The temperature on December 16, 1926 was between 2.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
April 24 » 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.
May 9 » 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.)
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
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