Page 13: Historical Events In 1926

Sep 23   John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight).   

Sep 24   Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4   

Sep 25   9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY.   

Sep 25   Aldo Ray, Pen Argyl PA, actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret).   

Sep 25   Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week   

Sep 25   International slavery convention signed by 20 states.   

Sep 26   Buland Al Haidary, poet   

Sep 26   JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London.   

Sep 28   Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed.   

Sep 29   Norma Shearer wed Irving Thalberg.   

Sep 30   German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes   

Sep 30   Peder Holm, composer.   

Oct 01   Roger Williams, American pianist.   

Oct 02   Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game   

Oct 02   Jan Morris, travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys)   

Oct 03   1st congress of Paneuropabeweging opens in Vienna.   

Oct 03   Marques Haynes, NBA player (World's Greatest Dribbler, Globetrotters)   

Oct 04   Dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower   

Oct 05   Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant   

Oct 06   Alan Copeland, LA Calif, orch leader/singer (Your Hit Parade)   

Oct 06   Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5   

Oct 06   Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies.   

Oct 07   Actress Theo Mann-Master steps down from stage.   

Oct 07   Diana Lynn, LA CA, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go)   

Oct 09   Daniele Delorme, [Gabrielle Girard], Paris, actress (Pardon My Affair)   

Oct 09   Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution   

Oct 10   Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit).   

Oct 10   St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series.   

Oct 11   Earle Hyman, NC, actor (Russell-Cosby, Coriolanus).   

Oct 12   Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy).   

Oct 13   Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61.   

Oct 13   Ray Brown, US, bandleader   

Oct 14   Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released.   

Oct 14   Bill Justis, rocker   

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Jan 01   Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005) was born on this day in history.   

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   Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts) was born in the year 1926.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)   

Jan 05   Hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000) was born in the year 1926.   

Jan 05   William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history death of sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)   

Jan 15   On this day in history enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 21   Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1926 desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74   

Jan 26   John Flannagan, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University died in the year 1926.   

Jan 30   Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896) died on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848) died on this day in history.