1926

Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan
Gertrude Ederle the 1st woman to swim the English Channel
Goddard fires the first liquid fueled rocket
1st appearance of Laurel and Hardy as a comedy team in the movies
Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
T.E. Lawrences's ("Lawrence of Arabia's") Seven Pillars of Wisdom
A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh
1st pop-up toaster
Films - "Metropolis", "Ben Hur"
Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, Allen Ginsberg, John Coltrain, and Chuck Berry born
Eugene V. Debs, Claude Monet, Rudolph Valentino, Mary Cassatt, Luther Burbank, Annie Oakley, and Harry Houdini die