What happened in 1926

15 entries recorded for 1926, listed by date. That was 100 years ago.

1926 at a glance

January 1
2RN
Historical event
Ireland's first broadcaster, 2RN, began broadcasting.
January 26
Oliver Hutchinson
Historical event
Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) appeared on television in inventor John Logie Baird's first successful demonstration of using the technology to show humans.

March 20
Chiang Kai-shek
Historical event
Chiang Kai-shek initiated a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou, China.

April 6
Varney Air Lines
Historical event
Varney Air Lines made its first commercial flight (flight covers pictured), later forming the basis of United Airlines.
April 7
Benito Mussolini
Historical event
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

May 12
Norge (airship)
Historical event
The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the North Pole.
May 18
Pentecostalism
Historical event
Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson (pictured) was reportedly kidnapped near Venice Beach in Los Angeles before reappearing five weeks later in Mexico.

June 19
King Roger (opera)
Historical event
King Roger, an opera about Roger II of Sicily by Karol Szymanowski (pictured), was premiered at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.
June 20
28th International Eucharistic Congress
Historical event
Approximately 250,000 spectators attended the opening procession of the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago, United States.
June 23
College Board
Historical event
The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.
June 25
Los Errantes
Historical event
French police arrested Los Errantes, while they were preparing to assassinate Spanish king Alfonso XIII, as part of a mass raid against Spanish immigrants in Paris.

September 5
Dromcolliher
Historical event
Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.

October 14
Winnie-the-Pooh (book)
Historical event
The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published.

November 11
United States Numbered Highway System
Historical event
The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.

December 17
1926 Lithuanian coup d'état
Historical event
A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona.

This site records 15 entries for 1926, including 2RN on January 1. They are listed below by date.

100 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1926 turns 100 this year.

1926 falls in the 20th century, in the 1920s.

Greatest Generation (1901–1927). Grew up in the Depression and fought in the Second World War.

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