Page 6: Historical Events In 1926

May 08   David Attenborough, English director is born   

May 08   Fire breaks out in Fenway Park.   

May 08   The inaugural flight over North Pole (Bennett and Byrd)   

May 09   Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England).   

May 09   Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies.   

May 09   Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole   

May 09   Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make inaugural flight over North Pole.   

May 10   In this year, 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display claims in 1:59.8.   

May 11   Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic O   

May 11   Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for inaugural air crossing of Arctic Ocean   

May 11   Ernest Harrison, CEO (Racal Electronics).   

May 12   Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole.   

May 12   British general strike ends   

May 12   Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )   

May 12   General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared   

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

May 13   Beatrice Arthur, [Frankel], NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls)   

May 13   German Government of Luther falls.   

May 13   German govt of Luther falls.   

May 14   Cestmir Gregor, composer   

May 15   Anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright (Sleuth).   

May 15   British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike   

May 15   In this year, 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over claims in 2:03.8.   

May 15   Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies.   

May 16   Jan Zimmer, composer.   

May 16   Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies.   

May 17   Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton.   

May 17   Cicely Berry, voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company).   

May 17   German Government of Marx takes power.   

May 17   Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies   

May 18   Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped   

May 18   Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice Calif She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped   

May 19   French air force bombs Damascus Syria.   

May 19   Paul Cooper, composer.   

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Jan 01   Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist was born in the year 1926.   

Jan 01   In the year 1926 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   George Martin, record producer (The Beatles) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1926 birth of hosea Williams, American activist (d. 2000)   

Jan 05   In the year 1926 birth of william De Witt Snodgrass, American poet   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1926 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1926 death of vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)