August 1926

The following events occurred in August 1926:

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August 23, 1926: U.S. film idol Rudolph Valentino dies after appendectomy

Sunday, August 1, 1926
Primo de Rivera
  • An assassination attempt against Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera failed in Barcelona when a thrown dagger narrowly missed his head as he rode in a car. A 34-year-old Catalan anarchist was arrested.[1]
  • Born: Hannah Hauxwell, farmer and television personality, in Baldersdale, England (d. 2018)
  • Died: Israel Zangwill, 62, British writer

Monday, August 2, 1926
  • Italy enacted new austerity measures to fight poverty and redress the country's trade deficit. Pastry containing pure white flour was prohibited.[2]
  • Born: Sy Mah, marathon runner, in Bashaw, Alberta, Canada (d. 1988)

Tuesday, August 3, 1926

Wednesday, August 4, 1926
  • Umberto Nobile was feted in Rome for his part in the recent North Pole expedition, as 20,000 filled the square in front of the Palazzo Chigi. Sharing the balcony with Nobile and his team Mussolini declared, "In vain did others try to steal the glory of Major General Nobile and to change the proportion of credit for events without parallel in human history. But I want to say in a voice of thunder that, Italy, it was you who were responsible for the glory, and it was you who pushed and helped him to his objective."[7]
  • A policeman in Bahrain shot and killed a superintendent policeman who mistreated him, and managed through the shooting in tearing off a piece of the Political Agent Colonel Daly's ear. Colonel Daly apprehended the shooter and hit him with a bayonet. The incident imposed strict martial law in Bahrain through August and September 1926. A day earlier, the Chief of Bahrain Police, Haji Sulman bin Jassim was shot.

Thursday, August 5, 1926
  • France and Germany signed a trade accord.[5]
  • English pilot Alan Cobham arrived in Port Darwin, Australia to complete the first half of his round-trip flight between England and Australia.[8]
  • The film Don Juan, starring John Barrymore, premieres. It was the first feature-length film to have synchronized sound effects and a musical soundtrack.

Friday, August 6, 1926
Ederle

Saturday, August 7, 1926
  • Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles ruled out foreign mediation in the battle between the government and the Catholic church.[5]
  • Spain and Italy signed a Treaty of Friendship.[10]

Sunday, August 8, 1926
  • Former French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau weighed in on the Mellon–Berenger Agreement by publishing an open letter addressed to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. Excerpts from the letter read, "You are claiming from us payment not of a debt of commerce but of war. You know, as we do, that our treasury is empty ... We are debtors, you are creditors. It seems this is regarded as purely a matter for the cashier's department, but are there no other considerations to be taken into account? ... Come to our villages and read the endless list of their dead and make comparisons, if you will. Was this not a 'bank account?' The loss of this vital force of youth? ... How is it we failed to foresee what is now happening? Why did we not halt under the shells and convoke a board meeting of profiteers to decide the question whether it would allow us to continue in defense of the finest conquest in the finest of histories?"[11]

Monday, August 9, 1926

Tuesday, August 10, 1926
  • In Mexico, 20 people were executed by federal firing squad over the church riots.[13]

Wednesday, August 11, 1926

Thursday, August 12, 1926

Friday, August 13, 1926

Saturday, August 14, 1926

Sunday, August 15, 1926
  • Film actor Rudolph Valentino fell critically ill, collapsing at the Hotel Ambassador in New York City. He was rushed to hospital and operated on immediately for a ruptured appendix.[5]
  • Father Luis Bátiz Sainz and three members of the Mexican Association for Catholic Youth were executed by firing squad.[18] The killing caused a band of ranchers led by former colonel Pedro Quintanar to seize the municipal treasury and declare themselves in open rebellion.[3]
  • Born: Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, politician, in Patras, Greece (d. 2016)

Monday, August 16, 1926
  • A coffin brought from Norway to London thought to contain the remains of Lord Kitchener was opened by the coroner in the presence of police, but it contained no body. The scenario was the work of a hoaxer going by the name of Frank Power.[19]

Tuesday, August 17, 1926

Wednesday, August 18, 1926
  • Mussolini announced the Quota 90, a controversial revaluation of the Italian lira.
  • British coal miners reopened negotiations with the government to resolve the ongoing lockout.[21]

Thursday, August 19, 1926
  • Rudolph Valentino's condition greatly improved. He answered a list of questions from the media and issued a statement thanking his fans and well-wishers for their messages of encouragement.[21]
  • Born: Arthur Rock, businessman, in Rochester, New York (alive in 2021)

Friday, August 20, 1926

Saturday, August 21, 1926
  • Marshal Józef Piłsudski conducted a purge of the Polish military to remove any challenges to his authority.[23]
  • Rudolph Valentino was stricken with a severe pleuritis relapse.
King Ugyen Wangchuk of Bhutan

Sunday, August 22, 1926
General Pangalos

Monday, August 23, 1926
General Kondylis
  • General Kondylis proclaimed himself the new Premier of Greece
  • Born: Clifford Geertz, anthropologist, in San Francisco, California (d. 2006)
  • Died: Rudolph Valentino, 31, Italian film actor. His last word before falling into a coma was 'Madre'.[24]

Tuesday, August 24, 1926

Wednesday, August 25, 1926
  • After a second chaotic day of public viewing of Rudolph Valentino's body, it was announced that Campbell's Funeral Parlor was moving the body to a vault until Monday's funeral and that public viewing was closed. Valentino's manager George Ullman explained, "The lack of reverence shown by the crowd, the disorder and attendant rioting since the body was first shown has forced me to this decision."[27]
  • The film Beau Geste opened.

Thursday, August 26, 1926
  • Spain demanded that the international district of Tangier be annexed to the Spanish zone of Morocco, which it asserted was necessary to suppress the contraband flow of arms that enabled the recent Rif revolt.[28]
  • Negotiations between the British government and locked-out coal miners broke down again.[29]

Friday, August 27, 1926
  • Nazim Bey and three other men were hanged in Ankara for conspiring to assassinate Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[30]
  • In Wanhsien (now known as the Wanzhou District) in China, troops loyal to the local warlord Wu Peifu under the command of General Yang Sen boarded a British merchant ship of The China Navigation Company, SS Wanhsien, and demanded transportation up the Yangtze River. Tensions had been high over a "wharfage" tax that the local authorities had been imposing on ships using the port. The ship's captain refused to leave port and a deadlock occurred until a boarding party from HMS Cockchafer investigated and the ship was released after an argument. This was the first in a chain of events culminating in the "Wanhsien Incident" of September 5.[31][32]
  • Born: Pat Coombs, actress, in Camberwell, England (d. 2002); Kristen Nygaard, computer scientist and politician, in Oslo, Norway (d. 2002); Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, American Roman Catholic nun and university president (d. 2012)
  • Died: John Rodgers, 45, American naval officer and aviator

Saturday, August 28, 1926

Sunday, August 29, 1926
  • 20,000 German monarchists staged an assembly in Nuremberg to hail their "king", Rupprecht of Bavaria. Prince Oskar of Prussia and Field Marshal August von Mackensen also attended the event.[34]
  • Another incident occurred on the Yangtze River near Wanhsien in which the China Navigation Co. ship Wanliu capsized a sampan in its wake that, according to General Yang Sen, was carrying soldiers under his command. When the ship pulled into Wanhsien, Yang Sen's troops were sent to occupy the ship as he demanded compensation, and once again HMS Cockchafer had them removed and Wanliu went on its way.[31][35]
  • Born: Betty Lynn, actress, in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2021)

Monday, August 30, 1926
  • A funeral Mass for Rudolph Valentino was held at Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church in New York. Thousands watched the funeral cortège as it proceeded down Broadway.[36]
  • The first air "sleeper" flew from Berlin to London. The Hansa-designed biplane had a toilet, wireless phone and berths with beds for four passengers.[37]
  • The last voting rights of Italians were removed as the Fascist government abolished the popular election of municipal officers, who were now to be appointed by the state.[38]
  • Died: Eddie Lyons, 39, American actor

Tuesday, August 31, 1926
  • An earthquake in Horta, Azores killed 9 and destroyed over 4,000 buildings.
  • The Soviet and Afghan governments signed a Pact of Neutrality and Non-Aggression to supplement an earlier agreement.[10]
  • About 300 ship passengers died in Leningrad when the Soviet steamer Burevestnik rammed a pier and sank.[39]
  • In Wanhsien, troops of General Yang Sen seized SS Wanhsien for a second time in a week as well as another merchant ship, Wantung. The commander of HMS Cockchafer did not have enough men to retake both ships this time, so he radioed for help.[40]

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  2. "Italy Put on War Basis to End its Poverty". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 3, 1926. p. 1.
  3. Tuck, Jim (1997). "Cristero Rebellion: part 1 – toward the abyss". Mexconnect. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  4. Rue, Larry (August 4, 1926). "Duce Bans All Parades Not for 'Useful' Purpose". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
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  7. Rue, Larry (August 5, 1926). "Mussolini Hangs North Pole on Maj. Gen. Nobile". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 15.
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  9. "Gertrude Ederle, the First Woman to Swim the English Channel – 6 August 1926". The British Newspaper Archive. August 5, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
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  11. "'Tiger' Claws Coolidge with Letter on Debt". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 9, 1926. p. 1.
  12. "Wheat Famine Menaces World, Says Scientist". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 10, 1926. p. 1.
  13. Cornyn, John (August 11, 1926). "Firing Squads Execute 20 in Mexican Riots". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
  14. Gibbons, Floyd (August 12, 1926). "3 Nations Serve Warning Notes on Bulgarians". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 13.
  15. Schultz, Sigrid (August 12, 1926). "50 Injured in Berlin Riots on Republic Day". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  16. "24 Killed, 250 Hurt in Hungary Munitions Blast". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 13, 1926. p. 1.
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  19. Darrah, David (August 17, 1926). "Fooled England and They Want to Arrest Him". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 5.
  20. "U.S. Judge Curbs Border Influx by Visa Order". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 18, 1926. p. 16.
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  28. "Spain's Demand for Tangier Put Before Powers". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 27, 1926. p. 16.
  29. Darrah, David (August 27, 1926). "Strikers Stone British Police in Mine Field". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 16.
  30. "Turk Gallows Takes 4 More of Kemal's Foes". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 28, 1926. p. 1.
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  38. "Duce Abolishes Vote Rights of Italian People". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 31, 1926. p. 11.
  39. "300 Die in Ship Crash; Cabins Trap Scores". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 1, 1926. p. 1.
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