WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1926
Find out what all happened January to August 1926

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

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

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

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

Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. (29. June 1926)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. (12. January 1926)

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