WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1926
Find out what all happened February to December 1926

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

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

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

George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize." (18. November 1926)

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

Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. (29. June 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)

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

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

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

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. (18. May 1926)

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). (6. April 1926)

The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. (15. November 1926)

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

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

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

UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. (12. May 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. (25. November 1926)

Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China. (22. May 1926)