1926
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Years: | 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 |
[edit] Events
- January 1 - Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting.
- January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the 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 for extra money during the Depression. 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 31 - British and Belgian troops leave Cologne
- February 9 - Flooding on London suburbs
- March 6 - The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire
- March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts
- 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 Jose, Costa Rica - 178 dead
- April 21 - Princess Elizabeth born in London
- April 25 - Reza Khan is crowned Shah of Iran under the name "Pahlevi."
[edit] Births
- January 3 - George Martin, "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records, later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- January 5 - Maria Schell, actress
- January 8 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
- January 8 - Soupy Sales, comedian
- January 8 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
- January 11 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- January 12 - Ray Price, country music singer
- January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist (d. 1991)
- January 14 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress
- January 17 - Moira Shearer, actress, dancer
- January 19 - Fritz Weaver, actor
- January 20 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
- January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress
- January 21 - Steve Reeves, actor (d. 2000)
- January 26 - Ralph Brance, baseball star
- January 27 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist (d. 2003)
- April 9 - Hugh Hefner, publisher
- May 13 - Bea Arthur, actress
- June 13- Paul Lynde, Comedian
- August 13 - Fidel Castro, Cuban president