WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1926
Find out what all happened May to December 1926

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

Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful. (17. December 1926)

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

Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa. (25. December 1926)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, is established. (11. November 1926)

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

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

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

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

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

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