Top News Stories from 1926

World Events

• A general strike in Britain brings the nation's activities to a standstill.
• U.S. marines are dispatched to Nicaragua during the revolt; they remain until 1933.
• Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China's revolutionary party following the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen.
• Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly from Spitsbergen to the North Pole and back.

U.S. Events

• U.S. troops land in Nicaragua (May 2) to preserve order after a revolt against the new president Emiliano Chamorro.
• Father Coughlin makes his first radio broadcast, beginning his 20-year career of racist and right-wing polemics.

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse establish NBC, which operates two national radio networks.
• The Book-of-the-Month Club is founded and begins to sell books at reduced prices by mail and on a subscription basis.
• Martha Graham, the American pioneer of the modern-dance revolt, gives her first New York performance, which features 18 barefoot, evocatively costumed dancers.

Science

• Robert Goddard fires the first liquid fuel rocket.
• Auto antifreeze allows people to use cars year-round.

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