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   

Jan 01   Richard verreau: French-canadian tenor    

Jan 03   Danny overbea: Blues singer/guitarist   

Jan 03   George martin: Record producer (the beatles)   

Jan 05   Claude (buddy) young: Nfl running back (yankees, texans, colts)   

Jan 05   Robert earle: Baldwin ny, tv host (ge college bowl)   

Jan 05   Hosea williams: American activist   

Jan 05   William de witt snodgrass: American poet   

Jan 08   Emile paladilhe: Composer,    

Jan 12   Sir austin chapman: Australian politician (b. 1864)   

Jan 15   Enrico toselli: Composer,    

Jan 21   Camillo golgi: Ital medical research (malaria, nobel 1906),    

Jan 23   Desire j mercier: Belgian philosopher/cardinal,    

Jan 26   John flannagan: 2nd president of st. ambrose university   

Jan 30   Barbara la marr: American actress (b. 1896)   

Feb 02   Vladimir sukhomlinov: Russian general (b. 1848)