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January1928

Historical Events in January 1928

Mortalium Animos

Jan 6 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)

259th Pope Pius XI

Marco Millions

Jan 9 Eugene O'Neill's play "Marco Millions" premieres in NYC

Playwright Eugene O'Neill

Rosalie

Jan 10 George Gershwin, Sigmund Romberg and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie" premieres in New York

Composer and Pianist George Gershwin

Writer P. G. Wodehouse

Leon Trotsky Exiled

Jan 10 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky

Marxist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky

"Cock Robin"

Jan 12 Philip Barry and Elmer Rice's play "Cock Robin" premieres in NYC

Playwright and Novelist Elmer Rice

Jan 13 Swedish-American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson, of General Electric, demonstrates the first television receiver at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York
Jan 17 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented

The Adventure of the Good Soldier Schweik

Jan 23 A stage version of the Czech novel "The Adventure of the Good Soldier Schweik" produced and directed by Erwin Piscator with the help of Bertolt Brecht premieres in Berlin

Poet and Playwright Bertolt Brecht

Jan 28 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway
Jan 30 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US

Borotra Beats Cummings

Jan 30 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Frenchman Jean Borotra wins his only Australian title; beats Jack Cummings of Australia 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3

Tennis Player Jean Borotra

Jan 30 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Sydney: Daphne Akhurst wins 3rd title; beats Esna Boyd 7-5, 6-2
Jan 30 Eugene O'Neill's play "Strange Interlude" premieres in NYC
Jan 31 Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company

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