Born in 1926
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BACK TO 1926 · Australia
A little history to go with their gift.
John Logie Baird demonstrated television in Soho, Gertrude Ederle crossed the English Channel, and Route 66 took shape in the United States. These records capture a year when new ways to see, travel and test human endurance drew public attention.
What happened in 1926?
CSIR is established under the 1926 Act
The 1926 Act established the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the institution that preceded CSIRO.
Germany and Soviet Russia renew ties
Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty of Berlin on 24 April, renewing neutrality commitments and complicating the diplomatic map of interwar Europe.
The Avalon Project, Yale Law School · German Historical Museum
Jean Perrin receives the physics Nobel
Jean Baptiste Perrin won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on the discontinuous structure of matter and sedimentation equilibria.
The Svedberg measures colloidal particles
The Svedberg received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on dispersed systems and the development of the ultracentrifuge.
Firsts and new ideas
Baird demonstrates television in London
John Logie Baird gave a public demonstration of working television in London on January 26, 1926.
Number ones and music in 1926
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Someone to Watch Over Me debuts
The Gershwins' intimate ballad emerged with Oh, Kay! in New York during the 1926 Broadway season and soon travelled beyond the stage.
Bye Bye Blackbird enters print
Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon's Bye Bye Blackbird was published by Jerome H. Remick in New York in 1926 for voice and piano.
Prices and everyday money in 1926
Australia figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Bread, delivered (about 2 lb loaf) | about 7.3d | per about 2 lb loaf Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Tea (½ lb equivalent) | about 1s 1d | per ½ lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Sugar (2 lb equivalent) | about 8.9d | per 2 lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Potatoes (per lb equivalent) | about 2d | per lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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