BACK IN TIME-1926

Popular Culture 1926

UK 

• Winnie-the-Pooh is published by Author A. A. Milne.

Technology

Inventions, Inventors and Country (or attributed to First Use)
Liquid Fuel Rocket USA by Robert Goddard
Aerosol Sprays Norway by Erik Rotheim 

What News Events Happened In 1926

UK

• General strike in England begins in support of the coal miners strike on May 3rd and ends May 12th.

UK

• Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel.

Germany

• 5,000,000 people are unemployed in Europe with 2 million in Germany and 1 million in England.

Japan

• Hirohito is crowned emperor of Japan.

UK

• John Logie Baird conducts the first public demonstration of a television.

Italy

• Mussolini takes control in Italy.

U.S.

• Pontiac cars begin to be made.

U.S.

• Henry Ford announces the 40-hour week.

U.S.

• U.S. Route 66 is created and runs from Chicago to Los Angeles.

China

• British, American and French warships battle for control from China of the Yangtse River.

U.S.

• Kelly Blue Book is first published.

U.S.

• Radio network National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) is launched.

U.S.

• Silent film heart throb Rudolph Valentino died causing a worldwide frenzy among his fans.

U.S.

• 27 Tornadoes strike southern US states including including an F4 that struck the town of Heber Springs, Arkansas on Thanksgiving weekend killing 76.

U.S.

• Population: US 115 million, Britain 45 million

U.S.

• The continuing Turf wars between the gangsters escalates as twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, headquarters of Al Capone in Chicago.

U.S.

• 1926 Miami Hurricane on News and Events From September 20th (or Great Miami Hurricane or the Big Blow) was an intense hurricane that devastated Miami, Florida in 1926.

Born This Year

David Attenborough News And Events From May 8th
Fidel Castro This Day In History August 13th
Marilyn Monroe News And Events From June 1st
Hugh Hefner This Day In History April 9th

Major World Political Leaders

Australia Prime Minister Stanley Bruce 
Brazil President Artur Bernardes until 15 November
Brazil President Washington Luís From 15 November
Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King until June 29,
Canada Prime Minister Arthur Meighen From June 29, 1926 until September 25,
Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King From September 25,
Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini 

Japan Prime MinisterTakaaki Katō until 28 January
Japan Prime Minister Reijirō Wakatsuki From 28 January
Mexico President Plutarco Elías Calles 
Russia / Soviet Union 
General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin 
South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog 
United States President Calvin Coolidge 
United Kingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin 

Political Elections

Canadian Federal Election 1926 William Lyon Mackenzie King (Liberal) defeats Arthur Meighen (Conservative).