January 1926
The following events occurred in January 1926:
- Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz in a ceremony at the Grand Mosque of Mecca.
- Bảo Đại became Emperor of Vietnam.
- Born: Chester Feldman, American game show producer, in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997); Evelyn Lear, operatic soprano, in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012); Hanae Mori, fashion designer, in Yoshika, Shimane, Japan; and Soupy Sales, comedian, in Franklinton, North Carolina (d. 2009)
- The Navy League of the United States released a report finding the United States Navy to be unprepared for war and well short of the tonnage limitation set by the Washington Naval Treaty.[7]
- A band of twenty Mexican rebels opened fire aboard the Guadalajara-Mexico City train, then looted and burned the train. An estimated twenty to fifty people were killed and about 300,000 pesos (about $150,000 US) worth of cash and bar silver were stolen.[8][9]
- Mexican federal troops tracked down bandits responsible for the previous evening's train massacre to a ranch in Jalisco and engaged them in a shootout. Most of the rebels were killed in the fighting, and eight who were captured were immediately executed. All the stolen loot was recovered.[9][10]
- The Whittemore Gang robbed Belgian diamond merchants Albert Goudris and Emanuel Veerman on West 48th Street in Manhattan, making off with $175,000 in gems.
- Born: Lev Dyomin, astronaut, in Moscow (d. 1998)
- A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox about a workers' revolution caused a panic in London.[14]
- Twenty-year-old Ayn Rand left Russia, departing from Leningrad by train. Her early life experiences in Communist Russia were a major influence on her philosophy.[15]
- Born: Moira Shearer, ballet dancer and actress, in Dunfermline, Scotland (d. 2006)
- The Italianization of South Tyrol escalated as the government issued a decree requiring citizens of South Tyrol to Italianize any names and titles of nobility "which have been translated into other languages or deformed by foreign orthography or foreign endings." Failure to comply carried a fine of up to 1,000 lira.[16]
- Lev Karakhan, the Soviet ambassador to China, sent a protest to the Chinese Foreign Ministry warning of "serious consequences" if a dispute over the two countries' joint management of the Chinese Eastern Railway was not resolved. Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin had been seizing parts of the railway line and arresting Soviet officials in retaliation for a decision that made Chinese troops pay half-fare instead of being allowed to ride for free.[17] The dispute was a precursor to the Sino Soviet Conflict of 1929.
- Born: Fritz Weaver, actor, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- The Chinese Eastern Railway dispute worsened as the general manager of the railway, A.N. Isonov, was arrested by Zhang Zuolin's troops.[17]
- The Belgian Parliament accepted the Locarno Treaties.
- The D.H. Lawrence novel The Plumed Serpent was published.[19]
- Born: Steve Reeves, bodybuilder and actor, in Glasgow, Montana (d. 2000); and Franco Evangelisti, composer, in Rome (d. 1980)
- Died: Camillo Golgi, 82, Austrian physician, pathologist, scientist and Nobel laureate
- Soviet Foreign Minister Georgy Chicherin sent a threatening note to the Manchurian government seeking "permission" for the Soviet army to enter Manchuria if the Chinese Eastern Railway's administration was not restored. Manchuria responded by agreeing to comply, ending the crisis.[17]
- The Third International Radio Week began, featuring transatlantic tests of distance reception. Listeners in New York and Chicago reported successful reception of English and South American radio broadcasts.[21]
- The U.S. Senate voted in favor of joining the World Court, but with several specific reservations.[12]
- 30 communists and 12 monarchists were wounded in street fighting in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin during demonstrations on the birthday of the former Kaiser, Wilhem II. The fighting broke out as communists paraded an effigy of the ex-Kaiser hanged from a gallows. Riot police opened fire after attempts to separate the combatants were met with attacks from both sides.[23]
- Born: Fritz Spiegl, musician, journalist and broadcaster, in Zurndorf, Austria (d. 2003); and Ingrid Thulin, actress, in Sollefteå, Sweden (d. 2004)
- 27 miners were killed in a gas explosion in Mossboro, Alabama; 26 escaped unhurt.[25]
- The Allied occupation of the first zone of the Rhineland ended. At 15:00 hours the British, French and Belgians in the zone all hauled down their flags and withdrew their remaining troops in advance of much of the Rhineland's sovereignty being formally returned to Germany at the stroke of midnight.[26]
- Died: Barbara La Marr, 29, American actress (complications from tuberculosis)
References
- ↑ "Floods Dtive 50,000 out of Homes on Rhine". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 2, 1926. p. 5.
- ↑ "1925 College Football National Championship". TipTop25. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Skene, Don (January 3, 1926). "Europe Takes to Boats as Deluge Swells Rivers". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 4.
- 1 2 3 4 Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 338. ISBN 9-780582-039193.
- ↑ Wales, Henry (January 8, 1926). "Yank Graves Under Floods". Chicago Daily Tribune. pp. 1–2.
- ↑ "Federal Election Trivia". Parliament of Canada. Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Henning, Arthur Sears (January 10, 1926). "Fleet Unfit and Getting Worse, Country Told". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
- ↑ Cornyn, John (January 11, 1926). "Mexican Rebel Band Kills U.S. Man and Troops". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
- 1 2 "Mexican Troops Kill Bandits and Recover Loot". The Troy Times (Troy, N.Y.). January 12, 1926.
- ↑ Wynkoop, Christopher (2006). "The Guadalajara-Mexico City Train Massacre". Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Coal Mine Disasters in the United States by State: Oklahoma". usmra.com. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- 1 2 "Chronology 1926". indiana.edu. 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Germany Balks at League until Rhine Army Cut". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 15, 1926. p. 11.
- ↑ "The BBC Radio Panic, 1926". Museum of Hoaxes. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Mayhew, Robert (2005). Ayn Rand and Song of Russia: Communism and Anti-Communism in 1940s Hollywood. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 75. ISBN 0-8108-5276-4.
- ↑ "Tyrol Citizens Told to Make Names Italian". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 19, 1926. p. 3.
- 1 2 3 Elleman, Bruce (2009). Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China 1925-30. New York: Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 0-203-88160-5.
- ↑ Collier, Martin; Pedley, Philip (2000). Germany 1919-45. Oxford: Heinemann Educational Publishers. p. 35. ISBN 0-435-32721-6.
- ↑ Roberts, Warren; Poplawski, Paul (2001). A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence (Third ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0-521-39182-2.
- ↑ "Shrine Auditorium". CinemaTour. Vision Entertainment Services. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Chicago Fans Hear Britain, South America". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 25, 1926. p. 1.
- ↑ "Palos de la Frontera". Discover Huelva. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Schultz, Sigrid (January 28, 1926). "Fleet Unfit and Getting Worse, Country Told". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
- ↑ Allen Jay (January 29, 1926). "Belgium Gives Mercier Hero's Final Homage". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 18.
- ↑ "53 Trapped in Alabama Coal Pit; Rescue 26". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 30, 1926. p. 1.
- ↑ "Cologne Cheers as British Haul Down Union Jack". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 31, 1926. p. 3.
- ↑ Falasca-Zamponi, Simonetta (1997). Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-520-22677-1.