What Happened In May 1926 In History

Historical Events for May, 1926

• 12th » UK General Strike 1926 called 1926 General Strike: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
• 12th » The Italian-built airship 'Norge (airship) known as Norge' becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• 18th » Evangelism e.g Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
• 22nd » Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1926

• 1st » Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician
• 2nd » Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
• 3rd » Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler
• 3rd » Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (d. 2013)
• 4th » David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician
• 5th » Ann B. Davis, American actress (d. 2014)
• 6th » Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
• 6th » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (d. 2012)
• 7th » Val Bisoglio, American actor
• 8th » David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 8th » Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
• 9th » John Middleton Murry, Jr., English author (d. 2002)
• 10th » Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
• 11th » Caesar Trunzo, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)
• 12th » John Shipley Rowlinson, English chemist and academic
• 12th » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
• 14th » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
• 15th » Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
• 15th » Anthony Shaffer (writer) called Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 15th » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
• 17th » Cicely Berry, English actor and director
• 17th » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish politician
• 17th » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 17th » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981)
• 18th » Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (d. 1980)
• 19th » Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader and author (d. 2013)
• 19th » David Jacobs (broadcaster) e.g David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013)
• 19th » Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
• 19th » Fernand Raynaud, French actor and singer (d. 1973)
• 19th » Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 20th » George Hurst, Scottish-English conductor (d. 2012)
• 20th » John Lucarotti, English-Canadian screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 20th » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
• 21st » Robert Creeley, American author and poet (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Elek Bacsik, Hungarian-American violinist and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 23rd » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African politician (d. 1995)
• 24th » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 25th » Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
• 25th » William Bowyer (artist) called William Bowyer, English painter
• 25th » Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009)
• 25th » David Wynne (sculptor) called David Wynne, English sculptor
• 26th » Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1991)
• 29th » Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host
• 29th » Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
• 29th » Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese politician, 3rd List of Presidents of Senegal e.g President of Senegal
• 30th » Christine Jorgensen, American transgender (d. 1989)

Famous Deaths for May 1926

• 13th » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 16th » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 21st » Ronald Firbank, English author (b. 1886)
• 25th » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 26th » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 30th » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)

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