September 1928

September 1, 1928 (Saturday)

September 2, 1928 (Sunday)

  • King Zog carried out his first official acts, freeing 2,000 prisoners and granting one month's worth of bonus salary to all civil servants. Italy became the first country to recognize the new regime.[3]
  • Born: Mel Stuart, film director and producer, in New York City (d. 2012)

September 3, 1928 (Monday)

September 4, 1928 (Tuesday)

September 5, 1928 (Wednesday)

September 6, 1928 (Thursday)

  • The National Lutheran Editors' Association passed a resolution declaring that "the peculiar allegiance that a faithful Catholic owes toward a foreign sovereign may clash with the best interests of the country", referring to the Roman Catholicism of presidential candidate Al Smith.[9]
  • The talking horror film The Terror was released.
  • Born: Robert M. Pirsig, writer and philosopher, in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor, composer and pianist, in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 2002); Sid Watkins, neurosurgeon, in Liverpool, England (d. 2012)

September 7, 1928 (Friday)

September 8, 1928 (Saturday)

September 9, 1928 (Sunday)

September 10, 1928 (Monday)

September 11, 1928 (Tuesday)

September 12, 1928 (Wednesday)

September 13, 1928 (Thursday)

September 14, 1928 (Friday)

  • A tornado in Rockford, Illinois killed about 14 people.[26][27]
  • France and Germany agreed to the creation of a European commission that would fix a final reparations figure as well as the method and rate of payment.[28]

September 15, 1928 (Saturday)

September 16, 1928 (Sunday)

September 17, 1928 (Monday)

September 18, 1928 (Tuesday)

September 19, 1928 (Wednesday)

September 20, 1928 (Thursday)

  • Al Smith made an important campaign speech in Oklahoma City denouncing intolerance and addressing the issue of his religion directly. Smith said that he owed it to the country to discuss "frankly and openly" the "attempt of Senator Owen and the forces behind him to inject bigotry, hatred, intolerance and un-American sectarian division" into the campaign. Smith called it "sad" that "in view of countless billions of dollars we have poured into the cause of public education, to see some American citizens proclaiming themselves hundred percent American and then in the very document in which they make that proclamation suggesting that I be defeated for the presidency because of my religious belief." Smith also called the Ku Klux Klan "totally ignorant of the history and traditions of this country and its institutions."[37]
  • Born: Donald Hall, poet, writer, editor and critic, in Hamden, Connecticut; Ruth Richard, baseball player, in Argus, Pennsylvania

September 21, 1928 (Friday)

September 22, 1928 (Saturday)

September 23, 1928 (Sunday)

  • About 300 perished in a theater fire in Madrid, Spain.[40]
  • The Greek and Italian governments signed a treaty of friendship.[18]

September 24, 1928 (Monday)

September 25, 1928 (Tuesday)

September 26, 1928 (Wednesday)

September 27, 1928 (Thursday)

September 28, 1928 (Friday)

September 29, 1928 (Saturday)

September 30, 1928 (Sunday)

  • 1 was killed and about 200 injured in a street fight between communists and republicans in Hamburg, Germany.[54]
  • Born: Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born Jewish-American professor and political activist, in Sighet (d. 2016)

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  9. "Lutherans Link Presidency and Pope in Warning". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 7, 1928. p. 8.
  10. "Alda Sues for Divorce from Gatti-Casazza". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 8, 1928. p. 1.
  11. "Kill Lombardo, Mafia Chief". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 8, 1928. p. 1.
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  14. "Six Convicts Killed as Guards Fight to Quell Prison Break". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 10, 1928. p. 1.
  15. "Second Victim of Mafia Guns Dies in Silence". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 10, 1928. p. 1.
  16. "G.O.P. Wins Maine by 80,000". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 11, 1928. p. 1.
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  25. "Famine Stalks Porto Rico, Hit by Hurricane". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 15, 1928. p. 1.
  26. "Fatal Wind Hits Rockford". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 15, 1928. p. 1.
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  29. "Capone Shot by Own Pistol; It's Accident". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 21, 1928. p. 1.
  30. "Hurricane Sweeps Florida". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 17, 1928. p. 1.
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  32. "Inventor Pilots 'Windmill' Plane Across Channel". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 19, 1928. p. 3.
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  39. "Brother of Al Capone Involved in U.S. Tax Suit". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 23, 1928. p. 5.
  40. "300 Perish in Madrid Theater Fire". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 24, 1928. p. 1.
  41. "France Denies Secret Pacts With England". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 24, 1928. p. 1.
  42. "Florida's Deaths Now Set at 2,200 In Storm Region". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 24, 1928. p. 1.
  43. "Mexico Names Gil as New President". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 26, 1928. p. 2.
  44. "Swedish Cabinet Resigns; Premier Sought by King". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 27, 1928. p. 18.
  45. "Chinese Pirates Terrorize 1,400 on British Ship". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 30, 1928. p. 24.
  46. "London Papers Attack Secret Naval Pacts". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 26, 1928. p. 3.
  47. "Admit U.S. Has Recognized New Rulers in China". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 28, 1928. p. 16.
  48. "Arrest Mayor in Flint, Mich., Vote Fraud Quiz". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 28, 1928. p. 13.
  49. "Another "Whisper" Attacking Smith as a Drinker is Denied". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 28, 1928. p. 2.
  50. "U.S. Turns Down Navy 'Trap'". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 29, 1928. p. 1.
  51. "Yankees Defeat Tigers; Win Pennant". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 29, 1928. p. 21.
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  54. "One Killed as Reds Battle Republicans in Hamburg". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 1, 1928. p. 6.
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