Historical Events In 1926

Dec 20   Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history david Levine, US painter  

Dec 21   In the year 1926 john Herbert McDowell, composer  

Dec 21   In the year 1926 soccer team DOS Struggle forms  

Dec 23   On this day in history kEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions  

Dec 25   Hirohito became emperor of Japan (1926-1989) on this day in history.  

Dec 25   In the year 1926 hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926-1989)  

Dec 25   Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47 in the year 1926.  

Dec 26   On this day in history earle Brown, composer  

Dec 26   Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan in the year 1926.  

Dec 27   Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square in the year 1926.  

Dec 27   In the year 1926 depot Square in the Bronx renamed Botanical Square  

Dec 27   On this day in history jerome Courtland, Knoxville Tn, actor (Tonka, Tharus)  

Dec 27   In the year 1926 latkin Square in Bronx named for first US Jewish soldier to die in WW I  

Dec 28   In the year 1926 arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic  

Dec 28   In the year 1926 donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)  

Dec 28   In the year 1926 imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service  

Dec 29   Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 in the year 1926.  

Dec 29   Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index in the year 1926.  

Dec 30   In the year 1926 paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC  

Dec 30   Stanley Tracey, composer in the year 1926.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1926 birth of claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of george Martin, record producer (The Beatles)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)  

Jan 05   In the year 1926 birth of robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of william De Witt Snodgrass, American poet  

Jan 08   Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1926.  

Jan 12   In the year 1926 death of sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)  

Jan 15   Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1926.  

Jan 21   Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 in the year 1926.  

Jan 23   On this day in history desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74  

Jan 26   On this day in history death of john Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University  

Jan 30   Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896) died in the year 1926.  

Feb 02   In the year 1926 death of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)