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Events of 1926

January-February

• Beginning of the Age of Aquarius, according to cosmologist Patrizi Norelli-Bachelet.
• January 1
  • Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2RN was the first radio broadcasting station in the Irish Free State.
  • Turkey switches to the Gregorian calendar after reforms set by Kemal Atatürk. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman
• January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad al-Hejaz (also Hijaz, Hedjaz; الحجاز al-Ḥiǧāz, literally "the barrier" is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia
• January 12 - Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Freeman Fisher "Gozzie" Gosden ( May 5, 1899 – December 10, 1982) was an American Radio Comedian, Charles James Correll ( February 2, 1890 &ndash September 26, 1972) was an American Radio Comedian, best Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Sam 'n' Henry was a radio series by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll which aired in 1926 and 1927 Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center It was a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy. Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy based on Stereotypes of African-Americans and popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s
• January 16 - BBC radio play about worker's revolution causes a panic in London
• January 26 - John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946 was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system
• January 29 - Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown opens at the Greenwich Theatre
• January 31 - British and Belgian troops leave Cologne. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16 1888–November 27 1953 was a Nobel -prize winning American playwright Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
• February 9 - Flooding in London suburbs
• February 12 - Irish minister for Justice, Kevin O'Higgins, appoints the Committee on Evil Literature
• February 16 - Margot Frank was born in Frankfurt am Main. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Kevin Christopher O'Higgins (Caoimhín Críostóir Ó hUigín 7 June 1892 &ndash 10 July 1927 was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council The Committee on Evil Literature was a committee set up by the Irish Free State 's Department of Justice in 1926 to look into censorship of printed matter Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Margot Betti Frank ( February 16, 1926 &ndash late February or early March 1945 was the elder sister of Anne Frank, whose deportation order from the

March-April

March 16: Goddard with rocket in 1926. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Robert Hutchings Goddard, PhD ( October 5, 1882 &ndash August 10 1945 U

• March 6 - The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of "Shakespeare Theatre" redirects here For the theatre of that name in Newcastle see Shakespeare Theatre (Newcastle; for Shakespeare's original theatre see Stratford-upon-Avon (ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən is a Market town and Civil parish in south Warwickshire, England.
• March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts
• March 23 - Eamon de Valera organizes Fianna Fáil. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Robert Hutchings Goddard, PhD ( October 5, 1882 &ndash August 10 1945 U Auburn is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Éamon de Valera (ˈeɪmən dɛvəˈlɛrə (born Edward George de Valera) (14 October 1882 &ndash 29 August 1975 was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach shortened to Fianna Fáil ( is currently the largest Political party in the
• April 7 - Failed assassination attempt against Mussolini
• April 9 - Hugh Hefner is born. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9 1926 is an American Magazine Publisher, and best known as the editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine
• April 12 - By a vote of 45 to 41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Smith Wildman Brookhart ( February 2, 1869 &ndash November 15, 1944) was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa Daniel Frederic Steck ( December 16, 1881 &ndash December 31, 1950) was the only Iowa Democrat in the United States Senate between
• April 16 - Train crash in San José, Costa Rica - 178 dead
• April 21 - Princess Elizabeth born in London
• April 25 - Reza Khan is crowned Shah of Iran under the name "Pahlevi. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom San José ( Spanish: San José; ˌsɑːn hɒˈsɛː is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and is at the heart of the sprawling Gran Area Metropolitana Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. "
• April 30 - Bessie Coleman is killed after falling 2,000 feet from an airplane. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Elizabeth 'Bessie' Coleman ( January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) popularly known as "Queen Bess" was the first African American

May-June

• May 1 - Coal miner's strike begins in Britain
• May 3 - The General Strike begins in support of the coal strike
• May 9
  • Martial law in Britain because of the general strike
  • French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots
  • Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen). Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João The UK General Strike of 1926 was a General strike that lasted nine days from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. The Druze ( Arabic: درزي derzī or durzī, plural دروز durūz) are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN ( October 25, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1957) was a pioneering American polar Floyd Bennett (October 25 1890 &ndash April 25 1928 American Aviator who piloted Richard E The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern
• May 10 - Talks between government and strikers begins in UK
• May 10 - planes piloted by Major Harold Geiger and Horace Meek Hickam, students at the Air Corps Tactical School, collided in mid-air at Langley Field, Virginia. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Major Harold C Geiger ( October 7, 1884 - May 17, 1927) born in East Orange New Jersey, a pioneer in Army aviation and ballooning Horace Meek Hickam (born August 14, 1885, Spencer Indiana; died November 5, 1934, Galveston Texas) was a pioneer airpower The Air Corps Tactical School, also known as ACTS and "the Tactical School" was a military professional development school for officers of the United States Hickam parachuted to safety.
• May 12 - May 14 - Military coup (the May Coup) by Józef Piłsudski succeeds in Poland
• May 12
  • Roald Amundsen flies over the North Pole. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the The May Coup d'Etat ( Polish: Przewrót majowy or zamach majowy) was a Coup d'état successfully carried out in Poland by Józef Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern
  • UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3). The UK General Strike of 1926 was a General strike that lasted nine days from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city region or country A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
• May 18 - Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Aimee Semple McPherson ( October 9, 1890 &ndash September 27, 1944) also known as "Sister Aimee" or "Sister" was a Venice is a district in western Los Angeles California. It is known for its Canals Beaches and Circus -like Ocean Front Walk,
• May 23 - First Lebanese constitution is established. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية
• May 26 - Rifkabyl rebels surrender in Morocco
• May 28 - 1926 coup d'état commanded by Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal that installed the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship) that would be followed by António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa (mɐnuˈɛɫ ˈgomɨʃ dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ or just Gomes da Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. The Ditadura Nacional ( Portuguese for National Dictatorship was the name of the Portuguese regime initiated by the election of President Óscar Carmona António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE, pron. ɐ̃'tɔniu dɨ oli'vɐiɾɐ sɐlɐ'zaɾ Estado Novo ( Portuguese for " New State " pron (ɨʃ'tadu 'novu also known as the Second Republic) is the name of the Portuguese
• June 4 - Ignacy Moscicki becomes president of Poland
• June 29 - Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Ignacy Mościcki ( December 1, 1867 &ndash October 2, 1946) was a Polish Politician and Chemist, President Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Arthur Meighen (ˈmiən PC, QC ( June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus

July-August

• July 1 - Kuomingtang begins a campaign in the northern China for unification
• July 3 - Caudron C.61 aircraft operated by Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne crashes in Czechoslovakia
• July 9 - New military coup in Portugal, now by general Antonio Carmona
• July 12 - Lightning strike destroys an ammunition depot in Dover, New Jersey
• July 15 - BEST buses make its début in Bombay. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Dover is a Town in Morris County, New Jersey on the Rockaway River. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial
• July 23 - Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.
• August 1 - Failed assassination attempt against Jon Lee in Barcelona
• August 6
  • Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from France to England
  • In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Jon Lee ( March 28, 1968 – January 7, 2002) was the original drummer for the successful British rock band Feeder Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Gertrude Caroline Ederle ( October 23, 1905 &ndash November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Vitaphone was a Sound film process used on features and nearly 2000 Short subjects produced by Warner Bros Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest
• August 13
  • Fidel Castro is born. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar.
• August 18
  • 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 Washington, D.C.
• August 22 - In Greece, Georgios Kondylis ousts Theodoros Pangalos
• August 25 - Pavlos Kountouriotis announces that dictatorship is finished in Greece and becomes a president

September-October

• September 1 - Lebanon under the French Mandate gets its first constitution therefore becoming a republic. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Georgios Kondylis (Γεώργιος Κονδύλης (1878&ndash February 1, 1936) was a General of the Greek army and Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos (Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος ( 11 January 1878 – 26 February 1952) was a Greek general who briefly Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855-1935 (Παύλος Κουντουριώτης was a Greek naval hero and twice President of Greece. A dictatorship is usually defined as an autocratic Form of government in which the Government is ruled by a Dictator. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Charles Debbas is elected president.
• September 11
  • Spain leaves the League of Nations
  • Aloha Tower is officially dedicated at Honolulu Harbor in the Territory of Hawai'i
• September 18 - Great Miami Hurricane: A strong hurricane devastates Miami, Florida, leaving over 100 dead and caused several hundred million dollars in damage; equal to nearly $100 billion dollars today. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The Aloha Tower is a lighthouse that is considered one of the premier landmarks of the state of Hawaii in the United States. Honolulu Harbor, also called Kulolia and Ke Awa O Kou, is the principal Seaport of Honolulu and the State of The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as TH, was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated The 1926 Miami Hurricane (or Great Miami Hurricane) was an intense hurricane that devastated Miami Florida in September 1926
• September 20 - Twelve cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, headquarters of Al Capone in Chicago. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Only one of Capone's men is wounded
• September 25
  • League of Nations Slavery Convention abolishes all types of slavery. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 The 1926 Slavery Convention or the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery was an International treaty created under the auspices of the League As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
  • William Lyon Mackenzie King returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus
• September 26 - Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey and becomes heavyweight champion of the world. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a James Joseph "Gene" Tunney ( May 25 1897 – November 7 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-1928 who defeated Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey ( June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world
• October 2 - Józef Piłsudski becomes prime minister of Poland
• October 12 - British miners agree to end their strike
• October 20 - Hurricane kills 650 in Cuba
• October 23 - Decree in Italy bans women from holding public office
• October 23 - The Fazal Mosque is built, this was one of the first mosques built in London
• October 31 - Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Please do not add warnings to this page about the pictures Wikipedia is not censored for taste and has a guideline preventing such warnings - WikipediaNo disclaimers in articles Peritonitis is defined as Inflammation of the Peritoneum (the Serous membrane which lines part of the abdominal cavity and some of the Viscera In Human anatomy, the appendix (or vermiform appendix; also cecal (or caecal appendix; also vermix) is a blind ended tube connected to the

November-December

• November 10 - In San Francisco, California, a necrophiliac serial killer named Earle Nelson (dubbed "Gorilla Man") kills and then rapes his 9th victim, a boardinghouse landlady named Mrs. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Killer (died January 13, 1928) was an American Serial killer. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person A boarding house, also known as a "rooming house" (mainly in the United States) or a "lodging house" is a House (often a family home William Edmonds.
• November 10 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan
• November 11 - U.S. Route 66 was established. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare US Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway after the humorist, and colloquially known as the "Main Street of America" or the "Mother
• November 15 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA). Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986
• November 24
  • The village of Rocquebillier in French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hail. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west
  • Sri Aurobindo retires, leaving the Mother to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. Sri Aurobindo (শ্রী অরবিন্দ Sri Ôrobindo) ( August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950) was an Indian
• November 25 - Death penalty re-established in Italy. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• November 26 - Arrest of all Italian Communist deputies. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" The Italian Communist Party (Italian Partito Comunista Italiano, or PCI emerged as the Communist Party of Italy ( Partito Comunista d'Italia) The Italian Chamber of Deputies ( Camera dei Deputati) is the Lower house of the Parliament of Italy.
• November 27
  • Vesuvius erupts. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples
  • In Williamsburg, Virginia, the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins. Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia Colonial Williamsburg' is the historic district of the Independent city of Williamsburg Virginia.
• December 2 - British prime minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to general strike
• December 8 - Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on December 14 she is found in Harrogate hotel
• December 17 - Democratically elected government is overthrown during the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état‎; Antanas Smetona assumes the power in Lithuania. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 &ndash 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative politician statesman and major Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Harrogate (or Harrogate Spa) is a large wealthy Spa town in North Yorkshire, England. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila The 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état (Lithuanian 1926-ųjų perversmas) was a military Coup d'etat in Lithuania that resulted in the replacement of the Antanas Smetona ( August 10 1874 January 9 1944) was one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the
• December 18 - Turkey converted to Gregorian calendar making 'tomorrow' January 1 1926
• December 25 - In Japanese History, end of the Taishō era and beginning of the Shōwa era and the period of Japanese expansionism

Undated

• Widows pensions introduced in NSW
• Earl W. Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first high-cut rodeo chaps at Stirling, Alberta Canada
• The short-lived Western Australian Secession League is founded. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts The, or Taishō era, is a period in the History of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to refers to the Ideology in the Empire of Japan that Militarism should dominate the political and social life of the nation and that the strength of the military is Earl W Bascom ( June 19, 1906 - August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker and sculptor Stirling ( Gaelic: Sruighlea, Scots: Stirlin) is a city and former ancient Burgh in Scotland, and is at Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• International African Institute is founded. The International African Institute (IAI was founded (as the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures) in 1926 in London for the study of African
• Raymond Pearl publishes landmark book, Alcohol and Longevity. Raymond Pearl ( 3 June 1879 &ndash 17 November 1940) was an American Biologist, regarded as one of the founders of
• Selman Waksman publishes Enzymes
• The Pike School of Andover, Massachusetts is founded. Selman Abraham Waksman ( 22 July 1888 &ndash 16 August 1973) was an American biochemist and microbiologist Enzymes are Biomolecules that catalyze ( ie increase the rates of Chemical reactions Almost all enzymes are Proteins The Pike School, founded in 1926 by Cynthia E Pike is a private day school in Andover, Massachusetts.

Births

January-February

• January 2 – Harold Bradley, American session guitarist on country music records. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Taishō era, is a period in the History of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Harold Bradley (b Jan 2 1926 Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country guitarist
• January 3 - George Martin, English producer of The Beatles
• January 5 - William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet
• January 6
• Kim Daejung, President of South Korea, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (d. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. William De Witt Snodgrass (born January 5 1926 in Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania) pseudonym S Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Kim Dae-jung (Born December 3, 1925, kim tɛdʑuŋ is a former South Korean president and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient The President of the Republic of Korea is according to the Constitution head of state chief executive of the government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay ( January 6 1926 &ndash September 14 2006) was an actor and Mr 2006)
• January 8
  • Evelyn Lear, American soprano
  • Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
  • Soupy Sales, American comedian
• January 11 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Evelyn Lear (born January 8 1926) is an American Soprano and Opera singer Hanae Mori (森 英恵 Mori Hanae, born January 8, 1926) is one of the most prominent and respectable Fashion designers in Japan. Soupy Sales (born Milton Supman on January 8, 1926) is an American Comedian and Actor. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин born January 11, 1926, in Moscow, died December 18, 1998)
• January 12 - Ray Price, American singer
• January 14
  • Maria Schell, Austrian actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Ray Price (born January 12, 1926 in Perryville Texas) is an American Country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Maria Margarethe Anna Schell ( 15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an 2005)
  • Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Tryon ( January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American Film and Television actor famous as the Walt Disney 1991)
• January 15 - Florence Buchsbaum, theater director and musician (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Florence Buchsbaum ( January 15, 1926 – April 1, 1996) officially registered as "Gertrude Rosenberg" was born in Strasbourg 1996)
• January 17 - Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and dancer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Moira Shearer Lady Kennedy ( 17 January, 1926 &ndash 31 January, 2006) was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer 2006)
• January 19 - Fritz Weaver, American actor
• January 20
  • Patricia Neal, American actress
  • David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is a American Tony Award -winning Actor and Voice actor. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926) is an American award-winning Actress of stage and screen David Eugene Tudor ( January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American Pianist and Composer of Experimental 1996)
• January 21 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Stephen L Reeves ( January 21, 1926 &ndash May 1, 2000) was an American bodybuilder, Actor, and author 2000)
• January 26 - Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Franco Evangelisti (born January 21, 1926 in Rome, died there January 28, 1980) was an Italian Composer specifically interested 1980)
• January 27
  • Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Fritz Spiegl ( 27 January 1926 - 23 March 2003) was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his 2003)
  • Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ingrid Thulin (ˈɪŋrɪd tɵˈliːn in Swedish ( 27 January 1926 &ndash 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress 2004)
• January 29 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Abdus Salam ( Urdu: محمد عبد السلام) ( January 29, 1926; Jhang Punjab &ndash November 21, The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1996)
• February 2 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France
• February 6 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
• February 7 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
• February 8
  • Neal Cassady, American writer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (born 2 February 1926 is a French centre - right politician who was President of the French The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Haskell Wexler, ASC (born February 6, 1922 in Chicago Illinois) is an Academy Award -winning American Cinematographer Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov ( Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов born February 7, 1926 in Voronezh) Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Neal Leon Cassady ( February 8, 1926 &ndash February 4, 1968) was a major personage of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the 1968)
  • Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Audrey Meadows ( February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996) was an American actress best known for her role as the Deadpan 1996)
• February 10 - Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and football manager (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower ( February 10, 1926 – December 9, 1993) was a footballer, football manager 1993)
• February 11
  • Paul Bocuse, French chef
  • Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera
  • Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor
• February 16
  • John Schlesinger, British film director (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Paul Bocuse (born on February 11, 1926 in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or near Lyon) is a French Chef, considered Sir Alexander Gibson, CBE ( 11 February 1926 &ndash January 14, 1995) was a conductor and opera Intendant. Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11 1926 is a Canadian-American Emmy Award -nominated Comedian and actor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols John Richard Schlesinger, CBE ( February 16, 1926 &ndash July 25, 2003) was an Academy Award -winning English 2003)
  • Margot Frank, sister of Anne Frank (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Margot Betti Frank ( February 16, 1926 &ndash late February or early March 1945 was the elder sister of Anne Frank, whose deportation order from the Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany 1945)
• February 20
  • Richard Matheson, American author
  • Bob Richards, American track and field athlete
• February 22 - Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American Author and Screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror The Rev Robert "Bob" Eugene Richards (born February 20 1926, in Champaign Illinois) known as the "Vaulting Vicar" or the "Pole Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Kenneth Charles Williams ( 22 February 1926 &ndash 15 April 1988) was an English comic Actor, star of 26 1988)
• February 27 - David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• February 28 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian author

March-April

• March 1 - Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the National Football League (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation David Hunter Hubel (born February 27, 1926) was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (sometimes Stalina, later Lana Peters) (born 28 February 1926 Moscow, Soviet Union) (Светлана Иосифовна Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle ( March 1 1926 – December 6 1996) was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL 1996)
• March 2 - Murray Rothbard, American economist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Murray Newton Rothbard (March 2 1926 – January 7 1995 was an American economist of the Austrian School who helped define modern Libertarianism 1995)
• March 3 - James Merrill, American poet (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian James Ingram Merrill ( March 3, 1926 &ndash February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning 1995)
• March 4
  • Richard DeVos, American billionaire, co-founder of Amway
  • James J. Eagan, former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Richard DeVos Sr, (born March 4, 1926, in Grand Rapids Michigan, U Amway is a Multi-level marketing, or Network marketing company founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos. James J "Jim" Eagan ( March 4, 1926 &ndash November 2, 2000) was the long time Mayor of Florissant Missouri in St 2000)
  • Fran Warren, American popular singer
• March 6
  • Alan Greenspan, American economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  • Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director
• March 8 - Sultan Salahuddin (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Fran Warren (born March 4, 1926) is an American popular Singer. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Alan Greenspan (born March 6 1926 in New York City) is an American Economist and was from 1987 to 2006 the Chairman of the Federal Reserve of Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926 in Suwałki) is an award-winning Polish Film director. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( March 8, 1926 - November 21, 2001 2001)
• March 13 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez ( March 13, 1926 - August 19, 2003) was a politician and President of Honduras from This page lists presidents of Honduras. Many of the post 1900 Presidents represented one of the two dominant political parties which are the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH 2003)
• March 15 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Norman Mack "Norm" Van Brocklin ( March 15, 1926 &ndash May 2, 1983) 1983)
• March 16
  • Jerry Lewis, American comedian
  • Charles Goodell, American politician (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick Charles Ellsworth Goodell ( March 16, 1926 – January 21, 1987) was a U 1987)
• March 17 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer
• March 18 - Peter Graves, American actor
• March 24 - Dario Fo, Italian author, Nobel Prize laureate
• March 26 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Siegfried Lenz (b 17 March 1926 in Lyck ( Ełk) East Prussia) is a German writer who has written twelve Novels Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Peter Graves (born March 18 1926)is an American film and television Actor. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Dario Fo (born March 24, 1926) is an Italian satirist, Playwright, Theater director, Actor, and Composer The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. László Papp ( March 25, 1926 &ndash October 16, 2003) was a Hungarian boxer born in 1926 in Budapest. 2003)
• March 30 - Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman
• March 31 - John Fowles, English writer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Ingvar Feodor Kamprad ( (born March 30, 1926) is a Swedish Entrepreneur who is the founder of the Home Furnishing Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist. 2005)
• April 1
  • Charles Bressler, American tenor
  • Anne McCaffrey, American author
• April 2 - Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
• April 3 - Gus Grissom, astronaut (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Charles Bressler ( April 1, 1926 &ndash 1996 was an American Tenor. Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American Science fiction Author best known for her Dragonriders Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE (born April 2 1926) is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, ( 3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA 1967)
• April 6
  • Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor and actor (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Sergio Franchi ( April 6, 1926 &ndash May 1, 1990) was an Italian Tenor. 1990)
  • Gil Kane, Latvian-born cartoonist (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Eli Katz ( April 6, 1926, Riga, Latvia – January 31, 2000, Miami Florida, United States) who 2000)
  • Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
• April 9 - Hugh Hefner, American magazine editor
• April 12 - Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, Chechen ethnographer
• April 14 - Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, producer, director, teacher (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (born 6 April 1926 styled The Rt Hon Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9 1926 is an American Magazine Publisher, and best known as the editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov ( Хож-Ахмед Берсанов) (born April 12, 1926 in Shami-Yurt, Chechnya) is a famous Chechen Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Frank (František Daniel ( 14 April 1926 – March 29, 1996) was a Film director, producer and Scriptwriter 1996)
• April 17 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Gerald George McNeil ( April 17, 1926 – June 17, 2004) is a former professional Ice hockey Goaltender who won two 2004)
• April 21 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• April 21 - Arthur Rowley, English footballer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) George Arthur Rowley, ( 21 April 1926 &ndash 19 December 2002) was an English football player 2002)
• April 22 - James Stirling, Scottish architect (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Sir James Frazer Stirling FRIBA ( 22 April 1926 in Glasgow – 25 June 1992 in London) was a Pritzker 1992)
• April 24 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
• April 26
  • Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (born 24 April 1926 in Högsjö, Ångermanland) is a Swedish politician The Prime Minister (statsminister literally "Minister of the State" is the Head of government in Sweden. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Michael Mathias Prechtl ( April 26, 1926, Amberg &ndash March 19, 2003, Nuremberg) was a German artist illustrator and 2003)
  • David Coleman, British TV sports broadcaster
• April 28 - Harper Lee, American author
• April 30
  • Cloris Leachman, American actress
  • Edmund Cooper, British author & poet (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. David Coleman OBE (born 26 April 1926, Alderley Edge, Cheshire) is a former British Sports Commentator Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American Author known for her Pulitzer Prize -winning 1960 novel To Kill Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning American Actress of stage, Film and Edmund Cooper ( April 30, 1926 - March 11, 1982) was an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction and other genres including 1982)

May-June

• May 5 - Ann B. Davis, American actress
• May 8
  • Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
  • David Attenborough, British broadcaster, naturist and producer
• May 10 - Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, American film personality and publisher of The Hollywood Reporter (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Ann Bradford Davis (born May 3 1926) Davis attended Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge Pennsylvania, in the early 1990s Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen For the radio and television announcer see Donald Rickles (announcer. Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born 8 May 1926 in London, England Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Tichi Wilkerson Kassel ( May 10, 1926 &ndash March 8, 2004) was an American film personality and the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. 2004)
• May 15
  • Peter Shaffer, English playwright
  • Anthony Shaffer, English novelist and playwright (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English Dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays several of which have been filmed Anthony Joshua Shaffer ( May 15 1926 &ndash November 6 2001) was an English Playwright, Novelist, and Screenwriter 2001)
• May 18 - Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Dirch Hartvig Passer ( May 18, 1926 - September 3, 1980) was a Danish actor 1980)
• May 20 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held John Lucarotti ( May 20, 1926 in Aldershot, Hampshire &mdash November 20, 1994) was a British-born Canadian Screenwriter 1994)
• May 25 - Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach
• May 26 - Miles Davis, American musician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. William Walton "Bill" Sharman (born May 25 1926 in Abilene Texas) is a former professional Basketball player and coach Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. 1991)
• June 1
  • Andy Griffith, American actor
  • Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma 1962)
• June 3
  • Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. 1997)
  • Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
• June 6 - Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Roscoe Gardner Bartlett (born June 3 1926) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 6th district The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Klaus Tennstedt ( June 6, 1926 &ndash January 11, 1998) was a German conductor from Merseburg. 1998)
• June 11 - Frank Plicka, Czech-born photographer
• June 13 - Paul Lynde, American comedian (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Frank Plicka (born June 11, 1926) is a Czech -born Australian photographer best known for his book Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Paul Edward Lynde ( June 13 1927 &ndash January 10 1982) was an American Comedian and Actor. 1982)
• June 15 - Shigeru Kayano, Japanese Ainu activist (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history ( June 15, 1926 – May 6, 2006) was one of the last native speakers of Ainu language and a leading figure in the Ainu ethnic movement For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. ʔáinu (also called Ezo in historical texts are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. 2006)
• June 16 - William F. Roemer, Jr., United States FBI agent (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. William F Roemer Jr ( June 16, 1926 &ndash June 14, 1996) was an FBI agent for 30 years 1996)
• June 21 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Conrad L Hall, ASC ( June 21, 1926 &ndash January 4, 2003) was a top-billed Hollywood Cinematographer and three-time 2003)
• June 25 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Ingeborg Bachmann ( June 25, 1926 - October 17, 1973) was an Austrian Poet and Author 1973)
• June 28 - Mel Brooks, American entertainer
• June 29 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, GCB, GCMG ( صاحب السمو الأمير الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح)‎ ( June This is an (incomplete list of Emirs of Kuwait: The Sabah dynasty came to power in 1752 before which date the Bani Khalid tribe ruled the region 2006)
• June 30 - Paul Berg, American chemist, Noble Prize laureate

July-August

• July 1
  • Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Carl Hahn, German automotive executive, chairman of Volkswagen from 1982 to 1993
  • Hans Werner Henze, German composer
• July 4
  • Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-born footballer
  • Mary Stuart, American soap actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Paul Naim Berg (born June 30, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, U The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Dr Carl Horst Hahn (born 1 July 1926, in Germany) is Chairman Emeritus of the Automobile conglomerate Volkswagen Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Hans Werner Henze (born July 1 1926 Gütersloh, Germany is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Alfredo di Stéfano Laulhé (born 4 July 1926 in Barracas, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine - Spanish former footballer and Mary Stuart ( July 4, 1926 &mdash February 28, 2002) was an American actress and Singer / Songwriter 2002)
• July 8 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross MD ( July 8, 1926 &ndash August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-born Psychiatrist 2004)
• July 9 - Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• July 10 - Fred Gwynne, American actor and author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Ben Roy Mottelson (born July 9, 1926) is an American born Danish physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Frederick Hubbard Gwynne ( July 10, 1926 &ndash July 2, 1993) was an American television and film Actor. 1993)
• July 13 - Andrew Maher, American actor
• July 15 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Andrew "Andy" " Radar " "Mahery" Maher (born 1965 in Victoria Australia) is an Australian media personality having had multiple roles Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli ( July 15, 1926 - January 12, 2003) was an Argentine general and President of Argentina 2003)
• July 16
  • Stanley Clements, American actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Stanley Clements (born Stanislaw Klimowicz) ( July 16, 1926 - October 16, 1981) was an American Actor and 1981)
  • Irwin Rose, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• July 18 - Robert Sloman, writer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Irwin A Rose (born 16 July 1926) is an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Robert Sloman was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England on 18 July 1926 and died aged 79 on 24 October 2005. 2005)
• July 28 - Walt Brown, American Presidential candidate
• July 30 - Sir Patrick Russell QC, PC, British High Court Judge
• August 3
  • Tony Bennett, American singer
  • Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Walter Frederick Brown (born July 28, 1926) is an American politician and was the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off The Rt Hon Sir (Thomas Patrick Russell QC, PC – Lord Justice Russell - ( July 30 1926 &ndash October 28 2002 Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign  &ndash are Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3 1926) is an American Singer of popular music, standards Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson ( 3 August 1926 &ndash 18 December 2004) was a British writer and journalist 2004)
• August 11 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• August 12 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Sir Aaron Klug, OM, PRS (born 11 August 1926) is a Lithuanian born British Chemist and Biophysicist The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Wallace Markfield ( August 12, 1926, Brooklyn New York, USA — May 24, 2002, Roslyn New York) was an American 2002)
• August 13 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
• August 14
  • Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Alice Margaret Ghostley ( August 14 1923 – September 21 2007) was a Tony Award -winning American actress 2007)
  • René Goscinny, French comic book writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the 1977)
• August 19 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist
• August 23 - Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Chicano literary historian
• August 27 - Pat Coombs, British actress (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Arthur Rock (born August 19, 1926) is an American Venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, California. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Dr Felipe de Ortego y Gasca (born 1926 Professor emeritus of English in the Texas State University System ( Sul Ross) and Scholar in Residence Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Pat Coombs ( August 27, 1926 &ndash May 25, 2002) was an English actress. 2002)

September-October

• September 3 - Uttam Kumar (Arun Kumar Chatterjee), the legendary Bengali Actor, is born in Kolkata (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Uttam Kumar ( Bangla: উত্তম কুমার) ( 3 September 1926 - 24 July 1980) born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between Bangladesh and India) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works 1980). Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
• September 6
  • Maurice Prather, American photographer (d. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Maurice William Prather ( September 6, 1926 - January 9, 2001) was an American motion picture and still photographer and film director 2001)
  • Claus von Amsberg, Prince of the Netherlands and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Prince Claus of the Netherlands Jonkheer of Amsberg ( September 6 1926 – October 6 2002) was a German-born aristocrat who became 2002)
• September 7 - Don Messick, American voice actor (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Donald "Don" Messick ( September 7, 1926 &ndash October 24, 1997) was one of the most prolific voice actors of the second half 1997)
• September 14 - Dick Dale, American singer and musician
• September 15 - Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
• September 16 - John Knowles, American author (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Dick Dale (born September 14 1926) is an American singer and musician best known as a featured singer and Saxophone player on the TV variety Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers John Knowles was born on September 16, 1926 in Fairmont West Virginia and died on November 29, 2001 in Fort Lauderdale 2001)
• September 21
  • Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Donald Arthur Glaser (born September 21, 1926) is an American Physicist, Neurobiologist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Noor Jehan ( was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai (born September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000) who was a Pakistani 2000)
• September 23 - John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English 1967)
• September 26 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• October 7 - Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski, Polish mathematician
• October 9 - Ruth Ellis, British murderess (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Masatoshi Koshiba (小柴 昌俊 Koshiba Masatoshi, born on September 19, 1926 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski (b October 7, 1926 in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Polish mathematician Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Ruth Ellis ( October 9 1927 — July 13 1955) was a British Murderess who was the last woman to receive the Death penalty 1955)
• October 15
  • Michel Foucault, French philosopher (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Michel Foucault ( (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984 was a French philosopher, Historian, Intellectual, Critic and Sociologist. 1984)
  • Karl Richter, German conductor (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Karl Richter ( October 15, 1926 &ndash February 15, 1981) was a German conductor, Organist, and Harpsichordist 1981)
• October 17 - Beverly Garland, American actress and hotel founder
• October 18 - Chuck Berry, American musician
• October 22 - Gloria Carter Spann, sister of former President Jimmy Carter (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Beverly Garland (born October 17, 1926) is an American film and television Actress, businesswoman and hotel owner Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Gloria Carter Spann ( October 22, 1926 &ndash March 5, 1990) was the sister of former President of the United States Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 1990)
• October 25 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
• October 28 - Bowie Kuhn, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская (born 25 October, 1926) is a Russian Soprano Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Bowie Kent Kuhn (October 28 1926 &ndash March 15 2007 was an American Lawyer and sports administrator who served as the 5th commissioner of Major League Baseball 2007)
• October 29 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor
• October 30 - Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author and columnist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II See also John Vickers, a British economist Jon S Vickers CC, D Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Lois Wyse ( October 30 1926 - July 6 2007) was an American Advertising executive author and columnist 2007)
• October 31 - Jimmy Savile, English DJ and television presenter

November-December

• November 2 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• November 3 - Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania
• November 6 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian
• November 7 - Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano
• November 19 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, American ambassador (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KCSG (born 31 October 1926) commonly known as Jimmy Savile (often misspelled Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Tsung-Dao Lee ( TD Lee,) (born November 24, 1926) is a Chinese -born American Physicist, well known for his work The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Valdas Adamkus, born Voldemaras Adamkavičius on November 3 1926 is the current President of the Republic of Lithuania. The following is a list of rulers over Lithuania — grand dukes kings and presidents — the heads of authority over historical Lithuanian territory Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Frank Carson (born 6 November 1926, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Comedian and Actor Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick ( November 19, 1926  &ndash December 7, 2006) was an American ambassador and an ardent 2006)
• November 20
  • Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • John Gardner, English spy novelist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Andrzej Viktor Schally (born November 30, 1926) is an Polish Endocrinologist and Nobel Prize laureate (1977 in medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. John Edmund Gardner ( November 20, 1926 – August 3, 2007 2007)
• November 23
  • Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru
  • R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Sathya Sai Baba ( Telugu: సత్య సాయి బాబా was born as Sathyanarayana Raju on November 23 1926 &mdash or later than R L Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, November 23 1926 - September 1 2005) was a Blues Singer, Songwriter 2005)
• November 25 - Poul Anderson, American author (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden 2001)
• November 26 - Peter van Pels, German-Dutch love interest of Anne Frank (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Peter Aron van Pels ( November 8, 1926 &ndash c May 5, 1945) was a German Jewish Refugee who hid Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany 1945)
• November 30 - Richard Crenna, American actor (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Richard Donald Crenna ( November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American Film, Television and 2003)
• December 1 - Robert Symonds, American actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Robert Symonds ( December 1 1926 &ndash August 23 2007) was an American Actor. 2007)
• December 9 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Henry Way Kendall ( December 9, 1926 &ndash February 15, 1999) was an American physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1999)
• December 13 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete
• December 16 - James McCracken, American tenor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Vincent George Rhoden (born December 13, 1926) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952 Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion James McCracken ( December 16, 1926 &ndash April 29, 1988) was an American tenor 1988)
• December 17 - Allan V. Cox, American geologist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Allan Verne Cox ( December 17, 1926 &ndash January 27, 1987) was an American Chemist, member of the United States Merchant Marine 1987)
• December 17 - Bill Keightley, "Mr. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila William (Bill Bond Keightley ( December 17, 1926 &ndash March 31, 2008) was the Equipment manager for the University of Kentucky Wildcat". equipment manager for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team from 1962-2008 (d. An equipment manager is a person who is in charge of a Sports team 's equipment. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008)
• December 20
  • Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician
  • David Levine, U. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926 known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a British David Levine (born December 20 1926 is an American Caricaturist noted for his Caricatures in the The New S. caricaturist
• December 21 - Joe Paterno, American football coach and philanthropist
• December 23 - Robert Bly, American poet
• December 31
  • Billy Snedden, Australian politician (d. A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing Caricatures List of caricaturists Oguz Aral (1936-2004 William Auerback-Levy Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Joseph Vincent Paterno (born December 21, 1926, in Brooklyn New York) nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926 in Madison Minnesota) is an American Poet, Author, activist and Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Sir Billy Mackie Snedden KCMG QC (31 December 1926 27 June 1987 was an Australian politician representing the Liberal Party. 1987)

Deaths

January - June

• January 21 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Camillo Golgi ( July 7, 1843 &ndash January 21, 1926) was an Italian Physician and Scientist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1843)
• January 28 - Kato Takaaki, 24th Prime Minister of Japan (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted ( 3 January 1860 - 28 January 1926) was a Japanese Politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Japan from The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1860)
• January 30 - Barbara La Marr, American film actress (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Barbara La Marr ( Reatha Dale Watson) ( July 28, 1896 in Yakima Washington &ndash January 30, 1926 in Altadena California 1896)
• February 21 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Heike Kamerlingh Onnes ( September 21, 1853 &ndash February 21, 1926) was a Dutch Physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1853)
• February 24 - John Jacob Bausch, German-American optician who co-founded Bausch & Lomb (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the John Jacob Bausch ( July 25 1830 - February 24 1926) was a German - American Optician who co-founded Bausch Bausch & Lomb is an American company based in Rochester New York, is one of the world's leading suppliers of Eye health products such as Contact 1830)
• March 5 - Clément Ader, French engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Clément Ader ( April 2 1841 &ndash March 5 1925) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered 1841)
• March 26 - Konstantin Fehrenbach, Chancellor of Germany (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Konstantin Fehrenbach ( January 11, 1852 &ndash March 26, 1926) was a German Catholic politician who was one of the major The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler 1852)
• April 24 - Sunjong of Korea (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Sunjong, the Yunghui Emperor ( March 25, 1874 – April 24, 1926) was the last emperor of the Joseon Dynasty and Korean 1874)
• April 30 - Bessie Coleman, American pilot (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Elizabeth 'Bessie' Coleman ( January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) popularly known as "Queen Bess" was the first African American 1892)
• May 16 - Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Mehmed VI ( Turkish: Mehmed Vahideddin or Mehmet Vahdettin) ( January 14 1861 May 16 1926) was the 36th and The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1861)
• May 26 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Symon Vasylyovych Petliura (Симон Васильович Петлюра also known as Simon Petlyura; May 10, 1879 – May 25, 1879)
• June 10 - Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem 1852)
• June 14 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Mary Stevenson Cassatt ( May 22, 1844 &ndash June 14, 1926) was an American painter and Printmaker. 1844)

July - December

• July 12 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq" (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE ( July 14, 1868 – July 12, 1926) was a British writer traveller political analyst 1868)
• July 26 - Robert Todd Lincoln, American statesman and businessman (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Robert Todd Lincoln ( August 1, 1843 &ndash July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician and the first son of President 1843)
• August 14 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures John Henry Moffitt (January 8 1843&ndashAugust 14 1926 was a United States Representative from New York and the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions 1843)
• August 22 - Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Charles William Eliot ( March 20 1834 &ndash August 22 1926) was an American Academic who was selected as Harvard's The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. 1834)
• August 23 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 &ndash August 23, 1926) was an Italian Actor, Sex symbol, and early 1895)
• September 15 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Rudolf Christoph Eucken ( January 5, 1846 — September 15, 1926) was a German Philosopher, and the winner of the 1908 The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1846)
• September 21 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Léon Charles Thévenin ( March 30, 1857 - September 21, 1926) was a French Telegraph engineer who extended Ohm's law to 1857)
• September 25 - Herbert Booth, the third son of William and Catherine Booth (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Herbert Booth ( August 26, 1862 – September 25, 1926) was the third son of William and Catherine Booth. William Booth ( April 10, 1829 &ndash August 20, 1912) was a British Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Catherine Booth ( 17 January 1829 &ndash 4 October 1890) was the Mother of The Salvation Army. 1862)
• October 20 - Eugene V. Debs, American labor and political leader (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Eugene Victor Debs (November 5 1855 &ndash October 20 1926 was an American union leader one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial 1855)
• October 31 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse 1874)
• October 31 - Charles Vance Millar, Canadian businessman (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Charles Vance Millar ( 1853 - October 31 1926) was a Canadian Lawyer and Financier. 1853)
• December 4 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Ivana Kobilca ( December 20, 1861 - December 4, 1926) was a Slovene realist painter who lived worked and studied 1861)
• December 5 - Claude Monet, French painter (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder 1840)
• December 17 - Lars Magnus Ericsson, Swedish inventor and founder of Ericsson (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Lars Magnus Ericsson ( May 5, 1846 - December 17, 1926) was a Swedish Inventor and founder of Telephone equipment Ericsson ( Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson) () one of the largest Swedish companies is a leading provider of telecommunication and data communication systems 1846)
• December 25 - Emperor Taishō, 123rd Emperor of Japan (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian The (31 August 1879 – 25 December 1926 was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession reigning from 30 July 1912 until his death The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. 1879)
• December 29 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Rainer Maria Rilke (also Rainer Maria von Rilke (4 December 1875 &ndash 29 December 1926 is considered one of the German language 's greatest 20th century Poets 1875)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Jean Baptiste Perrin
• Chemistry - Theodor Svedberg
• Physiology or Medicine - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
• Literature - Grazia Deledda
• Peace - Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann

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