Events Date 1926 December | History by KabAstro

Agatha Christie Disappears

Dec 3 Detective novelist Agatha Christie mysteriously disappears for 11 days

Dec 3 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
Dec 4 CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators retain Championship with 10-7 win over U of Toronto Blues
Dec 7 Gas refrigerator patented
Dec 9 USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs
Dec 10 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)

Mein Kampf

Dec 10 2nd part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf published

Dec 11 Leo O'Connor is unbeaten on 143 as Queensland wins their first Sheffield Shield match by 5 wickets vs NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Dec 14 Thomas Madsen-Mygdal head of the Liberal Party forms a government in Denmark
Dec 15 Fascist national symbol elevated in Italy

Le Pauvre Matelot

Dec 16 Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris

Landis MLB Contract Renewed

Dec 16 MLB owners renew contract with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis for a second 7-years term

1st MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Dec 16 WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
Dec 17 Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the ‎1926 coup d'état‎ is successful
Dec 17 German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army
Dec 17 KYA-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions
Dec 17 Lithuanian military state under gen Augustine Woldemaras
Dec 19 National Football League Championship: Frankford Yellow Jackets (14-1-2) win first past the post title
Dec 20 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord" premieres in NYC

Cardinals Trade Hornsby

Dec 20 St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring; concerns over Hornsby's gambling

MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and Manager Rogers Hornsby

Dec 23 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions

Prince Hirohito Assumes Throne

Dec 25 Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan assumes the throne upon his father, Emperor Yoshihito's, death

Dec 27 Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
Dec 27 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
Dec 28 Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW v Vic
Dec 28 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service
Dec 28 Ponsford scores 352 & Ryder 295 against NSW
Dec 28 Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348
Dec 29 Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index
Dec 29 Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 & 230) by an innings 656 runs
Dec 30 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated)
Dec 30 Paul Eliot Green's "In Abraham's Bosom" premieres in NYC

Historical Events in December 1926