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Albert B. Cummins, U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1908 to 1926 (born 1850) Max Levy, American inventor and scientist (born 1857) [44] October 20 – Eugene V. Debs, labor leader (born 1855) October 22 – John G. Shedd, businessman (born 1850) October 23 – Olympia Brown, suffragette (born 1835)
1926 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 926th year of the ...
Legitimacy Act 1926 permits the legitimisation of a child born to unmarried parents by their subsequent marriage to each other. Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act, intended to restrict press reporting of salacious details in divorce cases. [9] Electricity (Supply) Act creates the Central Electricity Board to set up the National ...
1926 – Opportunity Magazine publishes Langston Hughes' The Weary Blues 1926 – The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is published. 1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti executed, seven years after they were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery in Massachusetts
The year 1926 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space exploration. March 16 ...
18 September – South Sydney Rabbitohs defeat University 11–5, becoming premiers of the New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1926. 25 September – Melbourne defeat Collingwood 17.17 (119) to 9.8 (62) at the VFL grand final, becoming premiers of the 1926 VFL season. 2 November – Spearfelt wins the Melbourne Cup.
Learning new things is important if we want to live a long and fulfilling life. Acquiring new skills and performing activities such as puzzles and other brain games strengthens our neurological ...
The National Hockey League officially added the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars (now the Red Wings) and New York Rangers to the league as new teams for the 1926–27 season. [39] Henry Ford introduced the eight-hour day and five-day workweek. [40] The League of Nations Slavery Convention abolished all types of slavery.