The following events occurred in February 1928:
Wednesday, February 1, 1928
A significant discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb was made in the "annex": the canopic jars containing the pharaoh's organs. Boxing promoter Tex Rickard said that Jack Dempsey was retiring from the ring. Born: Tom Lantos, Hungarian-born American politician, in Budapest (d. 2008) Stuart Whitman, American film and TV actor; in San Francisco (d. 2020) Died: Hughie Jennings, 58, American baseball player and manager
Thursday, February 2, 1928
The Great Fall River fire broke out in Fall River, Massachusetts, destroying much of the town. Charles Lindbergh flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and landed to a 20-gun salute.
Friday, February 3, 1928
The Simon Commission arrived in Bombay to study constitutional reform in British India. The delegation was immediately met with a hartal and protestors holding black flags and banners reading "Simon Go Back". Born: Frankie Vaughan, English singer; in Liverpool (d. 1999)
Saturday, February 4, 1928
Charles Lindbergh flew to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on his twenty-sixth birthday where he was given the key to the city before attending a reception by President Horacio Vásquez. Communists in Berlin stormed a movie theatre showing the American war film The Big Parade where they tore up the screen and tried to burn the film. The silent film The Garden of Eden starring Corinne Griffith was released. Born: Kim Yong-nam, former North Korean Foreign Minister, 1983 to 1998, Chairman of the Presidium, 1998 to 2019; in Heijo, Japanese Korea (now Pyongyang) Died: Hendrik Lorentz, 74, Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Manche Masemola, 14, South African convert to Christianity, who was murdered by her parents for her faith.
Sunday, February 5, 1928
Two hundred were injured and one hundred and twenty-five were arrested in Berlin during fighting between Communists and Der Stahlhelm. Fascist Italy opened the Accademia della Farnesina, a school for sport and political education. Born: Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (d. 2013) Andrew Greeley, Roman Catholic priest and writer, in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2013) Don Hoak, baseball player, in Roulette Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1969)
Monday, February 6, 1928
Prominent Americans and Frenchmen held a celebration in Paris commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Franco-American Treaty of Alliance of 1778. Actress Mae Clark married the dancer and comedian Lew Brice in Chicago.
Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the former Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, made her first appearance in the United States, arriving in New York City. Charles Lindbergh flew to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and was greeted by President Louis Borno.
Tuesday, February 7, 1928
King George V opened a new session of British Parliament. The Pan American Institute of Geography and History was created in Havana. Born: Al Smith, baseball player, in Kirkwood, Missouri (d. 2002)
Wednesday, February 8, 1928
British inventor John Logie Baird broadcast a transatlantic television signal from a transmitter in London to the United States, where it was seen on a receiver located in a laboratory in Hartsdale, New York. Charles Lindbergh flew to Cuba and was received at the presidential palace by Gerardo Machado. Born: Gene Lees, Canadian music critic and journalist; in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2010)
Thursday, February 9, 1928
A jury in Los Angeles found William Edward Hickman sane and therefore guilty of the murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Born: Frank Frazetta, American fantasy and science fiction artist, in Brooklyn (d. 2010) Roger Mudd, American broadcast journalist and TV news anchorman; in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021) Rinus Michels, Netherlands footballer, in Amsterdam (d. 2005) Erv Palica, American baseball player, in Lomita, California (d. 1982)
Friday, February 10, 1928
A fire broke out in the Hollinger Gold Mine in Timmins, Ontario. Many miners escaped but 39 perished. An explosion at the Beacon Oil plant in Everett, Massachusetts killed 14. Spain's top division of association football league, La Liga (Liga Española) was officially founded.
Saturday, February 11, 1928
The Second Winter Olympic Games opened at St. Moritz in Switzerland. The Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants swapped their star pitchers; the Pirates got Burleigh Grimes in exchange for Vic Aldridge.
Sunday, February 12, 1928
French playwright Pierre Veber challenged author Maurice Rostand to a duel with pistols after Rostand wrote a negative review of Veber's latest play, En Bordée. Rostand declined the challenge.
