised in New York City by his mother, a pianist, and his father, a syndicated newspaper columnist.
• 1928 1928 Summer Olympics IX Olympiad - Amsterdam First time the Olympic flame was lit. Winner: USA.
• 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 German federal election Social Democrats win the most seats The Social Democratic Party gained heavily in the Reichstag election and formed a grand coalition under Hermann Mueller. The Nazi Party won just 2.6 percent of the vote. It was the last Weimar election before the Great Depression.
• 1928 – 2002 Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002) Died 29 June 2002, aged 74 Rosemary Clooney was an American pop and jazz singer whose 1951 hit 'Come On-a My House' launched a career of records, radio and film, including a lead role in White Christmas. A breakdown and personal troubles interrupted her career in the late 1960s before a jazz-focused comeback. She was the aunt of the actor George Clooney.
• 1928 – 2016 William Trevor (1928-2016) Died 20 November 2016, aged 88 Trevor was an Irish writer regarded as one of the leading short story writers in the English language. He won the Whitbread Prize three times and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times. His work often depicted quiet lives in provincial Ireland and England.
• 1928 Airship Italia disaster Nobile's polar airship crashes on the Arctic ice Returning from the North Pole, Umberto Nobile's airship Italia crashed on the pack ice north of Svalbard. The survivors spent weeks on the ice before a Soviet icebreaker rescued them. Roald Amundsen died while flying to join the search.
• 1928 – 2019 Agnes Varda (1928-2019) Died 29 March 2019, aged 90 Agnes Varda was a French film director and photographer often called the grandmother of the French New Wave. Her films, including Cleo from 5 to 7 and Vagabond, were celebrated for their innovative style and social conscience. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2017.
• 1928 First trans-Pacific flight The Southern Cross flies from California to Australia Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew flew the Fokker monoplane Southern Cross from Oakland, California, to Brisbane, stopping in Hawaii and Fiji. It was the first flight across the Pacific. The journey covered about 11,600 kilometres.