WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1926
Find out what all happened May to September 1926
In New York, New York, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore. (6. August 1926)
UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. (12. May 1926)
Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. (29. June 1926)
Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. (5. August 1926)
Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris. (25. May 1926)
The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. (25. September 1926)
28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. (28. May 1926)
Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China. (22. May 1926)
Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. (8. September 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)
Brazil leaves the League of Nations (14. June 1926)
In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed. (9. September 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 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)
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)
The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. (12. May 1926)
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