1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Makanda, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: M593_232; Page: 176A; Image: 357; Family History Library Film: 545731 / Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: 306; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1240306 / Ancestry.com
1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 9 Range 1 W, Jackson, Illinois; Roll: M653_186; Page: 487; Image: 489; Family History Library Film: 803186 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on September 30, 1926 was between 4.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of burial October 1, 1926
The temperature on October 1, 1926 was between 4.3 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
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