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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
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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.
- May 12, 1926 – The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
- May 22, 1926 – Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China.
- May 25, 1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
- May 28, 1926 – The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
- June 14, 1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
- August 5, 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
- August 20, 1926 – Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
- September 9, 1926 – In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed.
- December 25, 1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
Who Were Born On 1926?
- January 3, 1926 – W. Michael Blumenthal, American businessman and politician; 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- March 14, 1926 – Phil Phillips, American singer-songwriter
- April 4, 1926 – Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (d. 2014)
- May 20, 1926 – George Hurst, Scottish-English conductor (d. 2012)
- June 23, 1926 – Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist
- August 24, 1926 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (d. 2009)
- September 30, 1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
- October 14, 1926 – Bill Justis, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (d. 1982)
- November 1, 1926 – Stephen Antonakos, Greek-American sculptor (d. 2013)
- November 3, 1926 – Robert W. Wilson, American hedge fund manager, philanthropist and art collector (d. 2013)