February 1926 calendar

February 1926
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1926.
The US president was Calvin Coolidge (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 1926: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1926?

Events

01 Feb 1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR.
04 Feb 1926 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany.
06 Feb 1926 St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees
08 Feb 1926 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership.
09 Feb 1926 Teaching theory of evolution is forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia, USA schools.
10 Feb 1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
11 Feb 1926 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand.
12 Feb 1926 Barendrecht soccer team forms
15 Feb 1926 Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St, New York City
16 Feb 1926 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France
17 Feb 1926 Avalanche buries 75 people in Sap Gulch in Bingham, Utah, USA; 40 die.
20 Feb 1926 Berlin International Green Week in Berlin starts for its first time
25 Feb 1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government / warlords
26 Feb 1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street

Famous Birthday

Valery Giscard d'Estaing
French politician.
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian-American movie and TV actor who by 1989 had credits of 39 successful years of acting, including more than 50 movies and close to...
Jacques Berthon
French astrologer and data collector.
Paul Bocuse
French chef based in Lyon who is famous for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine.
Neal Cassady
American writer with a staccato style, a beatnik and forerunner of the hippie movement.
Albert Frère
Kenneth Williams
British actor and comedian who is most noted for having appeared in nearly all of the "Carry On" comedy films.
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Russian-American author and educator (d. 2011).
Paul Guiramand
St-Quentin Painters.
Jean-Paul Clébert
Art Arfons
American race car designer.
Richard Matheson
American science-fiction and fantasy writer who first appeared on the sci-fi scene with "Born Of Man And Woman," 1950.
Verner Panton
Danish designer (Born 1926).
John Perkins Barrymore
Bob Richards (athlete)
Danny Blanchflower
Irish athlete, the Captain of Totterham Hotspur, a soccer club that won the league championship and F.A.
Glen Tetley
American dancer, an internationally acclaimed choreographer who has become a major influence in modern dance.
Haskell Wexler
Hans-Jochen Vogel
German soldier and politician; 8th Mayor of Berlin.
John Schlesinger
English actor and director (d. 2003).
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