April 1926 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
• 02 Apr 1926 Riots between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta, India.
• 03 Apr 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions.
• 04 Apr 1926 Greek dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected president.
• 06 Apr 1926 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
• 07 Apr 1926 Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills two (San Luis Obispo, California, USA).
• 11 Apr 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent.
• 12 Apr 1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms.
• 13 Apr 1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
• 16 Apr 1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its first selections Lolly Willowes and Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
• 18 Apr 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany
• 19 Apr 1926 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4.
• 20 Apr 1926 Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
• 22 Apr 1926 Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security.
• 24 Apr 1926 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
• 25 Apr 1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi.
• 26 Apr 1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality / peace treaty
• 29 Apr 1926 France and US reach accord on repayment of WWI.
• 30 Apr 1926 African-American pilot Bessie Coleman is killed after falling from an airplane.

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