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    1926 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in August 1926: An assassination...
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    Faust – A German Folktale (German: Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage) is a 1926 silent fantasy film, produced by Ufa, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring...
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  • 1926 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1926. 1926 (MCMXXVI)...
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    List of successful English Channel swimmers (category Articles needing cleanup from August 2022)
    successful cross-channel swim began at Gris Nez in France at 07:05 am on 6 August 1926. Her trainer was Burgess. She came ashore at Kingsdown, Kent, England...
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    The 1926 United States House of Representatives elections were elections for the United States House of Representatives to elect members to serve in the...
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  • The 1926-27 season in Swedish football, starting August 1926 and ending July 1927: 29 May 1927 ?, Eskilstuna 3 June 1927 ?, Stockholm 29 May 1927 ?, Helsingborg...
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    Ugyen Wangchuck (category 1926 deaths)
    phyug; 11 June 1862 – 26 August 1926) was the first Druk Gyalpo (King) and founding father of the Kingdom of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. In his lifetime, he...
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    Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (category 1926 births)
    "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Στεφανόπουλος, 15 August 1926 – 20 November 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two...
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  • Frank Finlay (category 1926 births)
    Francis Finlay, CBE (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello...
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    The August 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash happened on 18 August 1926 at Hurst, Kent when Blériot 155 F-AIEB of Air Union hit a barn and crashed whilst...
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    Clarissa Miller, died in April 1926. They had been close, and the loss sent Christie into a deep depression.: 168–72  In August 1926, reports appeared in the...
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  • Hannah Hauxwell (category 1926 births)
    Hannah Hauxwell (1 August 1926 – 30 January 2018) was an English farmer who was the subject of several television documentaries. She first came to public...
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    King George VI Coronation Medal 5 August 1926 – 4 April 1931: Colonel of the Governor General's Horse Guards 5 August 1926 – 4 April 1931: Colonel of the...
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  • Berlin on 29 June 1926, and it went into effect on the same day. The treaty was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 3 August 1926. It was renewed...
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  • Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen (category 1926 births)
    Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, QC (8 August 1926 – 28 May 2016) was a British barrister and a crossbench member of the House of Lords....
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    Ho Fook (category 1926 deaths)
    Ho Fook (Chinese: 何福; pinyin: Hé Fú; 30 November 1863 – 29 August 1926), alias Ho Chak-sang, JP, was a prominent Hong Kong Eurasian compradore and philanthropist...
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    SSC Napoli (category 1926 establishments in Italy)
    club, Internaples changed its name to Associazione Calcio Napoli on 25 August 1926. The newly renamed team also moved from the Terme di Agnano to a new...
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    Claus von Bülow (category 1926 births)
    Claus von Bülow (born Claus Cecil Borberg; 11 August 1926 – 25 May 2019) was a Danish-born British lawyer, consultant and socialite. In 1982, he was convicted...
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    (b.1861–d.1926) "First King"; reigned 17 December 1907 – 21 August 1926. Jigme Wangchuck (b.1905–d.1952) "Second King"; r. 21 August 1926 – 24 March...
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  • John Gokongwei (category 1926 births)
    simplified Chinese: 吴奕辉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ E̍k-hui; pinyin: Wú Yìhuī; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) was a Filipino banker, businessman, investor, and...
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    1924 – 31 August 1926) Head of the Training Directorate of the UVMS of the Red Army Toshakov, Arkady Alexandrovich (31 August 1926 – 23 August 1927, vred...
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    Cristero War (category Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from August 2023)
    kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical...
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    Marc Bohan (category 1926 births)
    Roger Maurice Louis Bohan (22 August 1926 – 6 September 2023) was a French fashion designer, best known for his 30-year career at the house of Dior. Bohan...
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    the free dictionary. The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to celebrate...
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    (1916–1926) Justin Malfeyt (November 1916 – May 1919) Alfred Marzorati (May 1919 – August 1926) Governors (1926–1962) Alfred Marzorati (August 1926 – February...
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    The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council...
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    Daily. 35 (30): 8. 5 February 1926. "Lincoln Way Theatre". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 31 August 1926. p. 6. "The Flat Charleston"...
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    British Grand Prix (category Recurring sporting events established in 1926)
    Kingdom by Motorsport UK. First held by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1926, the British Grand Prix has been held annually since 1948 and has been a...
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    René Goscinny (category 1926 births)
    René Goscinny (French: [ʁəne ɡɔsini], Polish: [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕinnɨ] ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the...
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    The 1926 Atlantic hurricane season featured the highest number of major hurricanes at the time. At least eleven tropical cyclones developed during the...
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