March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of marriage May 20, 1926
The temperature on May 20, 1926 was between 6.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
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 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
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