This year runs only with 352 days in Turkey. As Friday, December 18, 1926 (Julian Calendar) was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 (Gregorian Calendar). 13 days were dropped to make the switch. And technically, Turkey became the very last country on Earth officially adopted the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place since October 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope
Gregory XIII.
Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as
Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the
Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam.
January 12 –
Freeman Gosden and
Charles Correll premiere their
radio program Sam 'n' Henry in the United States, in which the two white performers portray two black characters from
Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy).
April 24 –
Treaty of Berlin: 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.
Following the general strike which began May 4,
martial law is declared in the United Kingdom.
The French navy bombards
Damascus, because of
Druze riots.
Explorer
Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot
Floyd Bennett claim to be the first to fly over the
North Pole in the Josephine Ford monoplane, taking off from
Spitsbergen, Norway and returning 15 hours and 44 minutes later. Both men are immediately hailed as national heroes, though some experts have since been skeptical of the claim, believing that the plane was unlikely to have covered the entire distance and back in that short an amount of time.[9] An entry in Byrd's diary, discovered in
1996, suggests that the plane actually turned back 150 miles short of the North Pole, due to an oil leak.[10]
July 10 – A bolt of lightning strikes
Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey; the resulting fire causes several million pounds of explosives to blow up in the next 2–3 days.
August 18 – In the United States, a weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the
Weather Bureau office in Washington, D.C.
September 18 –
Great Miami Hurricane: A strong hurricane devastates
Miami, leaving over 100 dead and causing several hundred million dollars in damage (equal to nearly $100 billion in the modern day).
September 20 – The
North Side Gang attempts to assassinate
Al Capone, at the apex of his power at this time, spraying his headquarters in
Cicero, Illinois with over a thousand rounds of machine gun fire in broad daylight, as Capone is eating there. Capone escapes harm.[17][18]
September 21 – French war ace
René Fonck and three others attempt to fly the Atlantic, in pursuit of the
Orteig Prize. Before the newsreel cameras at Roosevelt Field New York, the modified
Sikorsky S-35 crashes on take-off and bursts into flames. Fonck survives, but two of his men are killed.
December 23 – Nicaraguan President
Adolfo Díaz requests U.S. military assistance in the ongoing
civil war. American peacekeeping troops immediately set up neutral zones in
Puerto Cabezas and at the mouth of the
Rio Grande to protect American and foreign lives and property.[20][21]
^Shrader, Charles (1999). The Withered Vine: Logistics and the Communist Insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. p. 68.
ISBN9780275965440.
^Prescott Holden Thorp (1934). The Commemorative Stamps of the World. Scott Stamp and Coin Company. p. 303.
^Armistead, Samuel (1995). Oral tradition and Hispanic literature : essays in honor of Samuel G. Armistead. New York: Garland Pub. p. 315.
ISBN9780815320623.
^"Pangalos Named Greek President in Poll Farce". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 5, 1926. p. 16.
^Pervan, Ralph (1979). Essays on Western Australian politics. Nedlands Australia: University of Western Australia Press for the Education Committee of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. p. 5.
ISBN9780855641498.
^Coe, Brian (1981). The history of movie photography. London: Ash & Grant. p. 100.
ISBN9780904069389.
^Hawtree, Christopher (June 25, 2013).
"Richard Matheson obituary". Guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
^Holst, Don (2005). American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 100.
ISBN9780786419302.
^Hasty, Olga (1996). Tsvetaeva's Orphic journeys in the worlds of the word. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. p. 163.
ISBN9780810113152.
This year runs only with 352 days in Turkey. As Friday, December 18, 1926 (Julian Calendar) was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 (Gregorian Calendar). 13 days were dropped to make the switch. And technically, Turkey became the very last country on Earth officially adopted the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place since October 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope
Gregory XIII.
Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as
Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the
Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam.
January 12 –
Freeman Gosden and
Charles Correll premiere their
radio program Sam 'n' Henry in the United States, in which the two white performers portray two black characters from
Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, Amos 'n' Andy).
April 24 –
Treaty of Berlin: 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.
Following the general strike which began May 4,
martial law is declared in the United Kingdom.
The French navy bombards
Damascus, because of
Druze riots.
Explorer
Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot
Floyd Bennett claim to be the first to fly over the
North Pole in the Josephine Ford monoplane, taking off from
Spitsbergen, Norway and returning 15 hours and 44 minutes later. Both men are immediately hailed as national heroes, though some experts have since been skeptical of the claim, believing that the plane was unlikely to have covered the entire distance and back in that short an amount of time.[9] An entry in Byrd's diary, discovered in
1996, suggests that the plane actually turned back 150 miles short of the North Pole, due to an oil leak.[10]
July 10 – A bolt of lightning strikes
Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey; the resulting fire causes several million pounds of explosives to blow up in the next 2–3 days.
August 18 – In the United States, a weather map is televised for the first time, sent from NAA Arlington to the
Weather Bureau office in Washington, D.C.
September 18 –
Great Miami Hurricane: A strong hurricane devastates
Miami, leaving over 100 dead and causing several hundred million dollars in damage (equal to nearly $100 billion in the modern day).
September 20 – The
North Side Gang attempts to assassinate
Al Capone, at the apex of his power at this time, spraying his headquarters in
Cicero, Illinois with over a thousand rounds of machine gun fire in broad daylight, as Capone is eating there. Capone escapes harm.[17][18]
September 21 – French war ace
René Fonck and three others attempt to fly the Atlantic, in pursuit of the
Orteig Prize. Before the newsreel cameras at Roosevelt Field New York, the modified
Sikorsky S-35 crashes on take-off and bursts into flames. Fonck survives, but two of his men are killed.
December 23 – Nicaraguan President
Adolfo Díaz requests U.S. military assistance in the ongoing
civil war. American peacekeeping troops immediately set up neutral zones in
Puerto Cabezas and at the mouth of the
Rio Grande to protect American and foreign lives and property.[20][21]
^Shrader, Charles (1999). The Withered Vine: Logistics and the Communist Insurgency in Greece, 1945-1949. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. p. 68.
ISBN9780275965440.
^Prescott Holden Thorp (1934). The Commemorative Stamps of the World. Scott Stamp and Coin Company. p. 303.
^Armistead, Samuel (1995). Oral tradition and Hispanic literature : essays in honor of Samuel G. Armistead. New York: Garland Pub. p. 315.
ISBN9780815320623.
^"Pangalos Named Greek President in Poll Farce". Chicago Daily Tribune. April 5, 1926. p. 16.
^Pervan, Ralph (1979). Essays on Western Australian politics. Nedlands Australia: University of Western Australia Press for the Education Committee of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. p. 5.
ISBN9780855641498.
^Coe, Brian (1981). The history of movie photography. London: Ash & Grant. p. 100.
ISBN9780904069389.
^Hawtree, Christopher (June 25, 2013).
"Richard Matheson obituary". Guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
^Holst, Don (2005). American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 100.
ISBN9780786419302.
^Hasty, Olga (1996). Tsvetaeva's Orphic journeys in the worlds of the word. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. p. 163.
ISBN9780810113152.