1926

1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 926th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1926 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1926
MCMXXVI
Ab urbe condita2679
Armenian calendar1375
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Assyrian calendar6676
Bahá'í calendar82–83
Balinese saka calendar1847–1848
Bengali calendar1333
Berber calendar2876
British Regnal year16 Geo. 5  17 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar2470
Burmese calendar1288
Byzantine calendar7434–7435
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
4622 or 4562
     to 
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4623 or 4563
Coptic calendar1642–1643
Discordian calendar3092
Ethiopian calendar1918–1919
Hebrew calendar5686–5687
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1982–1983
 - Shaka Samvat1847–1848
 - Kali Yuga5026–5027
Holocene calendar11926
Igbo calendar926–927
Iranian calendar1304–1305
Islamic calendar1344–1345
Japanese calendarTaishō 15 / Shōwa 1
(昭和元年)
Javanese calendar1856–1857
Juche calendar15
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4259
Minguo calendarROC 15
民國15年
Nanakshahi calendar458
Thai solar calendar2468–2469
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
2052 or 1671 or 899
     to 
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
2053 or 1672 or 900

Events

January

February

March

March 16: Goddard with rocket in 1926.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

  • Dr Muthulakshmi Reddi becomes the first woman to be appointed to a legislature in India, the Madras Legislative Council.
  • Stephen H. Langdon begins excavations in Jemdet Nasr, finding proto-cuneiform clay tablets (3100–2900 BCE).
  • Phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust) is first synthesized.
  • Widows' pensions are introduced in New South Wales, Australia.
  • The short-lived Western Australian Secession League is founded.
  • Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and marks rodeo's first high-cut rodeo chaps at Stirling, Alberta, Canada.
  • The International African Institute is founded in London.
  • Raymond Pearl publishes his landmark book, Alcohol and Longevity.
  • American microbiologist Selman Waksman publishes Enzymes.
  • The Pike School of Andover, Massachusetts is founded.
  • Industrial output surpasses the level of 1913 in the USSR.

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

Kato Takaaki
Prince Philippe of Orléans

AprilJune

Emperor Sunjong
Sultan Mehmed VI

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

Undated

Nobel Prizes

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References

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  2. "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. "Pangalos Named Greek President in Poll Farce". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 5, 1926. p. 16.
  4. Dailey, Charles (April 18, 1926). "Chang's Son, at Head of Troops, Invades Peking". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  5. Thompson, Andrea (April 15, 2013). "Did Admiral Byrd Fly Over The North Pole Or Not?". LiveScience. Purch. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  6. "May 9, 1926: Byrd flies over the North Pole?". This Day in History. A&E Television Networks. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  7. "San Siro". AC Milan. 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  8. Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London, UK: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  9. Russo, Gus (2001). The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-59691-897-9.
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  11. "Nicaragua (1909-present)". University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  12. "U.S. Troops Take 2 Nicaraguan Ports". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 24, 1926. p. 1.
  13. Group, Global Media (May 22, 2018). "Morreu Júlio Pomar". JN (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  14. "Why does the Queen have two birthdays? - CBBC Newsround". BBC. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  15. Commire, Anne (1999). Women of World History. 1. Detroit: Gale. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7876-4080-4.
  16. Grinstein, Louise S.; Campbell, Paul J. (1987). Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-3132-4849-8.
  17. "Ivan Illich". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  18. "Henri Fertet". Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération (in French). Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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