1926

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Years:	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

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January 1 - Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting.
January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz
January 12 - Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program Sam 'n' Henry, in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters from Harlem looking for extra money during the Depression. It was a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy.
January 16 – BBC radio play about worker's revolution causes a panic in London
January 26 - John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system.
January 31 - British and Belgian troops leave Cologne
February 9 - Flooding on London suburbs
March 6 - The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is destroyed by fire
March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts
April 7 - Failed assassination attempt against Mussolini
April 12 - By a vote of 45 to 41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.
April 16 - Train crash in San Jose, Costa Rica - 178 dead
April 21 - Princess Elizabeth born in London
April 25 - Reza Khan is crowned Shah of Iran under the name "Pahlevi."

January 3 - George Martin, "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records, later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
January 5 - Maria Schell, actress
January 8 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
January 8 - Soupy Sales, comedian
January 8 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
January 11 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
January 12 - Ray Price, country music singer
January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist (d. 1991)
January 14 - Maria Schell, Swiss actress
January 17 - Moira Shearer, actress, dancer
January 19 - Fritz Weaver, actor
January 20 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress
January 21 - Steve Reeves, actor (d. 2000)
January 26 - Ralph Brance, baseball star
January 27 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist (d. 2003)
April 9 - Hugh Hefner, publisher
May 13 - Bea Arthur, actress
June 13- Paul Lynde, Comedian
August 13 - Fidel Castro, Cuban president