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  1. Francisco Franco

    Promoted to brigadier general

    Wednesday Feb 3, 1926Morocco

    This landing in the heartland of Abd el-Krim's tribe, combined with the French invasion from the south, spelled the beginning of the end for the short-lived Republic of the Rif. Franco's recognition eventually caught up with him and he was promoted to brigadier general on 3 February 1926.

  2. Black History Month

    Negro History Week

    Feb, 1926Washington D.C., U.S.

    The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week". This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which dates black communities had celebrated together since the late 19th century.

  3. Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels speech titled "Lenin or Hitler?"

    Feb, 1926Germany

    In February 1926, Goebbels gave a speech titled "Lenin or Hitler?" in which he asserted that communism or Marxism could not save the German people, but he believed it would cause a "socialist nationalist state" to arise in Russia.

  4. Marcus Garvey

    Dissatisfaction with Sherrill's leadership

    Feb, 1926New York City, New York, U.S.

    With Garvey absent, William Sherrill became acting head of UNIA. Garvey was angry and in February 1926 wrote to the Negro World expressing his dissatisfaction with Sherrill's leadership. From prison, he organized an emergency UNIA convention in Detroit, where delegates voted to depose Sherrill.

  5. Eiffel Tower

    Leon Collet was killed trying to fly under the tower

    Feb, 1926Paris, France

    A year later, in February 1926, pilot Leon Collet was killed trying to fly under the tower. His aircraft became entangled in an aerial belonging to a wireless station.

  6. Francisco Franco

    Promoted to brigadier general

    Wednesday Feb 3, 1926Morocco

    This landing in the heartland of Abd el-Krim's tribe, combined with the French invasion from the south, spelled the beginning of the end for the short-lived Republic of the Rif. Franco's recognition eventually caught up with him and he was promoted to brigadier general on 3 February 1926.

  7. Black History Month

    Negro History Week

    Feb, 1926Washington D.C., U.S.

    The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week". This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and of Frederick Douglass on February 14, both of which dates black communities had celebrated together since the late 19th century.

  8. Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels speech titled "Lenin or Hitler?"

    Feb, 1926Germany

    In February 1926, Goebbels gave a speech titled "Lenin or Hitler?" in which he asserted that communism or Marxism could not save the German people, but he believed it would cause a "socialist nationalist state" to arise in Russia.

  9. Marcus Garvey

    Dissatisfaction with Sherrill's leadership

    Feb, 1926New York City, New York, U.S.

    With Garvey absent, William Sherrill became acting head of UNIA. Garvey was angry and in February 1926 wrote to the Negro World expressing his dissatisfaction with Sherrill's leadership. From prison, he organized an emergency UNIA convention in Detroit, where delegates voted to depose Sherrill.

  10. Eiffel Tower

    Leon Collet was killed trying to fly under the tower

    Feb, 1926Paris, France

    A year later, in February 1926, pilot Leon Collet was killed trying to fly under the tower. His aircraft became entangled in an aerial belonging to a wireless station.