Page 15: Historical Events In 1926

Nov 08   George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in NYC.   

Nov 10   Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden   

Nov 10   Vincent Massey is recorded as becoming inaugural Canadian minister to USA.   

Nov 11   Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager.   

Nov 13   Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java   

Nov 13   Max Vernon Mathews, composer   

Nov 15   1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT and T 25 station Network (NBC)   

Nov 16   NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0   

Nov 16   Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer.   

Nov 17   NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1.   

Nov 18   Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

Nov 18   Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico   

Nov 19   British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends.   

Nov 19   Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Okla, US ambassador to UN (R).   

Nov 22   Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside Brit Commonwealth   

Nov 22   Lew (Selva Lewis) Burdette, Jr. (baseball Milwaukee Braves).   

Nov 22   Lew (Selva Lewis) Burdette, Jr. (baseball: Milwaukee Braves).   

Nov 22   Lew Burdette, baseball player   

Nov 23   Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50.   

Nov 23   Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in NYC.   

Nov 24   KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions   

Nov 26   John M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies   

Nov 26   Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner   

Nov 27   110000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie   

Nov 27   110000 watch Army andNavy play a 21-all tie   

Nov 27   KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions   

Nov 27   Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins   

Nov 29   Dagmar, Huntington WV, actress (Broadway's Open House).   

Nov 29   Tris Speaker steps down as Indians manager.   

Nov 30   Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles)   

Dec 01   Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds).   

Dec 01   Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83   

Dec 03   Hans Gunther Franz Otte, composer   

Dec 03   Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together).   

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

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

Jan 03   Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 08   On this day in history emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81   

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

Jan 15   Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74 in the year 1926.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history death of barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)   

Feb 02   Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848) died in the year 1926.