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1926 January 1 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne. [1] January 3 Greek General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator. [1] January 4 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator. [1] January 6 Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland. [1] The German airlines Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr unite to become Deutssche Luft-Hansa AG (later Lufthansa). [37] January 8 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia. [1] Emile Paladilhe composer, dies at age 81. [1] January 15 Enrico Toselli composer, dies at age 42. [1] January 17 George Burns marries Gracie Allen. [1] January 20 Second German government of Luther begins. [1] January 21 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties. [1] Camillo Golgi Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel Prize 1906), dies at age 81. [1] January 22 Belgian chief of staff General Maglinse quits. [1] January 23 Désiré J Mercier Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at age 74. [1] Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] Joseph Carl Breil composer, dies at age 55. [1] January 26 Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London). [1] January 27 US Senate agrees to join World Court. [1] February 1 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR. [1] Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch. [1] February 2 Three men dance the Charleston for 22.5 hours. [1] February 4 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany. [1] February 5 Andre Gedalge composer, dies at age 69. [1] February 8 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership. [1] Sean O'Casey's "The Plough and the Stars" opens at Abbey Theatre Dublin. [1] Walt Disney Studios is formed. [1] February 9 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta Georgia schools. [1] February 11 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand. [1] February 15 Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th Steet New York City. [1] Contract air mail service begins in US. [1] February 17 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die. [1] February 21 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1913), dies at age 72. [1] February 25 Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain. [1] Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords. [1] February 26 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street. [1] Frederik Pijper Dutch vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at age 67. [1] Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller composer, dies at age 75. [1] March 1 Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha Portuguese poet (China), dies at age 58. [1] March 3 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, dies at age 58. [1] International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami Florida). [1] March 4 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office. [1] March 6 China asks for a seat in the Security council. [1] March 7 First transatlantic telephone call (London-New York). [1] Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 9 Bertha Landes elected first woman mayor of Seattle. [1] March 10 Run on Belgian banks. [1] March 11 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein. [1] March 12 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament. [1] Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium. [1] March 15 Belgium's "black monday", franc falls. [1] March 16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 metre). [1] March 17 Dutch Calvinists oust Reverend J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3. [1] Richard Rodgers and L Hart's musical "Girl Friend" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations. [1] March 24 The Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands. [1] March 26 ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies. [1] Konstantin Fehrenbach German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at age 74. [1] The first lip-reading tournament held in America. [1] March 30 Feliks E Dzerzjinski Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at age 48. [1] March 31 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands. [1] April 2 Riots between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta. [1] April 3 First performance of Jean Sibelius' 7th Symphony in C. [1] Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard. [1] Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions. [1] April 4 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president. [1] April 6 Giovanni Amendola antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at age 43. [1] April 7 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills two (San Luis Obispo California). [1] Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose. [1] April 11 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent. [1] April 12 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms. [1] April 13 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam. [1] April 16 Book of the Month Club sends out its first selections "Lolly Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. [1] April 19 Squire Bancroft [Butterfield] actor/manager (Haymarket), dies at age 84. [1] April 20 First check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic. [1] April 22 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security. [1] April 23 Joseph Pennell artist/author, dies. [1] April 24 Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin. If one country is attacked, the other is to remain neutral. [10] April 25 Ellen K S Key Swedish author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at age 76. [1] Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot", premieres in Milan. [1] Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi. [1] April 26 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty. [1] Karachai Autonomous Region is established in RSFSR (until 1943). [1] April 29 France and US reach accord on repayment of WWI. [1] May 1 British coal-miners go on strike. [1] Nicolaus Adriani translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at age 60. [1] Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League. [1] May 2 US military intervenes in Nicaragua. [1] May 3 British general strike-3 million workers support miners. [1] Napoleon V Bonaparte French pretender to the throne, dies at age 63. [1] Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith). [1] US marines land in Nicaragua (9-months after leaving), stay until 1933. [1] May 4 General strike hits Britain. [1] May 5 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith". [1] May 8 First flight over North Pole (Bennett and Byrd). [1] A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. [1] Fire breaks out in Fenway Park. [1] May 9 Joseph Mallaby Dent publisher, dies. [1] Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make first flight over North Pole. [1] May 11 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for first air crossing of Arctic Ocean. [1] May 12 British general strike ends. [1] Dmitri Shostakovich's first Symphony, premieres in Leningrad. [1] General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared. [1] Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole. [1] May 13 German Government of Luther falls. [1] May 15 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike. [1] Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies. [1] May 16 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman) last sultan of Turkey, dies. [1] May 17 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton. [1] German Government of Marx takes power. [1] Lucien Herr French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies. [1] May 18 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped. [1] May 19 French air force bombs Damascus Syria. [1] May 20 Belgian Government of Jaspar takes power. [1] US Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes. [1] Railway Labor Act became law. [1] Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies. [1] May 21 Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, dies at age 65. [1] Ronald Arthur A Firbank British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at age 40. [1] May 22 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1. [1] Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China. [1] Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop. [1] May 23 Hans Koessler composer, dies at age 73. [1] Lebanese constitution is established under French mandate. [1] May 25 Symon Petlyura leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at age 47. [1] May 26 Lebanon adopts constitution. [1] S V Petlura Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard. [1] May 28 Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal. [1] US Customs Court created by congress. [1] May 31 Portuguese President Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup. [1] Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia. [1] June 20 Mordecai W Johnson becomes first black president of Howard University. [1] July 2 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized. [1] July 10 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage. [1] July 16 National Geographic takes first natural-color undersea photos. [1] July 22 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record). [1] 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record). [1] July 26 National Bar Association incorporates. [1] August 5 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1.5 hours. [1] August 6 New York's Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel. [1] Warner Bros premieres Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (New York), Don Juan with John Barrymore shown. [1] August 11 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double. [1] August 22 Charles William Elliot President of Harvard (1869-1909), dies at age 92. [1] August 23 Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina. [1] September 9 National Broadcasting Co created by the Radio Corporation of America. [1] September 11 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu. [1] September 18 Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250. [1] September 25 Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week. [1] International slavery convention signed by 20 states. [1] October 4 Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower. [1] October 16 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200. [1] October 31 Erich Weiss better known as magician Harry Houdini, dies in Detroit. [1] November 3 Annie Oakley dies. [1] November 10 Vincent Massey becomes first Canadian minister to USA. [1] November 15 NBC on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations. [1] November 18 Pope Pius XI encyclical On the persecution of the Church in Mexico. [1] November 24 KVI-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions. [1] November 27 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie. [1] KXL-AM in Portland Oregon begins radio transmissions. [1] Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins. [1] December 1 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg composer, dies at age 83. [1] December 3 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together). [1] December 5 Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" debuts. [1] December 6 Claude [Oscar] Monet French painter (impressionist), dies at age 86. [1] December 7 Gas refrigerator patented. [1] December 8 Jan Six Dutch art historian/collector, dies. [1] December 10 First radio broadcast in the Springfield Illinois area (WCBS). [1] Second part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published. [1] December 11 Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam. [1] December 12 Jean Richepin French poet/writer (Contes sans morale), dies at age 77. [1] Leningrad: premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's first Pianoconcert. [1] December 14 Danish Madsen government, forms. [1] Theo van Rysselberghe Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at age 64. [1] December 15 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy. [1] December 16 Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris. [1] WOW-AM in Omaha Nebraska begins radio transmissions. [1] December 17 Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky composer, dies at age 70. [1] German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army. [1] KYA-AM in San Francisco California begins radio transmissions. [1] Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras. [1] December 20 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in New York City, New York. [1] December 23 KEX-AM in Portland Oregon begins radio transmissions. [1] December 25 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926-1989). [1] Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at age 47. [1] December 26 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan. [1] December 27 Depot Square in the Bronx renamed Botanical Square. [1] Latkin Square in Bronx named for first US Jewish soldier to die in WWI. [1] December 28 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service. [1] December 29 Rainer M Rilke Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at age 51. [1] Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index. [1] December 30 Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]