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Chuck Berry, African-American guitarist, singer and songwriter, a pioneer of rock and roll music (d. 2017) Pauline Pirok, American female professional baseball player (d. 2020) October 19 – Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2021) October 21 – Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009) October 25. Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and ...
In 1926, the electric garage door opener was invented by C.G. Johnson, the inventor of the garage door and founder of the Overhead Door Corporation. [178] 1926 Power steering. Power steering is a system for reducing the steering effort on vehicles by using an external power source to assist in turning the roadwheels.
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 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.
This is a list of automobiles produced for the general public in the North American market. They are listed in chronological order from when each model began its model year. If a model did not have continuous production, it is listed again on the model year production resumed.
1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low; 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt shot, but not killed, while campaigning for the presidency; October 30, 1912 – Vice President Sherman dies; 1912 – U.S. presidential election: Woodrow Wilson elected president, Thomas R. Marshall, vice president.
October 12 – Ruth L. Kirschstein (died 2009), American pathologist and science administrator at the National Institutes of Health. October 31 – Narinder Singh Kapany (died 2020), Punjabi-born physicist. November 29 – Dilhan Eryurt (died 2012), Turkish astrophysicist. December 10 – Neena Schwartz (died 2018), American endocrinologist.
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse , AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company .
1926 American novels (17 P) P. 1926 in American politics (3 C, 1 P) S. 1926 in American sports (17 C, 8 P) T. 1926 in American television (1 P) Pages in category ...