June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage November 17, 1926
The temperature on November 17, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death May 4, 1971
The temperature on May 4, 1971 was between 2.3 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 7 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.
March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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