Portugal Coup d’État Establishes Ditadura Nacional, May 28, 1926

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 1926United Kingdom General Strike Begins May 4, 1926Fox Film Buys Movietone Sound…

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 1926Varney Airlines First Commercial Flight April 6, 1926Japan Establishes NHK…

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 1926John Logie Baird First Television Demonstration, January 26, 1926Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud Crowned King…

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 1926Varney Airlines First Commercial…

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) More events from 1926Aimee Semple McPherson Disappears in Venice, California, May 18, 1926Robert Goddard…

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 1926Italian Airship Norge First…