WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1926
Find out what all happened January to October 1926

Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. (5. August 1926)

Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures. (31. October 1926)

The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. (15. March 1926)

The College Board administers the first SAT exam. (23. June 1926)

J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal, precipitating his death. (22. October 1926)

History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. (16. March 1926)

Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. (23. July 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. (25. May 1926)

UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. (12. May 1926)

28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. (28. May 1926)

Knoebels Amusement Resort is opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. (4. July 1926)

Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. (24. October 1926)

The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. (25. September 1926)

The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. (12. May 1926)

Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film. (20. April 1926)

In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed. (9. September 1926)

El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. 248 are killed and 93 wounded. (14. March 1926)

The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published. (14. October 1926)

Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. (8. September 1926)

Brazil leaves the League of Nations (14. June 1926)