Timeline November 1928

Events in November 1928 10

• 1857 – 1928 Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928) Died 21 November 1928, aged 71 German naturalist playwright and novelist, author of the play Heimat and the novel Frau Sorge. He was one of the most performed dramatists in Germany around 1900. Several of his works were adapted for film.
• 1865 – 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai (1865-1928) Died 17 November 1928, aged 63 Indian nationalist leader known as Punjab Kesari. He was part of the Lal Bal Pal trio of Congress radicals. He died weeks after police beat him while he led a protest against the Simon Commission in Lahore.
• 1882 – 1928 Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928) Died 6 November 1928, aged 46 New York racketeer and gambler who helped organise American organised crime in the Prohibition era. He was widely linked to the fixing of the 1919 World Series. He was shot during a poker game and died two days later.
• 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President of the United States Republican landslide over Al Smith Herbert Hoover beat Democrat Al Smith, the first Catholic nominee of a major party, and won 444 electoral votes. Hoover took several states of the traditionally Democratic South. He took office in March 1929, months before the Wall Street Crash.
• 1928 – 2020 Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) Died 6 July 2020, aged 91 Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer who scored more than 400 films, including Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West, and won an Academy Award for The Hateful Eight. He died on 6 July 2020 from complications of a fall.
• 1928 Enthronement of Emperor Hirohito Formal coronation ceremonies held in Kyoto Emperor Hirohito was formally enthroned at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, two years after he succeeded his father. The ceremonies marked the start of the Showa era in ritual terms. His reign lasted until 1989.
• 1928 Sinking of the SS Vestris British liner founders off Virginia The passenger liner Vestris sank in a storm about 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on a voyage from New York to South America. About 111 people died. The inquiries that followed helped shape later international rules on safety at sea.
• 1928 Steamboat Willie premieres Mickey Mouse's debut in a synchronised-sound cartoon Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premiered at the Colony Theatre in New York. It was one of the first cartoons with fully synchronised sound, and it made Mickey Mouse famous. The film set up Disney's studio as a leader in animation.
• 1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres Ballet score debuts at the Paris Opera Maurice Ravel's Bolero premiered at the Paris Opera as a ballet commissioned by Ida Rubinstein. The piece builds a single repeated melody over an unchanging snare-drum rhythm. It became one of the most frequently performed orchestral works of the century.
• 1928 – 2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen Electronic music pioneer German avant-garde composer who pioneered electronic and serial music. His work Gesang der Jünglinge is a landmark of electronic composition.