1926 34609 225608179 2008-07-14T15:12:13Z 137.30.85.52 /* July-August */ {{year nav|1926}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1926''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC||Age of Aquarius}} == Events of 1926 == ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *Beginning of the [[Aquarian Age|Age of Aquarius]], according to cosmologist [[Patrizi Norelli-Bachelet]]. *[[January 1]] **Ireland's first regular radio service, [[2RN]] (later ''Radio Éireann''), begins broadcasting. **[[Turkey]] switches to the [[Gregorian calendar]] after reforms set by [[Kemal Atatürk]]. * [[January 8]] - [[Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud]] is crowned King of [[Hejaz]]. * [[January 12]] - [[Freeman Gosden]] and [[Charles Correll]] premiere their [[radio]] program ''[[Sam 'n' Henry]]'', in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from [[Harlem]] looking to strike it rich in the big city. It was a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''[[Amos 'n' Andy]]''. * [[January 16]] - [[BBC]] [[radio play]] about worker's revolution causes a panic in London * [[January 26]] - [[John Logie Baird]] demonstrates a mechanical television system. * [[January 29]] - [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s ''The Great God Brown'' opens at the Greenwich Theatre * [[January 31]] - British and Belgian troops leave [[Cologne]]. * [[February 9]] - [[Flood]]ing in [[London]] suburbs * [[February 12]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] minister for Justice, [[Kevin O'Higgins]], appoints the [[Committee on Evil Literature]] ===March-April=== [[Image:Goddard and Rocket.jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[March 16]]: [[Robert H. Goddard|Goddard]] with rocket in 1926.]] * [[March 6]] - The [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] is destroyed by fire. * [[March 16]] - [[Robert Goddard (scientist)|Robert Goddard]] launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at [[Auburn, Massachusetts]] *[[March 23]] - [[Eamon de Valera]] organizes [[Fianna Fáil]]. * [[April 7]] - Failed assassination attempt against [[Mussolini]] * [[April 12]] - By a vote of 45 to 41, the [[United States Senate]] unseats [[Iowa]] Senator [[Smith W. Brookhart]] and seats [[Daniel F. Steck]], after Brookhart had already served for over one year. * [[April 16]] - Train crash in [[San José, Costa Rica]] - 178 dead * [[April 25]] - Reza Khan is crowned [[Shah of Iran]] under the name "[[Pahlevi]]." * [[April 30]] - [[Bessie Coleman]] is killed after falling 2,000 feet from an airplane. ===May-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] - Coal miner's strike begins in Britain * [[May 3]] - [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|The General Strike]] begins in support of the coal strike * [[May 9]] **[[Martial law]] in Britain because of the general strike **French navy bombards [[Damascus]] because of [[Druze]] riots **Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] and [[Floyd Bennett]] claim to have flown over the [[North Pole]] (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen). * [[May 10]] - Talks between government and strikers begins in UK * [[May 10]] - planes piloted by Major [[Harold Geiger]] and [[Horace Meek Hickam]], students at the [[Air Corps Tactical School]], collided in mid-air at Langley Field, Virginia. Hickam parachuted to safety. * [[May 12]] - [[May 14]] - Military coup (the [[May Coup]]) by [[Józef Piłsudski]] succeeds in [[Poland]] * [[May 12]] **[[Roald Amundsen]] flies over the [[North Pole]]. **[[UK General Strike 1926]]: In the [[United Kingdom]], a [[general strike]] by [[trade union]]s ends (the strike began on [[May 3]]). * [[May 18]] - Evangelist [[Aimee Semple McPherson]] disappears while visiting a [[Venice, California]] beach. * [[May 23]] - First [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] constitution is established. * [[May 26]] - [[Rifkabyl]] rebels surrender in [[Morocco]] * [[May 28]] - [[1926 coup d'état]] commanded by [[Manuel Gomes da Costa]] in [[Portugal]] that installed the [[Ditadura Nacional]] (National Dictatorship) that would be followed by [[António de Oliveira Salazar]]'s [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]. * [[June 4]] - [[Ignacy Moscicki]] becomes president of Poland * [[June 29]] - [[Arthur Meighen]] returns to office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. ===July-August=== * [[July 1]] - [[Kuomingtang]] begins a campaign in the northern China for unification * [[July 3]] - [[Caudron C.61]] aircraft operated by Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne crashes in Czechoslovakia * [[July 9]] - New military coup in [[Portugal]], now by general [[António Óscar Carmona|Antonio Carmona]] * [[July 12]] - Lightning strike destroys an ammunition depot in [[Dover, New Jersey]] * [[July 15]] - [[Bombay Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] buses make its début in [[Bombay]]. * [[July 23]] - [[Fox Film]] buys the patents of the [[Movietone]] sound system for recording sound onto [[film]]. * [[August 1]] - Failed assassination attempt against [[Jon Lee]] in [[Barcelona]] * [[August 6]] **[[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim the [[English Channel]] from France to England **In [[New York]], the [[Warner Brothers]]' [[Vitaphone]] system premieres with the movie ''[[Don Juan (movie)|Don Juan]]'' starring [[John Barrymore]]. * [[August 18]] **British miners' union begins negotiations with the government **A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in [[Washington, D.C.]] * [[August 22]] - In [[Greece]], [[Georgios Kondylis]] ousts [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]] * [[August 25]] - [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]] announces that [[dictatorship]] is finished in Greece and becomes a president ===September-October=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 1]] - [[Lebanon]] under the [[French Mandate]] gets its first constitution therefore becoming a republic. Charles Debbas is elected president. * [[September 11]] **[[Spain]] leaves the [[League of Nations]] **[[Aloha Tower]] is officially dedicated at [[Honolulu Harbor]] in the [[Territory of Hawaii|Territory of Hawai'i]] * [[September 18]] - [[Great Miami Hurricane]]: A strong hurricane devastates [[Miami, Florida]], leaving over 100 dead and caused several hundred million dollars in damage; equal to nearly $100 billion dollars today. * [[September 20]] - Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the [[Hawthorne Inn]], headquarters of [[Al Capone]] in [[Chicago]]. Only one of Capone's men is wounded * [[September 25]] **[[League of Nations]] [[1926 Slavery Convention|Slavery Convention]] abolishes all types of [[slavery]]. **[[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] returns to office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. * [[September 26]] - [[Gene Tunney]] defeats [[Jack Dempsey]] and becomes heavyweight champion of the world. * [[October 2]] - [[Józef Piłsudski]] becomes prime minister of Poland * [[October 12]] - British miners agree to end their strike * [[October 20]] - [[Hurricane]] kills 650 in [[Cuba]] * [[October 23]] - Decree in Italy bans women from holding public office * [[October 23]] - The Fazal Mosque is built, this was one of the first mosques built in London * [[October 31]] - Magician [[Harry Houdini]] dies of [[gangrene]] and [[peritonitis]] that developed after his [[vermiform appendix|appendix]] ruptured. ===November-December=== * [[November 10]] - In [[San Francisco, California]], a necrophiliac [[serial killer]] named [[Earle Nelson]] (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then [[rape]]s his 9th victim, a [[boardinghouse]] landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds. * [[November 10]] - [[Hirohito|Michinomiya Hirohito]] is crowned the 124th [[Emperor of Japan]] * [[November 11]] - [[U.S. Route 66]] was established. * [[November 15]] - The [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] [[radio]] network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]], [[General Electric]] and [[RCA]]). * [[November 24]] **The village of [[Rocquebillier]] in [[French Riviera]] is almost destroyed in a massive hail. **[[Sri Aurobindo]] retires, leaving [[the Mother]] to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. * [[November 25]] - [[Death penalty]] re-established in [[Italy]]. *[[November 26]] - Arrest of all [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist]] [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|deputies]]. * [[November 27]] **[[Vesuvius]] erupts. **In [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], the restoration of [[Colonial Williamsburg]] begins. * [[December 2]] - British prime minister [[Stanley Baldwin]] ends the [[martial law]] that had been declared due to general strike * [[December 8]] - [[Agatha Christie]] disappears from her home in Surrey; on [[December 14]] she is found in [[Harrogate]] hotel * [[December 17]] - Democratically elected government is overthrown during the [[1926 Lithuanian coup d'état‎]]; [[Antanas Smetona]] assumes the power in [[Lithuania]]. * [[December 18]] - [[Turkey]] converted to [[Gregorian calendar]] making 'tomorrow' [[January 1]] 1926 * [[December 25]] - In [[History of Japan|Japanese History]], end of the [[Taishō period|Taishō era]] and beginning of the [[Shōwa period|Shōwa era]] and the period of [[Japanese expansionism]] ===Undated=== * Widows pensions introduced in NSW * [[Earl W. Bascom]], rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first high-cut rodeo chaps at [[Stirling]], [[Alberta]] [[Canada]] * The short-lived [[Western Australian Secession League]] is founded. * [[International African Institute]] is founded. * [[Raymond Pearl]] publishes landmark book, ''Alcohol and Longevity''. * [[Selman Waksman]] publishes ''[[Enzymes]]'' * [[The Pike School]] of Andover, Massachusetts is founded. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 2]] – [[Harold Bradley]], American session guitarist on country music records. *[[January 3]] - [[George Martin]], English producer of [[The Beatles]] *[[January 5]] - [[William De Witt Snodgrass]], American poet *[[January 6]] *[[Kim Daejung]], [[President of South Korea]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] *[[Mickey Hargitay]], Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (d. [[2006]]) *[[January 8]] **[[Evelyn Lear]], American soprano **[[Hanae Mori]], Japanese fashion designer **[[Soupy Sales]], American comedian *[[January 11]] - [[Lev Demin]], cosmonaut (d. [[1998]]) *[[January 12]] - [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], American singer *[[January 14]] **[[Maria Schell]], Austrian actress (d. [[2005]]) **[[Tom Tryon]], American actor and novelist (d. [[1991]]) *[[January 15]] - [[Florence Buchsbaum]], theater director and musician (d. [[1996]]) *[[January 17]] - [[Moira Shearer]], Scottish actress and dancer (d. [[2006]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Fritz Weaver]], American actor *[[January 20]] **[[Patricia Neal]], American actress **[[David Tudor]], American pianist and composer (d. [[1996]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Steve Reeves]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) *[[January 26]] - [[Franco Evangelisti]], Italian composer (d. [[1980]]) *[[January 27]] **[[Fritz Spiegl]], Austrian journalist (d. [[2003]]) **[[Ingrid Thulin]], Swedish actress (d. [[2004]]) *[[January 29]] - [[Abdus Salam]], Pakistani physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1996]]) *[[February 2]] - [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]], [[President of France]] *[[February 6]] - [[Haskell Wexler]], American cinematographer *[[February 7]] - [[Konstantin Feoktistov]], cosmonaut *[[February 8]] **[[Neal Cassady]], American writer (d. [[1968]]) **[[Audrey Meadows]], American actress (d. [[1996]]) *[[February 10]] - [[Danny Blanchflower]], Northern Irish footballer and football manager (d. [[1993]]) *[[February 11]] **[[Paul Bocuse]], French chef **[[Alexander Gibson (conductor)|Alexander Gibson]], British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera **[[Leslie Nielsen]], Canadian actor *[[February 16]] **[[John Schlesinger]], British film director (d. [[2003]]) **[[Margot Frank]], sister of [[Anne Frank]] (d. [[1945]]) *[[February 20]] **[[Richard Matheson]], American author **[[Bob Richards]], American track and field athlete *[[February 22]] - [[Kenneth Williams]], English actor (d. [[1988]]) *[[February 27]] - [[David H. Hubel]], Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[February 28]] - [[Svetlana Alliluyeva]], Russian author ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[March 1]] - [[Pete Rozelle]], American commissioner of the National Football League (d. [[1996]]) *[[March 2]] - [[Murray Rothbard]], American economist (d. [[1995]]) *[[March 3]] - [[James Merrill]], American poet (d. [[1995]]) *[[March 4]] **[[Richard DeVos]], American billionaire, co-founder of [[Amway]] **[[James J. Eagan]], former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. [[2000]]) **[[Fran Warren]], American popular singer *[[March 6]] **[[Alan Greenspan]], American economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve **[[Andrzej Wajda]], Polish film director *[[March 8]] - [[Sultan Salahuddin]] (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 13]] - [[Carlos Roberto Reina]], [[President of Honduras]] (d. [[2003]]) *[[March 15]] - [[Norm Van Brocklin]], American football player (d. [[1983]]) *[[March 16]] **[[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian **[[Charles Goodell]], American politician (d. [[1987]]) *[[March 17]] - [[Siegfried Lenz]], German writer *[[March 18]] - [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]], American actor *[[March 24]] - [[Dario Fo]], Italian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[March 26]] - [[László Papp]], Hungarian boxer (d. [[2003]]) *[[March 30]] - [[Ingvar Kamprad]], Swedish businessman *[[March 31]] - [[John Fowles]], English writer (d. [[2005]]) *[[April 1]] **[[Charles Bressler]], American tenor **[[Anne McCaffrey]], American author *[[April 2]] - [[Jack Brabham]], Australian race car driver *[[April 3]] - [[Gus Grissom]], astronaut (d. [[1967]]) *[[April 6]] **[[Sergio Franchi]], Italian tenor and actor (d. [[1990]]) **[[Gil Kane]], Latvian-born cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) **[[Ian Paisley]], Northern Irish politician *[[April 9]] - [[Hugh Hefner]], American magazine editor *[[April 12]] - [[Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov]], Chechen ethnographer *[[April 14]] - [[Frank Daniel]], Czech-born writer, producer, director, teacher (d. [[1996]]) *[[April 17]] - [[Gerry McNeil]], Canadian hockey player (d. [[2004]]) *[[April 21]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] *[[April 21]] - [[Arthur Rowley]], English footballer (d. [[2002]]) *[[April 22]] - [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]], Scottish architect (d. [[1992]]) *[[April 24]] - [[Thorbjörn Fälldin]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] *[[April 25]] - [[Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner]], Austrian politician (d. [[2008]]) *[[April 26]] **[[Michael Mathias Prechtl]], German illustrator (d. [[2003]]) **[[David Coleman]], British TV sports broadcaster *[[April 28]] - [[Harper Lee]], American author *[[April 30]] **[[Cloris Leachman]], American actress **[[Edmund Cooper]], British author & poet (d. [[1982]]) ===May-June=== *[[May 5]] - [[Ann B. Davis]], American actress *[[May 8]] **[[Don Rickles]], American comedian and actor **[[David Attenborough]], British broadcaster, naturist and producer *[[May 10]] - [[Tichi Wilkerson Kassel]], American film personality and publisher of [[The Hollywood Reporter]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 15]] **[[Peter Shaffer]], English playwright **[[Anthony Shaffer]], English novelist and playwright (d. [[2001]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Dirch Passer]], Danish actor (d. [[1980]]) *[[May 20]] - [[John Lucarotti]], TV writer (d. [[1994]]) *[[May 25]] - [[Bill Sharman]], American basketball player and coach *[[May 26]] - [[Miles Davis]], American musician (d. [[1991]]) *[[June 1]] **[[Andy Griffith]], American actor **[[Marilyn Monroe]], American actress (d. [[1962]]) *[[June 3]] **[[Allen Ginsberg]], American poet (d. [[1997]]) **[[Roscoe Gardner Bartlett]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] *[[June 6]] - [[Klaus Tennstedt]], German conductor (d. [[1998]]) *[[June 11]] - [[Frank Plicka]], Czech-born photographer *[[June 13]] - [[Paul Lynde]], American comedian (d. [[1982]]) *[[June 15]] - [[Shigeru Kayano]], [[Japan]]ese [[Ainu people|Ainu]] activist (d. [[2006]]) *[[June 16]] - [[William F. Roemer, Jr.]], United States [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent (d. [[1996]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Conrad Hall]], Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. [[2003]]) *[[June 25]] - [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian writer (d. [[1973]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Mel Brooks]], American entertainer *[[June 29]] - [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], [[Emir of Kuwait]] (d. [[2006]]) *[[June 30]] - [[Paul Berg]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Noble Prize]] laureate ===July-August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] **[[Robert Fogel]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Carl Hahn]], German automotive executive, chairman of [[Volkswagen]] from [[1982]] to [[1993]] **[[Hans Werner Henze]], German composer *[[July 4]] **[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], Argentine-born footballer **[[Mary Stuart (actress)|Mary Stuart]], American soap actress (d. [[2002]]) *[[July 8]] - [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. [[2004]]) *[[July 9]] - [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], American-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[July 10]] - [[Fred Gwynne]], American actor and author (d. [[1993]]) *[[July 13]] - [[Andrew Maher]], American actor *[[July 15]] - [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], Argentine dictator (d. [[2003]]) *[[July 16]] **[[Stanley Clements]], American actor (d. [[1981]]) **[[Irwin Rose]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] *[[July 18]] - [[Robert Sloman]], writer (d. [[2005]]) *[[July 28]] - [[Walt Brown]], American Presidential candidate *[[July 30]] - [[Thomas Patrick Russell|Sir Patrick Russell]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], British High Court Judge *[[August 3]] **[[Tony Bennett]], American singer **[[Anthony Sampson]], British journalist and biographer (d. [[2004]]) *[[August 11]] - [[Aaron Klug]], Lithuanian-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[August 12]] - [[Wallace Markfield]], American writer (d. [[2002]]) *[[August 13]] - [[Fidel Castro]], Cuban revolutionary and politician *[[August 14]] ** [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (d. [[2007]]) ** [[René Goscinny]], French comic book writer (d. [[1977]]) *[[August 19]] - [[Arthur Rock]], American venture capitalist *[[August 23]] - [[Felipe de Ortego y Gasca]], Chicano literary historian *[[August 27]] - [[Pat Coombs]], British actress (d. [[2002]]) ===September-October=== *[[September 3]] - [[Uttam Kumar]] (Arun Kumar Chatterjee), the legendary [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Actor]], is born in [[Kolkata]] (d. [[1980]]). *[[September 6]] **[[Maurice Prather]], American photographer (d. [[2001]]) **[[Claus von Amsberg]], Prince of the Netherlands and husband of [[Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] (d. [[2002]]) *[[September 7]] - [[Don Messick]], American voice actor (d. [[1997]]) *[[September 14]] - [[Dick Dale (singer)|Dick Dale]], American singer and musician *[[September 15]] - [[Jean-Pierre Serre]], French mathematician *[[September 16]] - [[John Knowles]], American author (d. [[2001]]) *[[September 21]] **[[Donald A. Glaser]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Noor Jehan]], Pakistani singer and actress (d. [[2000]]) *[[September 23]] - [[John Coltrane]], American jazz saxophonist (d. [[1967]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Masatoshi Koshiba]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[October 7]] - [[Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski]], Polish mathematician *[[October 9]] - [[Ruth Ellis]], British murderess (d. [[1955]]) *[[October 15]] **[[Michel Foucault]], French philosopher (d. [[1984]]) **[[Karl Richter]], German conductor (d. [[1981]]) *[[October 17]] - [[Beverly Garland]], American actress and hotel founder *[[October 18]] - [[Chuck Berry]], American musician *[[October 22]] - [[Gloria Carter Spann]], sister of former President [[Jimmy Carter]] (d. [[1990]]) *[[October 25]] - [[Galina Vishnevskaya]], Russian soprano *[[October 28]] - [[Bowie Kuhn]], American Commissioner of Baseball (d. [[2007]]) *[[October 29]] - [[Jon Vickers]], Canadian tenor *[[October 30]] - [[Lois Wyse]], American advertising executive, author and columnist (d.[[2007]]) *[[October 31]] - [[Jimmy Savile]], English DJ and television presenter ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 2]] - [[Tsung-Dao Lee]], Chinese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[November 3]] - [[Valdas Adamkus]], [[President of Lithuania]] *[[November 6]] - [[Frank Carson]], Northern Irish comedian *[[November 7]] - Dame [[Joan Sutherland]], Australian soprano *[[November 19]] - [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], American ambassador (d. [[2006]]) *[[November 20]] **[[Andrzej W. Schally]], Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] **[[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]], English spy novelist (d. [[2007]]) *[[November 23]] **[[Sathya Sai Baba]], Indian guru **[[R. L. Burnside]], American musician (d. [[2005]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Poul Anderson]], American author (d. [[2001]]) *[[November 26]] - [[Peter van Pels]], German-Dutch love interest of [[Anne Frank]] (d. [[1945]]) *[[November 30]] - [[Richard Crenna]], American actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[December 1]] - [[Robert Symonds]], American actor (d. [[2007]]) *[[December 9]] - [[Henry Way Kendall]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1999]]) *[[December 13]] - [[George Rhoden]], Jamaican athlete *[[December 16]] - [[James McCracken]], American tenor (d. [[1988]]) *[[December 17]] - [[Allan V. Cox]], American geologist (d. [[1987]]) *[[December 17]] - [[Bill Keightley]], "Mr. Wildcat". [[equipment manager]] for the [[University of Kentucky]] men's [[basketball]] team from [[1962]]-[[2008]] (d.[[2008]]) *[[December 20]] **Sir [[Geoffrey Howe]], British politician **[[David Levine]], U.S. [[caricaturist]] *[[December 21]] - [[Joe Paterno]], [[American football]] coach and philanthropist *[[December 23]] - [[Robert Bly]], American poet *[[December 31]] **[[Billy Snedden]], Australian politician (d. [[1987]]) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 21]] - [[Camillo Golgi]], Italian physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1843]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Kato Takaaki]], 24th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1860]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Barbara La Marr]], American film actress (b. [[1896]]) *[[February 21]] - [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]], Dutch physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1853]]) *[[February 24]] - [[John Jacob Bausch]], German-American optician who co-founded [[Bausch & Lomb]] (b. [[1830]]) *[[March 5]] - [[Clément Ader]], French engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer (b. [[1841]]) *[[March 26]] - [[Konstantin Fehrenbach]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1852]]) *[[April 24]] - [[Sunjong of Korea]] (b. [[1874]]) *[[April 30]] - [[Bessie Coleman]], American pilot (b. [[1892]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Mehmed VI]], last [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1861]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Simon Petlyura]], Ukrainian independence fighter (b. [[1879]]) *[[June 10]] - [[Antoni Gaudí]], Catalan architect (b. [[1852]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Mary Cassatt]], American artist (b. [[1844]]) ===July - December=== <!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 12]] - [[Gertrude Bell]], English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (b. [[1868]]) *[[July 26]] - [[Robert Todd Lincoln]], American statesman and businessman (b. [[1843]]) *[[August 14]] - [[John H. Moffitt]], American politician (b. [[1843]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Charles W. Eliot]], [[President of Harvard University]] (b. [[1834]]) *[[August 23]] - [[Rudolph Valentino]], Italian actor (b. [[1895]]) *[[September 15]] - [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1846]]) *[[September 21]] - [[Leon Charles Thevenin]], French telegraph engineer (b. [[1857]]) *[[September 25]] - [[Herbert Booth]], the third son of [[William Booth|William]] and [[Catherine Booth]] (b. [[1862]]) *[[October 20]] - [[Eugene V. Debs]], American labor and political leader (b. [[1855]]) *[[October 31]] - [[Harry Houdini]], Hungarian-born magician (b. [[1874]]) *[[October 31]] - [[Charles Vance Millar]], Canadian businessman (b. [[1853]]) *[[December 4]] - [[Ivana Kobilca]], Slovenian painter (b. [[1861]]) *[[December 5]] - [[Claude Monet]], French painter (b. [[1840]]) *[[December 17]] - [[Lars Magnus Ericsson]], Swedish inventor and founder of [[Ericsson]] (b. [[1846]]) *[[December 25]] - [[Emperor Taishō]], 123rd [[Emperor of Japan]] (b. [[1879]]) *[[December 29]] - [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Austrian poet (b. [[1875]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Jean Baptiste Perrin]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Theodor Svedberg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger]] * [[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Grazia Deledda]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Aristide Briand]], [[Gustav Stresemann]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== [[Category:1926| ]]<!--years 19xx are blank-category--> [[af:1926]] [[am:1926 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1926]] [[an:1926]] [[roa-rup:1926]] [[frp:1926]] [[ast:1926]] [[gn:1926]] [[av:1926]] [[az:1926]] [[bn:১৯২৬]] [[map-bms:1926]] [[be:1926]] [[be-x-old:1926]] [[bh:१९२६]] [[bs:1926]] [[br:1926]] [[bg:1926]] [[ca:1926]] [[cv:1926]] [[cs:1926]] [[co:1926]] [[cy:1926]] [[da:1926]] [[de:1926]] [[et:1926]] [[el:1926]] [[es:1926]] [[eo:1926]] [[eu:1926]] [[fa:۱۹۲۶ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1926]] [[hif:1926]] [[fr:1926]] [[fy:1926]] [[fur:1926]] [[ga:1926]] [[gan:1926年]] [[gv:1926]] [[gd:1926]] [[gl:1926]] [[ko:1926년]] [[hy:1926]] [[hi:1926]] [[hr:1926.]] [[io:1926]] [[ilo:1926]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯২৬]] [[id:1926]] [[ia:1926]] [[os:1926]] [[is:1926]] [[it:1926]] [[he:1926]] [[jv:1926]] [[pam:1926]] [[kn:೧೯೨೬]] [[ka:1926]] [[csb:1926]] [[kk:1926]] [[kw:1926]] [[sw:1926]] [[ht:1926 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1926]] [[la:1926]] [[lv:1926]] [[lb:1926]] [[lt:1926 m.]] [[lij:1926]] [[hu:1926]] [[mk:1926]] [[mi:1926]] [[mr:इ.स. १९२६]] [[ms:1926]] [[nah:1926]] [[nl:1926]] [[new:ई सं १९२६]] [[ja:1926年]] [[nap:1926]] [[no:1926]] [[nn:1926]] [[nrm:1926]] [[nov:1926]] [[oc:1926]] [[uz:1926]] [[pi:१९२६]] [[nds:1926]] [[pl:1926]] [[pt:1926]] [[ty:1926]] [[ksh:Joohr 1926]] [[ro:1926]] [[ru:1926 год]] [[se:1926]] [[sq:1926]] [[scn:1926]] [[simple:1926]] [[sk:1926]] [[sl:1926]] [[sr:1926]] [[sh:1926]] [[su:1926]] [[fi:1926]] [[sv:1926]] [[tl:1926]] [[tt:1926]] [[te:1926]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2469]] [[vi:1926]] [[tg:1926]] [[tr:1926]] [[uk:1926]] [[vec:1926]] [[wa:1926]] [[vls:1926]] [[yo:1926]] [[zh-yue:1926年]] [[cbk-zam:1926]] [[bat-smg:1926]] [[zh:1926年]]