1926 - January - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1926: Encyclopedia - 1926
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1926 - Events. 1926 - January-April. January 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926 In Literature: Encyclopedia - 1926 In Literature
See also: 1925 in literature, other events of 1926, 1927 in literature, list of years in literature. 1926 in literature - Events. Bread...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Religions Based On Islam
The following groups consider themselves Muslims, but are not considered Islamic by the majority of Muslims or Muslim authorities: The N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cityrail: Encyclopedia Ii - Cityrail - Corporate Structure
Prior to 1 January 2004, CityRail was a joint operation of the Rail Infrastructure Corporation and the New South Wales State Rail Authori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1838: Encyclopedia - 1838
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Booth: Encyclopedia - William Booth
For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1991: Encyclopedia Ii - 1991 - Deaths
1991 - January-February. January 5 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922) January 8 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ruthin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ruthin - History
Little is known of the history of the town prior to the construction of the castle started in 1277. Construction was begun by Dafydd, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1875: Encyclopedia Ii - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April. January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Early History
Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Household Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Household Of Japan - Current Members Of The Imperial Family
The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial household as: the empress (kōgō 皇后), the empress dowager (kōtaigō 皇太后)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1984: Encyclopedia Ii - 1984 - Events
1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-fijian: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-fijian - Political Participation : Early 1900s
The colonial rulers attempted to assuage Indian discontent by providing for one of their number to be nominated to the Legislative Counci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1990: Encyclopedia Ii - 1990 - Events
1990 - January. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Butler Yeats: Encyclopedia Ii - William Butler Yeats - Modernism
In 1913, Yeats met American poet Ezra Pound. Pound traveled to London to meet the older man, whom he considered "the only poet worthy of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro: Encyclopedia Ii - Fidel Castro - Religion
Castro is an atheist and has not been a practicing Roman Catholic since his childhood. Pope John XXIII excommunicated Castro on January 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Kojun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Kojun - Marriage
The January 1919 engagement of Princess Nagako to her distant cousin then-Crown Prince Hirohito was unusual in two respects. First, she w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ... See also:1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Morte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Custer In Popular Culture
George Armstrong Custer - Films. George Custer has been played in motion pictures by Francis Ford (1912 twice), Ned Finley (1916), Dust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spork: Encyclopedia Ii - Spork - History Of The Spork
The spork is a physical manifestation of the "runcible spoon" mentioned in the Edward Lear poem "The Owl and the Pussycat", re-moulded by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas - Miscellaneous Information
Texas - State designations and symbols. state flower — the bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) state motto — "Friendship" state nickname...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Of Teck: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Of Teck - Princess Of Wales
On January 22, 1901, Queen Victoria died, and the Duchess of York's father-in-law, Albert Edward, ascended the throne as King Edward VII....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Hemingway: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Hemingway - Works
Ernest Hemingway - Novels/Noveletta. (1925) The Torrents of Spring (1926) The Sun Also Rises (1929) A Farewell to Arms (1937) To Have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clark Ashton Smith: Encyclopedia - Clark Ashton Smith
Image:Front-4.jpg Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Adopted Children
Joan adopted six children, according to L.A. Times articles from the time, though she kept only four. The first was Christina (born June ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles Police Department: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles Police Department - History
The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Although she would eventually become one of the most celebrated actors in film history, Monroe's beginnings were humble. She was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry S. Truman: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry S. Truman - Political Career
In 1922, with the help of the Kansas City Democratic machine led by boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected judge of the County Court of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canberra: Encyclopedia Ii - Canberra - Culture
Canberra - Arts and entertainment. Canberra is home to many national monuments and institutions such as the Australian War Memorial, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - String Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - String Theory - History
String theory was originally invented to explain peculiarities of hadron (subatomic particle which experiences the strong nuclear force) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. Born Ruby Katherine Stevens in New Yor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cleveland Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cleveland Ohio - Early Years: 1796–1860
As one of thirty-six founders of the Connecticut Land Company, General Moses Cleaveland was selected as one of its seven directors and wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - Florida - Important Cities Towns And Communities
Metropolitan Area Population > 5,000,000 Miami-Ft.Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Metropolitan Area Population > 2,500,000 Tampa-St. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Airlines: Encyclopedia - Capital Airlines
This article is about the mid-20th century North American airline, not to be confused with the late 20th-century Capitol Air Lines. A dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prince George Duke Of Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Prince George Duke Of Kent - Death
Prince George Duke of Kent - Conspiracy theories. The Duke was killed in a plane crash on active service in World War II at Eagles Rock...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia - Telephone
The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Taylor - Awards And Honours
Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R.s.c. Anderlecht: Encyclopedia Ii - R.s.c. Anderlecht - History
R.S.C. Anderlecht - The first years 1908--1935. Founded as Sporting Club Anderlechtois in 1908 by some football fans at the Concordia c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Vavilov: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Vavilov - Works
Nikolai Vavilov - Works in English. Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants (translated by Doris Love). 1992. Cambridge University P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavery: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavery - Abolitionist Movements
Slavery has existed, in form or another, for several thousand years. So, too, have movements to free large or distinct groups of slaves. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subhash Chandra Bose: Encyclopedia Ii - Subhash Chandra Bose - Early Life
Subhash Chandra Bose was born to an affluent Bengali family in Cuttack, Orissa. His father, Janakinath Bose, was a public prosecutor who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: Encyclopedia - Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (German: Autonome Sozialistische Sowjet-Republik der Wolga-Deutschen, Russian: Ав...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Marriages
In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Howard: Encyclopedia - Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard (1520/1525? - February 13, 1542) was the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England 1540-1542, sometimes known as "the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T. E. Lawrence: Encyclopedia Ii - T. E. Lawrence - Early Years
Lawrence was born in Tremadoc, Caernarfonshire, North Wales, of mixed English and Irish ancestry. His father, Sir Thomas Chapman, was a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsunami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsunami - Warnings And Prevention
Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted, but there are some warning signs of an impending tsunami, and there are many systems...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hirohito: Encyclopedia Ii - Hirohito - World War Ii
In the immediate aftermath of the war, many believed that the Shōwa Emperor was an evil mastermind behind the war while others claimed t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Spain
A similar feeling occurred among the supporters of the Second Spanish Republic. During the Spanish Civil War, the democratic countries ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irving Berlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Irving Berlin - Major Hits
Berlin was responsible for many Hollywood film scores including Top Hat (1935) and Holiday Inn (1942), which included White Christmas, on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek: Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Years In Television: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Years In Television - 1950s
See also. 1959-60 United States network television schedule ... See also:List of years in television, List of years in television -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooklyn: Encyclopedia Ii - Brooklyn - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 2,465,326 people, 880,727 households, and 583,922 families residing in the County. The population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calvin Coolidge: Encyclopedia Ii - Calvin Coolidge - Presidency
Coolidge made a half-hearted effort to secure the Republican presidential nomination in 1920, losing to Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus Agar: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus Agar - End Of The Dorsetshire
Dorsetshire was in some ways a victim of the lack of British intelligence about the capabilities of the Japanese fleet. Neither Agar nor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926: Encyclopedia Ii - 1926 - Events
1926 - January-April. January 1 - Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting. January 1, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926: Encyclopedia Ii - 1926 - Births
1926 - January. January 3 - George Martin, English producer of The Beatles January 8 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano January 8 - Hanae...   » Read the article