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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 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.
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 ...
January 28, 1926 (Thursday) [ edit ] King Albert , Marshal Ferdinand Foch , the Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Louis-Ernest Dubois were among the attendees for the funeral of Belgian cardinal and national hero Désiré-Joseph Mercier , who died on January 23.
Born on April 21, 1926, Queen Elizabeth was older than sliced bread, penicillin, ballpoint pens, nylon, Velcro, the Slinky, and the FM radio. She reigned for nearly 30% of US history.
The 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition grounds. In 1916, the idea for a Sesquicentennial Exposition stemmed from the mind of John Wanamaker, who was the only living member of the Centennial Exposition's Finance Committee. [1]
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.
June 28 – 1926 Alberta general election: John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a second consecutive majority; July 1 – Canada moves back onto the gold standard; September 14 – Federal election: the coalition of Mackenzie King's Liberals and the Liberal-Progressives win a majority, defeating Arthur Meighen's Conservatives