Chiang Kai-shek Purges Communists in Guangzhou, March 20, 1926

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) More events from 1926Chiang Kai-shek Replaces Communists in Kuomintang China, May 22, 1926International Convention to Suppress Slave Trade and Slavery Signed, September…

Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. Date: August 5, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926U.S. Numbered Highway System Established November 11, 1926Chiang Kai-shek…

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 1926United Kingdom General Strike Begins May 4, 1926U.S. Numbered Highway…

Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Date: August 6, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Treaty of Berlin Signed: Germany, Soviet Union Pledge Neutrality April 24, 1926Aimee Semple…

Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful. Date: December 17, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Violet Gibson Attempts to Assassinate Benito Mussolini, April 7, 1926Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud…

Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. Date: October 24, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926Sholom Schwartzbard Assassinated Symon Petliura in Paris, May 25, 1926Treaty of Berlin Signed:…