WHAT HAPPENED IN 1926.
Look what happened the 1926.

The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. (15. November 1926)

The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition. (15. March 1926)

Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach. (18. May 1926)

Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. (23. July 1926)

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. (6. August 1926)

The College Board administers the first SAT exam. (23. June 1926)

Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures. (31. October 1926)

UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. (12. May 1926)

Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. (24. October 1926)

Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established. (20. August 1926)

The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years. (24. April 1926)

The United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, is established. (11. November 1926)

Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. (8. September 1926)

Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film. (20. April 1926)

The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. (12. May 1926)

Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. (29. June 1926)

28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. (28. May 1926)

Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa. (25. December 1926)

Brazil leaves the League of Nations (14. June 1926)

El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. 248 are killed and 93 wounded. (14. March 1926)