1926 UK General Strike Ends May 12, 1926
The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends. Date: May 12, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends. Date: May 12, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. Date: May 12, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim). Date: May 9, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom general strike begins. Date: May 4, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 24, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 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)
Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Date: April 7, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
History of rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts. Date: March 16, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)