1926

Year 1926 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January-February

 * Beginning of the, according to cosmologist.
 * Ireland's first regular radio service, (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting.
 * switches to the after reforms set by.
 * - is crowned King of.
 * - and  premiere their  program ', in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from  looking to strike it rich in the big city. It was a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, '.
 * -  about worker's revolution causes a panic in London
 * - demonstrates a mechanical television system.
 * - Eugene Oneil's "The Great God Brown" opens at the Greenwich Theatre
 * - British and Belgian troops leave.
 * - ing on suburbs
 * - minister for Justice,, appoints the
 * - minister for Justice,, appoints the

March-April

 * - The in  is destroyed by fire
 * - launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at
 * - organizes.
 * - Failed assassination attempt against
 * - is born.
 * - By a vote of 45 to 41, the unseats  Senator  and seats, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.
 * - Train crash in - 178 dead
 * - Princess born in London
 * - Reza Khan is crowned under the name "."
 * - is killed after falling 2,000 feet from an airplane.

May-June

 * - Coal miner's strike begins in Britain
 * - begins in support of the coal strike
 * in Britain because of the general strike
 * French navy bombards because of  riots
 * Admiral and  claim to have flown over the  (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
 * - Talks between government and strikers begins in UK
 * - planes piloted by Major and, students at the ,  collided in mid-air at Langley Field, Virginia. Hickam parachuted to safety.
 * - - Military coup by  succeeds in
 * flies over the.
 * In the, a by s ends (the strike began on ).
 * - Evangelist disappears while visiting a  beach.
 * - First constitution is established.
 * - rebels surrender in
 * - commanded by  in  that installed the  (National Dictatorship) that would be followed be 's.
 * - becomes president of Poland
 * - returns to office as.
 * - becomes president of Poland
 * - returns to office as.

July-August

 * - begins a campaign in the northern China for unification
 * - aircraft operated by Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne crashes in Czechoslovakia
 * - New military coup in, now by general
 * - Lightning strike destroys an ammunition depot in
 * - buses make its début in.
 * - buys the patents of the  sound system for recording sound onto.
 * - Failed assassination attempt against in
 * becomes the first woman to swim the from France to England
 * In, the ' system premieres with the movie  starring.
 * British miners' union begins negotiations with the government
 * A weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the Weather Bureau Office in
 * - In, ousts
 * - announces that  is finished in Greece and becomes a president
 * - In, ousts
 * - announces that  is finished in Greece and becomes a president

September-October

 * - under the  gets its first constitution therefore becoming a republic. Charles Debbas   is elected president.
 * leaves the
 * is officially dedicated at in the
 * - : A strong hurricane devastates, leaving over 100 dead and caused several hundred million dollars in damage; equal to nearly $100 billion dollars today.
 * - Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the, headquarters of in . Only one of Capone's men is wounded
 * abolishes all types of.
 * returns to office as.
 * - defeats  and becomes heavyweight champion of the world.
 * - becomes prime minister of Poland
 * - British miners agree to end their strike
 * - kills 650 in
 * - Decree in Italy bans women from holding public office
 * - Magician dies of  and  that developed after his  ruptured.
 * - Decree in Italy bans women from holding public office
 * - Magician dies of  and  that developed after his  ruptured.

November-December

 * - In, a necrophiliac named  (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then s his 9th victim, a  landlady named Mrs. William Edmonds.
 * - is crowned the 124th
 * - was established.
 * - The  network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by,  and ).
 * The village of in  is almost destroyed in a massive hail.
 * retires, leaving to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
 * - re-established in.
 * - Arrest of all.
 * erupts.
 * In, the restoration of begins.
 * - British prime minister ends the  that had been declared due to general strike
 * - disappears from her home in Surrey; on  she is found in  hotel
 * - converted to  making 'tomorrow'  1926
 * - In, end of the and beginning of the  and the period of
 * - converted to  making 'tomorrow'  1926
 * - In, end of the and beginning of the  and the period of

Undated

 * Widows pensions introduced in NSW
 * , rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first high-cut rodeo chaps at ,
 * The short-lived is founded.
 * is founded.
 * publishes landmark book, Alcohol and Longevity.
 * publishes 
 * of Andover, Massachusetts is founded.

January-February

 * -, English producer of
 * -, American poet
 * ,, recipient of the
 * , Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (d. )
 * , American soprano
 * , Japanese fashion designer
 * , American comedian
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * , Austrian actress (d. )
 * , American actor and novelist (d. )
 * -, theater director and musician (d. )
 * -, Scottish actress and dancer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , American actress
 * , American pianist and composer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * , Austrian journalist (d. )
 * , Swedish actress (d. )
 * -, Pakistani physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American cinematographer
 * -, cosmonaut
 * , American writer (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish footballer and football manager (d. )
 * , French chef
 * , British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera
 * , Canadian actor
 * -, American philosopher
 * , British film director (d. )
 * , sister of (d. )
 * , American author
 * , American track and field athlete
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the
 * -, Russian author
 * -, American philosopher
 * , British film director (d. )
 * , sister of (d. )
 * , American author
 * , American track and field athlete
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the
 * -, Russian author
 * -, Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the
 * -, Russian author

March-April

 * -, American commissioner of the National Football League (d. )
 * -, American economist (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * , American billionaire, co-founder of
 * , former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. )
 * , American popular singer
 * , American economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
 * , Polish film director
 * - (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * , American comedian
 * , American politician (d. )
 * -, German writer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Italian author, laureate
 * -, Hungarian boxer (d. )
 * -, Swedish businessman
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * , American tenor
 * , American author
 * -, Australian race car driver
 * -, astronaut (d. )
 * , Italian tenor and actor (d. )
 * , Latvian-born cartoonist (d. )
 * , Northern Irish politician
 * -, American magazine editor
 * -, Chechen ethnographer
 * -, Czech-born writer, producer, director, teacher (d. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (d. )
 * - Queen
 * -, Scottish architect (d. )
 * , German illustrator (d. )
 * , British TV sports broadcaster
 * -, American author
 * , American actress
 * , British author & poet (d. )
 * , German illustrator (d. )
 * , British TV sports broadcaster
 * -, American author
 * , American actress
 * , British author & poet (d. )
 * , American actress
 * , British author & poet (d. )
 * , British author & poet (d. )

May-June

 * -, American actress
 * , American comedian and actor
 * , British broadcaster, naturist and producer
 * -, American film personality and publisher of (d. )
 * , English playwright
 * , English novelist and playwright (d. )
 * -, Danish actor (d. )
 * -, TV writer (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , American poet (d. )
 * , member of the
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, Czech-born photographer
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, ese activist (d. )
 * -, United States agent (d. )
 * -, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer (d. )
 * -, American entertainer
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, Austrian writer (d. )
 * -, American entertainer
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate

July-August

 * , American economist, laureate
 * , German automotive executive, chairman of from  to
 * , German composer
 * , Argentine-born footballer
 * , American soap actress (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, American-born physicist, laureate
 * -, American actor and author (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Argentine dictator (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American biologist, recipient of the
 * -, writer (d. )
 * -, American Presidential candidate
 * -, , British High Court Judge
 * , American singer
 * , British journalist and biographer (d. )
 * -, Lithuanian-born chemist, laureate
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Cuban revolutionary and politician
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , French comic book writer (d. )
 * -, American venture capitalist
 * -, Chicano literary historian
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , French comic book writer (d. )
 * -, American venture capitalist
 * -, Chicano literary historian
 * -, British actress (d. )

September-October

 * - (Arun Kumar Chatterjee), the legendary , is born in  (d. ).
 * , American photographer (d. )
 * , Prince of the Netherlands and husband of (d. )
 * -, American voice actor (d. )
 * -, American singer and musician
 * -, French mathematician
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , Pakistani singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American jazz saxophonist (d. )
 * -, Japanese physicist, laureate
 * -, Polish mathematician
 * , French philosopher (d. )
 * , German conductor (d. )
 * -, American actress and hotel founder
 * -, American musician
 * -, sister of former President (d. )
 * -, Russian soprano
 * -, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. )
 * -, Canadian tenor
 * -, American advertising executive, author and columnist (d.)
 * -, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. )
 * -, Canadian tenor
 * -, American advertising executive, author and columnist (d.)

November-December

 * -, Chinese physicist, laureate
 * -, Northern Irish comedian
 * - Dame, Australian soprano
 * -, American ambassador (d. )
 * , Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the
 * , English spy novelist (d. )
 * , Indian guru
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, German-Dutch love interest of (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Jamaican athlete
 * -, American tenor (d. )
 * -, American geologist (d. )
 * Sir, British politician
 * , U.S.
 * -, American football coach
 * -, American poet
 * -, Australian politician (d. )
 * , U.S.
 * -, American football coach
 * -, American poet
 * -, Australian politician (d. )

January - June

 * -, Italian physician, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, 24th (b. )
 * -, American film actress (b. )
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American pilot (b. )
 * -, last (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian independence fighter (b. )
 * -, Catalan architect (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )

July - December

 * -, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (b. )
 * -, American statesman and businessman (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, French telegraph engineer (b. )
 * -, the third son of and  (b. )
 * -, American labor and political leader (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born magician (b. )
 * -, Canadian businessman (b. )
 * -, Slovenian painter (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Swedish inventor and founder of (b. )
 * -, 123rd (b. )
 * -, Austrian poet (b. )