Timeline October 1928

Events in October 1928 10

• 1862 – 1928 Andrew Fisher (1862-1928) Died 22 October 1928, aged 66 Scottish-born Labor politician who was Prime Minister of Australia three times between 1908 and 1915. His governments founded the Commonwealth Bank and the Royal Australian Navy. He later served as Australian High Commissioner in London.
• 1928 – 1994 George Peppard (1928-1994) American actor, star of Breakfast at Tiffany's and leader of The A-Team.
• 1928 George Peppard born in Detroit George Peppard is born in Detroit.
• 1928 – 1973 Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) Lithuanian-born British actor, star of Room at the Top and The Manchurian Candidate.
• 1928 Laurence Harvey born in Joniskis Laurence Harvey is born in Joniskis.
• 1928 Soviet First Five-Year Plan begins Stalin launches forced industrialisation The Soviet Union began its first Five-Year Plan, which aimed at rapid growth in heavy industry under central planning. The plan went together with the forced collectivisation of agriculture. It marked the end of the New Economic Policy.
• 1928 Opus Dei founded Josemaria Escriva founds a Catholic lay organisation Spanish priest Josemaria Escriva founded Opus Dei in Madrid. The organisation teaches that ordinary work and daily life can be a path to holiness. In 1982 it became the Catholic Church's only personal prelature.
• 1928 Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Nationalist Government Chiang takes formal leadership of the Republic of China After the Northern Expedition captured Beijing, Chiang Kai-shek became Chairman of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing. The regime began a period of one-party tutelage under the Kuomintang. Nanjing became the national capital.
• 1928 – 2026 Zhu Rongji Premier of China (1998-2003) Chinese politician and economic reformer who served as Premier of China from 1998 to 2003. Sharp-tongued and impatient, he earned the nickname 'Madman Zhu' for his demanding style and willingness to confront corruption and inefficiency. He overhauled China's state-owned enterprises at the cost of tens of millions of jobs, tamed double-digit inflation, steered the economy through the Asian financial crisis, and masterminded China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 — a decision that helped transform China into the world's second-largest economy.
• 1928 Zhu Rongji born in Changsha Born in Changsha, Hunan Province, the same province that produced Mao Zedong. He came from a family of landowners and intellectuals.