Year 1926 in History

A major flood on the Rhine River strikes Cologne

Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million...

American songwriter Irving Berlin (37) weds heiress and writer Ellin Mackay (23) in a simple civil ceremony in NYC, unti

American songwriter Irving Berlin (37) weds heiress and writer Ellin Mackay (23) in a simple civil ceremony in NYC, until her death in 1988

Abdulaziz Ibn Saud becomes King of Nejd and Hejaz, forerunner of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

American comedian George Burns (28) weds American comedienne Gracie Allen (31), until her death in 1964

John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television in his laboratory in London

Suzanne Lenglen defeats US champion Helen Wills in influential tennis match in Cannes, France

American folk and country music singer Maybelle Addington (17) weds music manager Ezra Carter (27), until his death in 1

American folk and country music singer Maybelle Addington (17) weds music manager Ezra Carter (27), until his death in 1975

Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini died in 1924, and his opera was left unfinished.

Britain's Trade Union Congress calls for the country's first-ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in supp

Britain's Trade Union Congress calls for the country's first-ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in support of striking coal miners and lasts 9 days

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) founded by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was a major American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1987.

Future Cuban President and dictator Fulgencio Batista (25) weds Elisa Godínez y Gómez (25)

"Don Juan," starring John Barrymore, is released by Warner Bros., the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone

"Don Juan," starring John Barrymore, is released by Warner Bros., the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects

Comedian Stan Laurel (36) marries 1st wife actress Lois Neilson (30)

First televised weather map is broadcast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC

American poet Arna Bontemps (24) weds fellow Seventh-Day Adventist Alberta Johnson

Henry Ford announces an 8-hour, 5-day workweek for workers at Ford Motor Company

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate.

Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh (36) weds midwife Zeng Xueming (21) in Guangzhou

Russian Politburo expels Leon Trotsky and his followers

Lev Davidovich Trotsky (né Bronstein; 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist.

Pathologist Howard Florey (28) weds Ethel Reed at Holy Trinity Church in Paddington, New South Wales

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay!" opens at the Imperial Theatre in NYC and runs fo

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay!" opens at the Imperial Theatre in NYC and runs for 256 performances

Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden

First formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T's 25-station network (NBC), including flagship station WEAF in NYC

Imperial Conference ends, granting autonomy within the British Commonwealth

The Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the British Commonwealth or simply the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former...

Film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock (27) weds director Alma Reville (27) at Brompton Oratory in London

Gangster Carlo Gambino (24) weds his first cousin Catherine Castellano

American actor George Murphy (24) weds ballroom dancing partner Juliette Henkel, until her death in 1973

Melody Maker, a British popular music magazine, publishes its first issue

Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest.

Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator

Theodoros Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator

Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek general, politician and dictator, who ruled Greece from June 1925 to August 1926.

Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland

2nd German government of Luther begins

German rearmament was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which required German disarmament after World War I to...

MLB St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees for cash and pitcher George Mogridge

Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools

Building of Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, begins

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.

UK transfers administration of Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific to New Zealand

Barendrecht soccer team forms

Brooks Atkinson Theatre opens at 256 W 47th St NYC

The Lena Horne Theatre (previously the Mansfield Theatre and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 256 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City,...

Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah; 40 die

Montreal and Ottawa battle out just the second 0-0 tie in NHL history; dominant goalies are Clint Benedict (Maroons) and

Montreal and Ottawa battle out just the second 0-0 tie in NHL history; dominant goalies are Clint Benedict (Maroons) and Alex Connell (Senators)

Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street

International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)

Miami is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-most populous city proper in Florida, with a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census.

De Geer government in Netherlands takes office

China asks for a seat on the Security council

The Republic of China (ROC) established its rule over mainland China on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history.

1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)

Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle and 1st female mayor of any major US city

Run on Belgian banks

Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Féin

Denmark begins unilateral disarmament

Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium

Train in Costa Rica falls into the Río Virilla, killing 248 and injuring 93

Belgium's "black monday", franc falls

Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3

The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands

ACD de Graeff appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies

German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands

Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against th

Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against the visiting Victoria Cougars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Championship series

Riots between Muslims & Hindus in Calcutta

Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions

Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos elected president

Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek general, politician and dictator, who ruled Greece from June 1925 to August 1926.

Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 2-0 for a 3-1 series

Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 2-0 for a 3-1 series victory

Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo California)

Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent

Sesquicentennial Stadium opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; renamed Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, later renamed JFK

Sesquicentennial Stadium opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; renamed Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, later renamed JFK Stadium (demolished 1992); played host to Tunney-Demspy fight (1926); 41 Army-Navy football games; professional football; and many concerts, including the US portion of Live-Aid (1

Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" & "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf, Germany

1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic

Persia, Turkey & Afghanistan sign treaties of security

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia.

Former Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi in Tehran

Germany and Russia sign a neutrality peace treaty

The Treaty of Berlin (German–Soviet Neutrality and Nonaggression Pact) was a treaty signed on 24 April 1926 under which Germany and the Soviet Union pledged neutrality in the event of an attack on...

France and US reach accord on repayment of WW I

US military intervenes in Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).

Sinclair Lewis refuses the Pulitzer Prize for a Novel for "Arrowsmith"

Arrowsmith is a novel by American author Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1925. It won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize (which Lewis declined).

A. Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist.

Airship Norge leaves Ny-Ålesund, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes in Venice, California She shows up a month later saying she's been kidnapped

On May 18, 1926, American Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim.

French air force bombs Damascus, Syria

Belgian government of Jaspar takes power

White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double

"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1

Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People

Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic

Lebanon adopts constitution

The Constitution of Lebanon was adopted on 23 May 1926. Initiated during the French Mandate, it established a governance model based on confessionalism to accommodate Lebanon's religious...

Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal

Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929) was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal in 1926.

Kruger National Park is established as South Africa's first national park

Ignacy Mocicki elected President of Poland

Ignacy Mościcki becomes President of Poland (holds office till 1939)

Ignacy Ewaryst Daszyński was a Polish socialist politician, journalist, and very briefly Prime Minister of the Second Polish Republic's first government, formed in Lublin in 1918. In October 1892 he...

Clevelands Indians baseball team triple-play NY Yankees & win 15-3

Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms

Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha was an Egyptian political figure. Sarwat served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 1 March 1922 until 30 November 1922, and again between 26 April 1927 and 16 March 1928.

Swedish government of Ekman forms

Carl Gustaf Ekman (6 October 1872 – 15 June 1945) was a Swedish statesman and liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1926 to 1928 and again from 1930 to 1932.

MLB Philadelphia Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle

Brazil leaves League of Nations

Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover

DeFord Bailey is 1st African American to perform on Nashville's "Grand Ole Opry"

Mordecai W. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University

Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs

Mercedes-Benz forms when the world's oldest automobile manufacturers DMG and Benz & Cie merge

Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer.

US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while p

US Army Air Corps created; Distinguished Flying Cross authorized, to award "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight"

NSDAP-party forms in Weimar

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Leipzig, 170 km (106 mi) north of Nuremberg and 170...

Lake Denmark, New Jersey, arsenal explodes, killing 21 and causing $75 million in damage

Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu

VPRO (Free-thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms

Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc

The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a q

The South Africa author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel

A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests

°F (41°C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record)

Connecticut ( kə-NET-ih-kət) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

National Bar Association incorporates

The Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), the nation's oldest association of African-American lawyers and judges, was founded in Illinois in 1914. Arkansas attorney Lloyd G.

US and Panamanian pact about the safeguarding of the Panama Canal

Albanian boundaries deduced

Battles between Druze and French in Damascus

The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an esoteric religious group of Arabs who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and...

Traffic lights installed at Piccadilly Circus, London

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.

French and German trade agreement is signed

The International Steel Agreement was instituted in 1926 in Europe and was the first international steel cartel.

Italian-Spanish peace treaty is signed

Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina becomes the first to swim the English Channel from France to England (record 16 hours 33

Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina becomes the first to swim the English Channel from France to England (record 16 hours 33 minutes)

Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed

Japan establishes the public broadcasting company Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons no-hits the Boston Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway Park

Theodore Amar Lyons (December 28, 1900 – July 25, 1986) was an American professional baseball starting pitcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa

Pavlos Koundouris becomes President of Greece

The second Women's World Games (track and field competition for women) are conducted over three days at Slottsskogsvalle

The second Women's World Games (track and field competition for women) are conducted over three days at Slottsskogsvallen Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden

Emil Levsen pitches a complete doubleheader victory for the Indians against the Red Sox

Turkey allows civil marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

Italy signs treaty with Yemen

The Italo-Yemeni Treaty of 1926 (also known as the Treaty of San'a) was a treaty between the Kingdom of Italy and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.

League of Nations Assembly votes unanimously to admit Germany

National Broadcasting Company created by Radio Corporation of America

The British Broadcasting Company Limited (BBC) was the commercial forerunner to the public British Broadcasting Corporation and formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies...

Allies-German Treaty of Koblenz is drawn

Aloha Tower is dedicated in Honolulu, Hawaii

Hurricane in Florida and Alabama kills 372

The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was a large and intense tropical cyclone that devastated the Greater Miami area of Florida and caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and the U.S.

Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach, Florida, killing approximately 450

Hurricane hits Miami, killing 250 people

80,000 demonstrate for democratic peace in Hague

Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish Princess Astrid get engaged

Cardinals clinch NL pennant by defeating Giants 6-4

Russia and Latvia sign a treaty of neutrality

Bert Gibb kicks nine singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Interpro

Bert Gibb kicks nine singles as Hamilton Tigers beat Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers 12-10 in Montreal in Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union opening round

English long-distance runner Violet Piercy sets the first recognized female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechni

English long-distance runner Violet Piercy sets the first recognized female marathon record in 3:40:22 on the Polytechnic Marathon course between Windsor and London

Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower

Dahlia (UK: DAY-lee-ə, US: DA (H)L-yə, DAYL-yə) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America.

Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from the stage

Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark

Austria's government under Seipel forms

Ignaz Seipel (19 July 1876 – 2 August 1932) was an Austrian Catholic priest and conservative politician, who served as the Chancellor of the First Austrian Republic twice during the 1920s and leader...

Mohammed Nadir Khan begins a coup in Afghanistan, resulting in 1,200 people being killed

Canadian inventor John C. Garand is granted US patent for improvements to his semi-automatic rifle [1]

Hurricane in Cuba kills 600 people

Future Hockey HOFer Lester Patrick becomes first coach & GM of NY Rangers

Arthur Goodrich's play "Caponsacchi" premieres in NYC

Failed assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini by 15-year-old Anteo Zamboni, who was lynched on the spot

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943.

US Air Commerce Act passes

Legendary baseball figure Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager; replaced by George Moriarty, first man to hold MLB'

Legendary baseball figure Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager; replaced by George Moriarty, first man to hold MLB's 4 principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager

Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou)

Future Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins is released as Chicago White Sox player/manager; replaced by a

Future Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins is released as Chicago White Sox player/manager; replaced by another future HOF'er catcher Ray Schalk

The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liqu

The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers

Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam, West Java

New York Rangers ice hockey club first game; beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 at Madison Square Garden, NYC

NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1

George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nob

George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize"

British miners' strike ends after 28 weeks

A general strike took place in the United Kingdom from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British...

Noël Coward's play "This Was a Man" premieres in NYC

KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions

,000 watch US Army & Navy play a 21-all tie

The gas refrigerator is patented

The Einstein–Szilard or Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.

USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs

First radio broadcast in Springfield, Illinois (WCBS) [1]

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal head of the Liberal Party forms a government in Denmark

Fascist national symbol elevated in Italy

Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" (The Poor Sailor) premieres in Paris

Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the ‎1926 coup d'état‎ is successful

The 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état (Lithuanian: 1926-ųjų perversmas) was a military coup d'état in Lithuania that replaced the democratically elected government with a authoritarian regime led by...

Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in NYC

St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy

St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling

KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions

Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square

Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic

Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index

Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras was a French author, politician, poet and critic. He was an organiser and principal philosopher of Action Française, a political movement that was monarchist,...

Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never

Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated)

Famous Births

George Martin is born

George Martin, English musician, known for english record producer, was born on 1926-01-03.

Michael Bond is born

Michael Bond, English author, known for english author, was born on 1926-01-13. Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author.

Joe Garagiola is born

Joe Garagiola baseball player, known for american baseball player, was born on 1926-02-12. Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr.

Pete Rozelle is born

Pete Rozelle, American athlete, known for american football executive, was born on 1926-03-01.

Richard DeVos is born

Ralph Abernathy is born

Ralph Abernathy civil rights activist and minister, known for american civil rights activist and minister, was born on 1926-03-11. Ralph David Abernathy Sr.

Jerry Lewis is born

Jerry Lewis, American comedian, actor and filmmaker, known for american comedian, actor and filmmaker, was born on 1926-03-16.

Anne McCaffrey is born

Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction writer, known for irish science fiction writer, was born on 1926-04-01.

Gerry Fitt is born

Gerry Fitt northern irish politician, known for northern irish politician, was born on 1926-04-09.

Elizabeth II is born

Peter Shaffer is born

Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter, known for english playwright and screenwriter, was born on 1926-05-15.

Bill Sharman is born

Bill Sharman, American athlete, known for american basketball player and coach, was born on 1926-05-25.

Miles Davis is born

Miles Davis, American musician, known for american jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer, was born on 1926-05-26.

Marilyn Monroe is born

Marilyn Monroe, American actress and model, known for american actress and model, was born on 1926-06-01.

Alfredo Di Stéfano is born

Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine athlete, known for argentine footballer, was born on 1926-07-04.

Mahathir bin Mohamad is born

Harry Dean Stanton is born

Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1926-07-14. Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor.

Leopoldo Galtieri is born

Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and military ruler, known for argentine general and military ruler, was born on 1926-07-15.

Fidel Castro is born

René Goscinny is born

René Goscinny, French comic book writer, known for french comic book writer, was born on 1926-08-14.

Duke Snider is born

Duke Snider, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1926-09-19.

John Coltrane is born

John Coltrane, American musician, known for american jazz saxophonist, was born on 1926-09-23.

Y. A. Tittle is born

Y. A. Tittle athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1926-10-24. Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr.

Joachim Fest is born

Joachim Fest, German historian, known for german historian, was born on 1926-12-08.

Dick Van Dyke is born

Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1926-12-13. Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer.

Patricia Neal is born

Patricia Neal, American stage and film actress, known for american stage and film actress, was born on 1926-01-20. Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen.

Ian Paisley is born

Ian Paisley northern irish politician and religious leader, known for northern irish politician and religious leader, was born on 1926-04-06.

Hugh Hefner is born

Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher, known for american magazine publisher, was born on 1926-04-09.

Efraín Ríos Montt is born

Jiang Zemin is born

H. R. Haldeman is born

H. R. Haldeman, American political aide and watergate scandal figure, known for american political aide and watergate scandal figure, was born on 1926-10-27.

Notable Deaths

Camillo Golgi dies

Camillo Golgi, Italian biologist and pathologist, known for italian biologist and pathologist, died on 1926-01-21.

Luther Burbank dies

Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist, known for american botanist and horticulturist, died on 1926-04-11.

Antoni Gaudi dies

Antoni Gaudi catalan architect, known for catalan architect, died on 1926-06-10. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of…

Gertrude Bell dies