WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1926
Find out what all happened February to October 1926

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

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

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

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. (6. August 1926)

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

The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years. (24. April 1926)

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

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

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

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

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

Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established. (20. August 1926)

In New York, New York, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore. (6. August 1926)

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

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). (6. April 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)

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

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.) (9. May 1926)