In history, year 1926 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1926.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1926:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 16 march | American scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the world's firstliquid-fueled rocket, which flew for two-and-a-half seconds beforefalling to the ground. |
| 03 may | Trades Union Congress announced a general Strike was to begin on May 3, 1926. This strike was lasted 9 days to make British Government act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for 8, 00,000 locked-out coal miners. |
| 12 may | Italian built semi-rigid airship Norge completed the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first airship to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. |
| 12 may | The Trades Union Congress, a federation of British tradeunions, announced that it would end its week-long general strike 'indefence of [coal] miners' wages and hours'. |
| 12 may | The crew of the airship Norge, led by RoaldAmundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the NorthPole. |
| 14 june | Brazil left the League of Nations. The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. |
| 23 june | The College Board administered the first SAT, a majorstandardized test for university and college admissions in the UnitedStates. |
| 28 june | Mercedes-Benz was formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies. Karl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist. |
| 17 august | In Jamaica, the Producers Association was rewarded with 1,250 pounds from a special fund of 1 million pounds designated to them. Britain thought of increasing the manufacturing of fruit from its empire, and trade between the mother country and the colonies. |
| 14 september | The Locarno Treaties establishing post-First World Warterritorial settlements were formally ratified by the signatory nationsand came into effect. |
| 11 november | The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System wasapproved by the American Association of State Highway Officials. |
| 25 november | 27 Tornadoes including an F4 that struck the town of Heber Springs, Arkansas on Thanksgiving weekend killed 76 people across southern states. |
| 27 november | Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg a recreationof a Colonial American city in the Historic Triangle on the VirginiaPeninsula, US, began. |
| 17 december | A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona. |
| 25 december | Emperor Taisho died of a heart attack and was succeeded by his son, Hirohito, who ruled until his death in 1989, becoming the longest-reigning Emperor of Japan. |
| 12 May | Airship Norgay became the first vessel to fly to the North Pole. |
| 19 May | Benito Mussolini declared Italy as a hangman nation. |
| 26 May | The constitution was adopted in Lebanon. |
| 27 May | Adopted the constitution in Lebanon. |
| 06 June | In Egypt, a government was formed under the leadership of Adley Pasha. |
| 12 June | Brazil decided to come out of the League of Nations. |
| 28 June | Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz combined companies to form Mercedes-Benz. |
| 15 July | The first motorbus service started in Bombay (now Mumbai). |
| 19 July | A second government was formed in France under the leadership of Edward Herriot. |
| 18 September | A cyclonic storm killed 250 people in Miami, USA. |
| 24 November | Eminent philosopher Sri Aurobindo attained complete accomplishment. |
| 18 August | The weather map was first broadcast on television. |
| 23 December | Arya Samaj campaigner and scholar Swami Shraddhanand was killed. |
| 15 January | Independent India's first Olympic medalist K.D. Jadhav was born. |
| 27 January | Scottish scientist John Logie Baird demonstrated television to the world. It was named Televisor at that time. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1926:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 02 June | Chiyonoyama Masanobu / Wrestler / Japan |
| 05 November | John Berger / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 06 August | János Rózsás / Author / Hungary |
| 07 January | Kim Jong-pil / Politician / South Korea |
| 07 December | Leon Kossoff / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 08 April | Henry N. Cobb / Academic / United States of America |
| 11 June | Carlisle Floyd / Educator / United States of America |
| 12 November | Robert Goff / Lawyer / United Kingdom |
| 13 July | T. Loren Christianson / Politician / United States of America |
| 14 April | Gloria Jean / Actress / United States of America |
| 18 April | Doug Insole / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 19 June | Erna Schneider Hoover / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 20 November | John Gardner / Author / United Kingdom |
| 20 February | Gillian Lynne / Choreographer / United Kingdom |
| 24 August | Nancy Spero / Painter / United States of America |
| 24 October | Y. A. Tittle / Footballer / United States of America |
| 25 October | Ismail Gulgee / Painter / Pakistan |
| 26 April | Michael Mathias Prechtl / Soldier / Germany |
| 26 February | Doris Belack / Actress / United States of America |
| 26 September | Manfred Mayrhofer / Academic / Austria |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1926:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 02 May | Mario Miranda / Cartoonist / India |
| 11 November | Johnny Walker / Actor / India |
| 23 January | Balasaheb Thackeray / Politician / India |
| 02 March | P.K. Vasudevan Nair / Politician / India |
| 23 May | Basil Salvadore D'Souza / Bishop / India |
| 26 November | Rabi Ray / Politician / India |
| 23 January | Bal Thackeray / Journalist / India |
| 08 September | Bhupen Hazarika / Singer / India |
| 30 April | Shrinivas Khale / Composer / India |
| 31 December | Syed Zahoor Qasim / Scientist / India |
| 25 November | Ranganath Misra / Lawyer / India |
| 25 December | Dharmveer Bharti / Writer / India |
| 08 October | Raaj Kumar / Actor / India |
| 15 September | Ashok Singhal / Politician / India |
| 26 November | Rabi Ray / Politician / India |
| 21 November | Prem Nath / Actor / India |
| 23 November | Sathya Sai Baba / Philosopher / India |
| 15 January | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav / Wrestler / India |
| 13 December | Kamal Narain Singh / Lawyer / India |
| 09 January | Anup Kumar / Actor / India |
