Antanas Smetona Assumes Power in Lithuania After 1926 Coup, December 17, 1926

Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. Date: April 21, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Aimee Semple McPherson Disappears in Venice, California,…

Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines). Date: April 6, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Antanas Smetona Assumes Power in Lithuania After 1926 Coup, December…

Chiang Kai-shek initiates a purge of communist elements within the National Revolutionary Army in Guangzhou. Date: March 20, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Fox Film Buys Movietone Sound System Patents, July 23, 1926First…

Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. Date: April 21, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Mercedes-Benz Founded by Daimler and Benz June…

Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. Date: January 8, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Brazil Leaves the League of Nations, June 14, 19261926 UK General Strike Ends May 12, 1926Germany Admitted…

Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris. Date: May 25, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926John Logie Baird Demonstrates…