Robert Goddard Launches First Liquid-Fueled Rocket, Auburn, Massachusetts, March 16, 1926

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) More events from 1926Miami Hurricane Devastates Florida, Kills 372 People, September 18, 1926El Virilla Train Accident Kills 248…

World premiere of Sibelius's tone poem Tapiola. Date: December 26, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 26 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1926John Logie Baird First Television Demonstration, January 26, 1926United Kingdom General Strike Begins May 4, 1926El Virilla Train…

Chiang Kai-shek accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of the Northern Expedition to unite China under the rule of the Nationalist government. Date: July 9, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day…

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)…

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) More events from 1926International Convention to Suppress Slave Trade and Slavery Signed, September 25, 1926Fox…