{"id":138,"date":"2020-12-10T04:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T04:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:43:11","slug":"1928-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/events\/1928-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1928"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUBVMWEV2EI6RC5FRNGF2OJA4Y-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2325 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUBVMWEV2EI6RC5FRNGF2OJA4Y-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUBVMWEV2EI6RC5FRNGF2OJA4Y-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUBVMWEV2EI6RC5FRNGF2OJA4Y-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EUBVMWEV2EI6RC5FRNGF2OJA4Y.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/amelia-earhart-becomes-the-first-women-to-fly-across-the-atlantic\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/amelia-earhart-becomes-the-first-women-to-fly-across-the-atlantic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amelia Earhart Completes her Transatlantic Flight<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">June 17-June 18, 1928<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radium-to-Extend-Life-to-100-Years-NY-Herald-1921-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3747 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radium-to-Extend-Life-to-100-Years-NY-Herald-1921-cropped.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radium-to-Extend-Life-to-100-Years-NY-Herald-1921-cropped-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/the-radium-girls-court-trial\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3745\"><strong>Radium Girls Court Trial <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>January &#8211; June 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Airport.jpg\" alt=\"An early photo of Newark Metropolitan Airport\" class=\"wp-image-2278 size-full\" style=\"object-position:73% 43%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Airport.jpg 484w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Airport-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/newark-metropolitan-airport-opens\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2023\/02\/01\/newark-metropolitan-airport-opens\/\">Newark Metropolitan Airport Opens<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>October 1, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-382 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2021\/02\/16\/steamboat-willie\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"381\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steamboat Willie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>November 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Albert_Fish_1903.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2996 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Albert_Fish_1903.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Albert_Fish_1903-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Albert_Fish_1903-768x880.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2024\/02\/21\/moon-maniac-albert-fish-kills-grace-budd\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2973\">&#8220;Moon Maniac&#8221; Albert Fish killed Grace Budd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May 28, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4502 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-1536x1016.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Strike-leaders-1928-banana-massacre-columbia-united-fruit-company-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2025\/05\/03\/la-matanza-the-banana-massacre-in-american-and-colombian-history\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2025\/05\/03\/la-matanza-the-banana-massacre-in-american-and-colombian-history\/\">The Banana Massacre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>December 5th &#8211; 6th, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Flores_1.jpg\" alt=\"A red wooden yo-yo on a stone surface. There is a graphic on the yo-yo that is a black circle with faded brown text reading &quot;FLORES YO-YO.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-5746 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Flores_1.jpg 441w, https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Flores_1-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/the-first-commercial-yo-yo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/the-first-commercial-yo-yo\/\">The First Commercial Yo-yo<\/a><br><br>June 9, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amelia Earhart Completes her Transatlantic Flight June 17-June 18, 1928 Radium Girls Court Trial January &#8211; June 1928 Newark Metropolitan Airport Opens October 1, 1928 Steamboat Willie November 1928 &#8220;Moon&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh-wordpress.ramapo.edu\/discovering1920s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}