Born in 1928

What things cost in 1928

1928 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1928 has the CPI alone.

Who was in charge in 1928

United States, head of state and government

Calvin Coolidge Wikidata

United Kingdom, head of state

George V Wikidata

United Kingdom, head of government

Stanley Baldwin Wikidata

Canada, head of government

William Lyon Mackenzie King Wikidata

Terms from Wikidata, shown only where they match the official lists of holders.

Famous people born in 1928

• August 6 – Andy Warhol, American artist (died 1987) source
• January 1 – Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (died 2016) source
• 1 January – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American diplomatic and military historian source
• June 14 – Che Guevara, Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary (or May 14; d. 1967) source
• February 8 – Jack Larson, American actor, producer and playwright (died 2015) source
• 8 February – Osian Ellis, harpist (died 2021) source
• January 5 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan (died 1979) source
• August 27 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (died 2023) source
• July 26 – Stanley Kubrick, American film director (2001: A Space Odyssey) (died 1999) source
• March 12 – Edward Albee, American dramatist (died 2016) source
• 12 March – Werner Krolikowski, East German politician source
• January 3 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician (died 2015) source
• 3 January – Klaus Schulze, Olympic rower (died 2013) source
• December 29 – Bernard Cribbins, English actor, comedian and singer (died 2022) source
• September 29 – Mihály Lantos, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1989) source

What happened in 1928

• January – Voters in El Salvador elected the National Democratic Party to all 42 seats in the country's legislature. No results were published. source
• January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union. source
• January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. source
• 3 February – First hutbe in Turkish source
• 22 February – Bert Hinkler arrives in Darwin, Northern Territory after flying solo from London on 7 February, and then, later, he arrives in his hometown of Bundaberg on 27 February. source
• 12 February – An underground explosion at Haig Pit, Whitehaven, in the Cumberland Coalfield, kills thirteen miners undertaking clearance after an earlier fatal accident. source
• February 11 – 19 – The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of Norway wins her first gold medal, in women's figure skating. source
• 4 July – Financier Alfred Loewenstein vanishes on a Croydon Airport to Brussels. source