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World Events - 1928

* Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, is signed in Paris by 65 nations. * Richard E. Byrd starts an expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930. * The first of Joseph Stalin's Five Year Plans imposes collectivization on agriculture in the Soviet Union.

US Events - 1928

* The Jones-White Merchant Marine Act passed by Congress (May 22) provides funds to help make the U.S. commercial shipping industry more competitive in the world. * Former Chicago city council member Oscar DePriest is elected to the 71st U.S. Congress (Nov. 6). He is the first black Representative to be elected in a northern state. * U.S. voters elect Herbert Hoover president (Nov. 6) over Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York.

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