Editing 1926

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== Events ==
* January 8 - [[Bảo Đại]] is coronated Emperor of Vietnam.
* July 4 - The [[Hitler Youth]] are established as the youth wing of the [[Nazi Party]].
* September 20 - [[Al Capone]] escapes an assassination attempt in Cicero, Illinois by the [[North Side Gang]].
* December 5 - [[Wang Jingwei]] establishes a rival left-wing [[Kuomintang]] government based Wuhan, China in opposition to [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s right-wing government based in Nanking.
* December 25 - [[Emperor Hirohito|Hirohito]] ascends to the throne of the [[Imperial Japan|Empire of Japan]] following the death of his father, Emperor Yoshihito.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 23 - [[Bal Thackeray]]
* February 25 - [[Ronald McDonald (Child rapist)]]
* March 6 - [[Kim Jae-gyu]]
* April 6 - [[Ian Paisley]]
* April 19 - [[Benjamin Ruggiero]]
* May 10 - [[Hugo Banzer]]
* July 7 - [[Nuon Chea]]
* July 15 - [[Leopoldo Galtieri]]
* July 16 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]
* August 13 - [[Fidel Castro]]
* August 17 - [[Jiang Zemin]]
* October 31 - [[Jimmy Savile]]
* November 1 - [[Benjamin Paddock]]

=== Victim births ===
* February 16 - Margot Frank
* December 15 - Rosemary LaBianca

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* February 4 - [[İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca]]
* July 20 - [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]]
=== Victim deaths ===