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1926-A year to remember

The politburo expels Leon Trotsky and Grigori John L Baird successfully shows television using Zinoviev; Josef Stalin is established as dictator of mechanical scanning disc. the Soviet Union. R H Goddard launches the first liquid fuelled rocket Chiang Kai Shek succeeds Sun Yan-Sen as leader from a field in Massachusetts. Although it reaches a of the Chinese Revolutionary Party. height of only 41 feet, he is convinced that one day Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill rockets will land men on the moon. returns Britain to gold standard. Export industries Charles Lindbergh flies the first scheduled mail such as coal come under severe pressure and private flight, between St Louis and Chicago. mine owners attempt to cut wages for miners; the The Schneider Trophy air race is won by Italy with a general strike results. speed of 256 mph. United States troops land in Nicaragua 'to pre- The new model T Ford car with a self starter costs serve order and to protect US interests'. $350. Adoption of children is legalised in England. A The first motion picture with sound is shown. government Act allows legitimisation of children born out of wedlock providing parents subsequently The Nobel Prize for Literature is presented to marry. George Bernard Shaw. A daughter (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, later to be New books Queen Elizabeth II) is born to the Duchess of York on 21 April.

History of England by G M Trevelyan. copyright. Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H W H D Lee Company in Kansas introduce blue jeans. Fowler. Slide fasteners are called zippers for the first time by Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence. novelist Gilbert Frankau: 'zip it's open, zip it's Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne. closed'. Archives of Disease in Childhood by Thursfield and Miller. Al Capone's Chicago headquarters are sprayed with La Fin de Cheri by Collette. machine gun fire during prohibition.

Ideal Marriage by T H Van de Velde. Flavoured yoghurt is produced in France. http://adc.bmj.com/ Oral liver extract is introduced to treat pernicious First performances anaemia. Sunlight is shown to convert ergosterol into vita- Symphony No 7 in C major, Sibelius. min D. Symphony No 1, Shostakovich. Thyroxine is synthesised for the first time. The Desert Song, Romberg and Hammerstein.

The Plough and the Starts, Sean O'Casey. Oil is discovered in Iraq. on September 25, 2021 by guest. Protected The Constant Wife, Somerset Maughan. Gene Tunney wins World Heavyweight Boxing Championships from Jack Dempsey. First showings Harry Houdini remains under water for 91 minutes Lover's Bouquet, Chagall. in an air tight case containing enough air for five Several Circles, Kadinsky. minutes. He died three months later from peritoni- Draped Reclining Figure, Henry Moore. tis.

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