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1926 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1926 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1926

• February 13, 1926 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• March 15, 1926 – The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
• May 22, 1926 – Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China.
• June 14, 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
• June 28, 1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
• July 4, 1926 – Knoebels Amusement Resort is opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
• August 20, 1926 – Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
• September 25, 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• October 24, 1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
• November 25, 1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving Day. Twenty-seven twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.

Who Were Born On 1926?

• February 3, 1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel, German soldier and politician; 8th Mayor of Berlin
• February 8, 1926 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)
• April 28, 1926 – Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general (d. 1991)
• June 2, 1926 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
• July 31, 1926 – Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher
• September 18, 1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
• September 19, 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• October 15, 1926 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (d. 1981)
• October 17, 1926 – Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
• November 9, 1926 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)