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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1926 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1926
MCMXXVI
Ab urbe condita2679
Armenian calendar1375
ԹՎ ՌՅՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6676
Baháʼí calendar82–83
Balinese saka calendar1847–1848
Bengali calendar1333
Berber calendar2876
British Regnal year16 Geo. 5 – 17 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar2470
Burmese calendar1288
Byzantine calendar7434–7435
Chinese calendar乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
4623 or 4416
    — to —
丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4624 or 4417
Coptic calendar1642–1643
Discordian calendar3092
Ethiopian calendar1918–1919
Hebrew calendar5686–5687
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1982–1983
 - Shaka Samvat1847–1848
 - Kali Yuga5026–5027
Holocene calendar11926
Igbo calendar926–927
Iranian calendar1304–1305
Islamic calendar1344–1345
Japanese calendarTaishō 15 / Shōwa 1
(昭和元年)
Javanese calendar1856–1857
Juche calendar15
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4259
Minguo calendarROC 15
民國15年
Nanakshahi calendar458
Thai solar calendar2468–2469
Tibetan calendar阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
2052 or 1671 or 899
    — to —
阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
2053 or 1672 or 900

1926 (MCMXXVI) 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.

Events

January

February

March

March 16: Goddard with rocket in 1926.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

December 25: Emperor Hirohito

Date unknown

Births

January

Patricia Neal

February

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Leslie Nielsen
Bob Richards, 1952 Olympic gold medalist

March

Andrzej Wajda
Jerry Lewis
Siegfried Lenz

April

Hugh Hefner
Elizabeth II
Harper Lee
Cloris Leachman

May

Miles Davis

June

Marilyn Monroe
Allen Ginsberg
Mel Brooks

July

Alfredo Di Stéfano

August

Tony Bennett
Fidel Castro
Jiang Zemin

September

James Lipton

October

Chuck Berry

November

December

Deaths

January–March

Camillo Golgi
Takaaki Kato
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

April–June

Antoni Gaudi

July–September

Rudolph Valentino

October–December

Harry Houdini
Claude Monet

Nobel Prizes

References

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  2. ^ "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Pangalos Named Greek President in Poll Farce". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 5, 1926. p. 16.
  4. ^ Dailey, Charles (April 18, 1926). "Chang's Son, at Head of Troops, Invades Peking". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  5. ^ Thompson, Andrea (April 15, 2013). "Did Admiral Byrd Fly Over The North Pole Or Not?". LiveScience. Purch. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "May 9, 1926: Byrd flies over the North Pole?". This Day in History. A&E Television Networks. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  8. ^ Russo, Gus (2001). The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-59691-897-9.
  9. ^ "Nicaragua (1909-present)". University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  10. ^ "U.S. Troops Take 2 Nicaraguan Ports". Chicago Daily Tribune. December 24, 1926. p. 1.