1926

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 - Hirohito ascends to the throne of the Empire of Japan following the death of his father, Emperor Yoshihito.

Births

Villain births

• January 23 - Bal Thackeray
• 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