Historical Events In 1926

May 12 Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is first vessel to fly over the North Pole

May 02 US military intervenes in Nicaragua

May 03 British general strike-3 million workers support miners

Jan 17 George Burns marries Gracie Allen

Jan 26 Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London)

Jan 27 US Senate agrees to join World Court

Jan 06 Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland

Jan 04 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator

Jan 27 John Baird gives the first public demonstration of the television set.

Jan 07 Comics George Burns and Gracie Allen are married in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jan 20 2nd German government of Luther begins

Jan 06 Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland

Jan 01 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne

Jan 04 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator

Jan 27 US Senate agrees to join World Court

Jan 03 Greek General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator

Jan 07 Comics George Burns and Gracie Allen are married in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jan 17 George Burns marries Gracie Allen

Jan 13 The birth of Michael Bond, Creator of 'Padington Bear'

Jan 21 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties

Jan 08 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia

Jan 01 Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne

Jan 03 Greek General Theodorus Pángulos names himself dictator

Jan 27 US Senate agrees to join World Court

Feb 08 Walt Disney Studios is formed

Feb 16 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France

Feb 04 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany

Feb 06 The National Football League agrees that college players cannot play in the NFL until they graduate.

Feb 16 The birth of John Schlesinger, American director

Feb 15 Contract air mail service begins in US

Feb 11 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand

Feb 10 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins

Feb 08 Walt Disney Studios is formed

Feb 11 Leslie Nielsen actor, comedian, born on this day at Regina Saskatchewan

Feb 01 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR

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