-In the Soviet Union, Trotsky is banished to Alma-Alta, while other Bolsheviks were sent to Siberia, and other remote places, by Stalin. -President Coolidge sends 1000 more marines to Nicarrgua to overcome General Sandino, the guerrilla leader. -Hitler's National Socialists win a majority in Bavaria. -Tokyo holds Japan's first universal sufferage elections. -A bomb in Milan meant for King Victor Emmanuel III, kills 16 people. -Mussolini reduces Italian electorate from 12 million, to 3 million. -Agentinian anti-Fascists bomb the Italian Embassy killing 22 people. -Kellogg-Brian treaty is signed by the U.S, France, Britain, Germany, and 11 other countries. -Newly elected Mexican president Obregon, is assinated. -United States signs treaty with Peking. China gets tarriff autonomy. -The VIII Olympics are held in Amsterdam. -In Geneva, American Charles Evans Hughs, is selected the World Court Judge by the League of Nations. This is despite, the U.S's unparticipation. -In the Soviet Union, Lenin's New Economic Policy is abandoned, and replaced with Stalin's initation of the first Five Year Plan. -USSR, accepts the Kellogg-Briand Pact. Sept 31, 1928. -Hirohito is crowned the Emperor of Japan. The 27 year old vows to work for world peace.
-On Wall Street there is a record stock turnover of 1.8 million in two hours -In the U.S., Coolidge supplies 340 million for flood control in the Western and Mideastern states.
-A woman proposing to be Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tzar Nicholas II, arrives in the U.S. -Turkish schools begin teaching the English alphabet. The age for woman voters is reduced to 21, from 30, in Britain. -TVs sell for \\$75.00.
-National Broadcasting Company broadcast to all 48 states, displaying the talants of Will Rodgers, and other stars. -Film Dawn, is released in Britain. It was shot durung war, and depicts the experiences of a Begium nurse. -Film Passion of Joan of Arc is released.
-Boxer Jack Dempsey announces his retirement. -The VIII Summer Olympics are held in Amsterdam. -The second Winter Olympics are hosted in St. Moritz. 25 countries participate. -Clarence de Mar finishes the Boston marathon in a record time of 2:37:07.8.
-Bell Labs unveil a new device that end the fluttering of television images. -The Aero Wheel, invented for training men for flights, is the latest craze in London.
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