1926

1926

Premiere of "Sam 'n' Henry", a radio program in which the two white performers portrayed two black characters. Most shows revolved around trying to score some pocket dough during the Depression. It was the first major radio appearance of actors Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who later created a similar but much more popular radio show: Amos 'n' Andy.

Ireland initiates its Committee on Evil Literature, mostly to censor advertisements and crime reporting in newspapers.

Martial law in England declared after workers stage a general strike.

Successful military coups in Poland and Portugal (which actually has two separate coups). Poland gets a president (then a PM), Portugal a dictator.

born: Hugh Hefner, Chuck Berry, Don Rickles, Fidel Castro, John Coltrane

died: Harry Houdini, Rilke

Louis Armstrong - 16 songs from 1926
1. Lonesome Blues
2. Sweet Little Papa
3. Jazz Lips
4. Skid-Dat-De-Dat
5. Big Butter and Egg Man
6. Sunset Cafe Stomp
7. You Made Me Love You
8. Irish Black Bottom
9. Willie the Weeper
10. Wild Man Blues
11. Alligator Crawl
12. Potato Head Blues
13. Melancholy
14. Weary Blues
15. Twelfth Street Rag
16. Keyhole Blues

Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown