It happened in...1928

##### Frankie Vaughan, British singer, is born

***Frankie Vaughan*** (February 3, 1928 – September 17, 1999) was an English singer of easy listening and traditional pop music, who recorded more than 80 singles in his lifetime. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits.

***Career Highlights***

* "The Green Door" (1956): UK #2
* "The Garden of Eden" (1957): UK #1
* "Man on Fire"/"Wanderin' Eyes" (1957): UK #6
* "Gotta Have Something in the Bank, Frank" (1957), with the Kaye Sisters: UK #8
* "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (1957): UK #8
* These Dangerous Years (1957)
* Wonderful Things! (1958)
* *Frankie Vaughan at the London Palladium* (1959): UK #6
* "Come Softly To Me" (1959), with the Kaye Sisters: UK #9
* The Heart of a Man (1959)
* "The Heart of a Man" (1959): UK #5
* The Lady is a Square (1959)
* Let's Make Love (1960)
* "Tower of Strength" (1961): UK #1
* The Righ Approach (1961)
* "Loop-de-Loop" (1963): UK #5
* "There Must Be a Way" (1967): UK #7

#### 8th

British inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York.

#### 11th

The 1928 Winter Olympics begin in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Until February 19.

#### 22nd

Sir Bruce Forsyth, English entertainer, is born (d. 2017)

#### 25th

Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C., becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.

#### 26th

Fats Domino, African-American musician, is born (d. 2017)

### March

#### 19th

Patrick McGoohan, American-born British-based actor of Irish descent, is born (d. 2009)

### April

#### 7th

James Garner, American actor and producer, is born (d. 2014)

#### 8th

Eric Porter, English actor, is born (d. 1995)

#### 19th

Alexis Korner, British musician, is born (d. 1984)

#### 23rd

Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat, is born (d. 2014)

### May

#### 10th

The first regular schedule of television programming begins in Schenectady, New York by the General Electric's television station W2XB (the station is popularly known as WGY Television, after its sister radio station WGY).

#### 15th

The animated short Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

#### 23rd

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress, is born (d. 2002)

### June

#### 1st

Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host, is born (d. 2003)

#### 20th

Martin Landau, American actor, is born (d. 2017)

### July

#### 2nd

Charles Jenkins Laboratories' W3XK station begins broadcasting on 6.42 MHz using 48 lines.

#### 3rd

British inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates the world's first colour television transmission.

#### 5th

Warren Oates, American actor, is born (d. 1982)

#### 7th

The first machine-sliced and machine-wrapped loaf of bread is sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, using Otto Frederick Rohwedder's technology.

#### 12th

Alastair Burnet, British journalist and broadcaster, is born (d. 2012)

#### 22nd

Jimmy Hill, English football professional and personality, is born (d. 2015)

#### 26th

Joe Jackson, manager and father of Michael Jackson, is born

Stanley Kubrick, American film director, is born (d. 1999)

#### 28th

The 1928 Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam, with the lighting of the Olympic flame. Women's athletics and gymnastics debut at these games and discus thrower Halina Konopacka of Poland became the first female Olympic gold medal winner for a track or field event. Coca-Cola enters Europe as sponsor of the games. Until August 12.

### August

#### 6th

Andy Warhol, American artist, is born (d. 1987)

#### 7th

James Randi, Canadian-American retired stage magician and scientific sceptic, is born

#### 10th

Eddie Fisher, American singer, is born (d. 2010)

#### 31st

James Coburn, American actor, is born (d. 2002)

### September

#### 4th

Dick York, American actor, is born (d. 1992)

#### 17th

Roddy McDowall, British actor, is born (d. 1998)

#### 19th

Adam West, American actor, is born (d. 2017)

#### 28th

Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

### October

#### 1st

George Peppard, American film and television actor, is born (d. 1994)

### November

#### 10th

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, is born

The MGM lion roars for the first time at the beginning of the film White Shadows in the South Seas.

#### 18th

Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie, the third Mickey Mouse cartoon released, but the first sound film and the first such film to be generally distributed.

### December

#### 9th

Dick Van Patten, American actor, is born (d. 2015)

#### 16th

Philip K. Dick, American science fiction author, is born (d. 1982)

#### 30th

Bo Diddley, African-American musician, is born (d. 2008)