WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1926
Find out what all happened April to December 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 New York, New York, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore. (6. August 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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