WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1926
Find out what all happened July to August 1926

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

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

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

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

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