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… 1916 . This list of years in film indexes the individual year The table of years in film is a tabular display of all years in Film, for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with   1917 . The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin   1918 . The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture   1919  . The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas 1920  . The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks 1921  . Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres 1922 … 1923 1924 1925 -1926- 1927 1928 1929 … 1930 . Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check   1931 . Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert   1932 . Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers   1933  . Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. 1934  . Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1935  . Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM 1936 …     In television: 1923 1924 1925 -1926- 1927 1928 1929
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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Films released in 1926 4 Short film series 5 Animated short film series 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Film debuts

Events

• August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The year 1926 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below This list of years in film indexes the individual year Events 1870s - French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud improved on the Zoetrope idea by placing mirrors at the center of the Events 1880 - American George Eastman begins to commercially manufacture dry plates for Photography. Events 1891 - Designed around the work of Muybridge Marey and Eastman Thomas Edison 's employee William K Events William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889 Events WK Laurie Dickson supervises the construction of the first movie studio called the " Black Maria " in West Orange New Jersey which produces Events The final revisions to the Kinetoscope are made including a vertical transport and wider film Events Thomas Edison builds "America's First Movie Studio" the Black Maria Blacksmith Scene is made Events January 7 - William Kennedy Dickson receives a Patent for motion picture film. Events March 22 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière (private screening Events January - In Britain, Birt Acres and Robert W Paul developed their own film projector the Theatrograph (later known Events 125 people died during a film screening at the Charity Bazaar in Paris after a curtain catches on fire from the ether used to fuel the Events May 19 - Vitagraph is founded in New York Birt Acres invents the first amateur format Birtac, by splitting 35 mm The year 1899 in film involved some significant events Events T Events Several full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 1900s The year 1900 in film involved some significant events Events Reulos Goudeau & Co The year 1901 in film involved some significant events Events Edwin S The year 1902 in film involved some significant events Events March 10 - Circuit Court's decision disallows Thomas Edison from having a monopoly The year 1903 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio" the Black The year 1904 in film involved some significant events Events As shown in the film Westinghouse Works, some filmmakers begin to move The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1906 in film involved some significant events Events 26 December - The world's first feature film The Story of the Kelly Gang The year 1907 in film involved some significant events Events January 19 - Variety publishes its first film review The year 1908 in film involved some significant events Events Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling The year 1909 in film involved some significant events Events Matsunosuke Onoe, who would become the first superstar of Japanese cinema Events Several full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1910s The year 1910 in film involved some significant events Events The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot The year 1911 in film involved some significant events Events October 27: David Horsley 's Nestor Motion The year 1912 in film involved some significant events Events Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D The year 1913 in film involved some significant events Events The Squaw Man, the first Hollywood feature film is made The year 1914 in film involved some significant events Events The 3300-seat Strand Theater opens in New York City. The year 1915 in film involved some significant events Events June 18: The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA was formed by The year 1916 in film involved some significant events Events October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with The year 1917 in film involved some significant events Events Foundation of Universum Film AG (UƒA as a propaganda film company in Berlin The year 1918 in film involved some significant events Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture The year 1919 in film involved some significant events Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1920s The year 1920 in film involved some significant events Events November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres Events November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York Events Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. Events The days of the Silent film were numbered A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound was on Events Many full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1930s Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Events Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety As a result of Television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Events Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the 1960s The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support World cinema In cinema all over the world the seventies brought about vigor in adventurous cool and realistic complex narratives with rich cinematography and elaborate scores The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Events The 1980s saw the continued rise of the blockbuster, an increased amount of Nudity in film and the increasing emphasis in the American industry on film The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Events Thousands of full-length Films were produced during the 1990s The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Events Thousands of full-length Films have been produced during the first decade of the 21st Century The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 2009 in film has numerous films in production to be released in 2009 as well as films that have announced release dates but have yet to begin filming Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Vitaphone was a Sound film process used on features and nearly 2000 Short subjects produced by Warner Bros Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film. A gramophone Bell Laboratories (also known as Bell Labs and formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bell Telephone Laboratories) is the Research organization Western Electric Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American Electrical engineering company the manufacturing arm
• Theodore W. Case and E. I. Sponable demonstrate their sound-on-film experiments to William Fox of the Fox Film Corporation. William Fox ( January 1, 1879 &ndash May 8, 1952) was a pioneering American Motion picture executive who founded the The Fox-Case Corp. was formed in an effort to exploit the system, which was given the name Movietone. The Movietone sound system is a Sound-on-film method of recording sound for motion pictures which guarantees synchronisation between the sound and the picture Fox began to create Movietone News newsreels at this time. Movietone News known in the US as Fox Movietone News, produced cinema sound Newsreels from 1928-1963 in the U One of the first newsreels was Charles Lindbergh's takeoff for Paris. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• Al Jolson films A Plantation Act one of the first unreleased talkies and a test film for The Jazz Singer
• The oldest surviving animated feature film is released in the Weimar Republic, directed by Lotte Reiniger. Al Jolson (May 26 1886 October 23 1950 born in Lithuania, Russian Empire, was a highly acclaimed American singer comedian and actor and the first openly A Plantation Act was one of the first Vitaphone short films made in 1926 starring Al Jolson. The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American Musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized Dialogue The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 Charlotte (Lotte Reiniger ( June 2, 1899 - June 19, 1981) was a German (and later a British) silhouette animator It is called The Adventures of Prince Achmed. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (مغامرات الامير احمد is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the

Top grossing films

1. Aloma of the South Seas
2. What Price Glory?
3. Beau Geste (1926 film)
4. Sparrows
5. Don Juan
6. The Sea Beast
7. Flesh and the Devil
8. The Temptress
9. Torrent

Films released in 1926

• The Adventures of Prince Achmed, directed by Lotte Reiniger. Sparrows is a 1926 Silent film about a young woman who rescues a baby from kidnappers Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. The Sea Beast ( 1926) is a Silent film adaptation of the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, a story about a monomanical Flesh and the Devil ( 1926) is an MGM Silent film starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, and The Temptress is a 1926 American silent Romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (مغامرات الامير احمد is a 1926 feature-length animated film by the Charlotte (Lotte Reiniger ( June 2, 1899 - June 19, 1981) was a German (and later a British) silhouette animator
• Aloma of the South Seas, starring Gilda Gray. Gilda Gray ( October 24, 1901 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish born American actress and dancer who became famous in the US
• Battling Butler, a Buster Keaton film. Battling Butler is a 1926 Comedy Silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American
• Beau Geste (1926 film), starring Ronald Colman
• La Bohème, by King Vidor
• The Black Pirate, starring Douglas Fairbanks. Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor La Bohème is a 1926 silent Drama film directed by King Vidor. King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career The Black Pirate is a 1926 adventure Silent film shot entirely in two-strip Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director
• Brown of Harvard starring William Haines, Jack Pickford and Mary Brian
• Cruise of the Jasper B, starring Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris and Snitz Edwards
• Don Juan, starring John Barrymore. Brown of Harvard ( 1926) is a Silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring William Haines. Charles William Haines ( January 2, 1900 &ndash December 26, 1973) was an American film actor who was one of the most notable film stars Jack Pickford ( August 18, 1896 - January 3, 1933) was a Canadian -born American actor Mary Brian ( February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American Actress and Movie star who made the Cruise of the Jasper B is a 1926 American silent action/adventure comedy film produced by Cecil B Rod La Rocque ( November 29, 1896 - October 15, 1969) was an American Actor. Mildred Harris ( November 29, 1901 &ndash July 20, 1944) was an American Actress of the Silent film era Snitz Edwards ( January 1, 1868 – May 1, 1937) was a notable Character actor of the early years of the Silent film Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest
• Faust, directed by F.W. Murnau. Faust is a classic Silent film produced in 1926 by UFA, directed by F Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, better known as F W Murnau ( December 28, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential
• Flesh and the Devil, starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo. Flesh and the Devil ( 1926) is an MGM Silent film starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, and John Gilbert ( July 10, 1899 - January 9, 1936) was an American actor and major star of the Silent film era Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's
• For Heaven's Sake, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd. For Heaven's Sake is a 1926 comedy Silent film starring Harold Lloyd. Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr ( April 20, 1893 &ndash March 8, 1971) was an American Film actor and producer
• Fool's Luck, starring Lupino Lane, George Davis, Virginia Vance, and Jack Lloyd. Fool's Luck is a 1926 Comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle. Henry William George Lupino or Lupino Lane ( June 16, 1892 London &ndash November 10 1959 London) was a British-born George Davis may refer to George Davis (actor (1889-1965 Dutch-born American actor George Davis (armed robber (b Directed by Fatty Arbukle
• Madame Mystery, starring Theda Bara. Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle ( March 24 1887 &ndash June 29 1933) was an American Silent film Comedian Madame Mystery ( 1926) is a film starring Theda Bara, Oliver Hardy, and James Finlayson, directed and co-written by Stan Theda Bara was the stage name and later legal name of Theodosia Burr Goodman ( July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955) an American
• Mare Nostrum, directed by Rex Ingram
• Mother
• The Scarlet Letter, starring Lillian Gish. Mare Nostrum ( 1926) is a Silent film set during World War I. Rex Ingram is the name of Rex Ingram (director (1893–1950 a film director producer writer and actor Rex Ingram (actor (1895–1969 Mother (or Mat, Russian: Мать) is a Gorky Film Studio (Mezhrabpom production of Vsevolod Pudovkin The Scarlet Letter is a 1926 Drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. Lillian Diana Gish ( October 14 1893 – February 27 1993) was an American stage screen and television actress whose
• The Sea Beast, starring John Barrymore. The Sea Beast ( 1926) is a Silent film adaptation of the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, a story about a monomanical John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest
• The Son of the Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino. Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 &ndash August 23, 1926) was an Italian Actor, Sex symbol, and early
• Sparrows, starring Mary Pickford. Sparrows is a 1926 Silent film about a young woman who rescues a baby from kidnappers Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture
• Storm of Passion (Aiyoku no arashi)
• The Student of Prague, starring Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss. The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag is a 1926 Silent film by Czech actor and filmmaker Henrik Galeen. Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as Werner Johannes Krauss ( Krauß in German ( June 23, 1884 – October 20, 1959) was a German film actor
• The Temptress, starring Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno. The Temptress is a 1926 American silent Romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Antonio "Tony" Moreno ( September 26, 1887 - February 15, 1967) was a notable Actor and Film director of
• Torrent starring Greta Garbo
• What Price Glory?, starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen and Dolores del Rio. For the ship see The Torrent (ship Torrent is a 1926 silent American film directed by an What Price Glory is a Film that has been made twice based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings. Edmund Dantes Lowe ( March 3, 1890 - April 21, 1971) was an American actor Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English Dolores del Río ( August 3, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1983) was a Mexican Film actress.

Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917–1941)
• Our Gang (1922-1944)
• Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)

Animated short film series

• Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
• Koko the Clown (1919-1934)
• Alice Comedies (1923-1927)
• Koko's Song Car Tunes (1924-1927)
• Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
• Un-Natural History (1925-1927)
• Pete the Pup (1926-1927)

Births

• January 5 - Maria Schell, actress(d. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton ( October 4 1895 &ndash February 1 1966) was an Academy Award -winning American "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in the silent-film era Koko the Clown is an animated character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. The "Alice Comedies" are a series of Animated cartoons created by Walt Disney in the 1920s in which Krazy Kat is a Comic strip created by George Herriman that appeared in U Pete the Pup directs here for the Don Marquis character see Pete the Pup (archy and mehitabel Pete the Pup was a famous Dog Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Maria Margarethe Anna Schell ( 15 January 1926, Vienna - 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an 2005)
• January 14 - Tom Tryon, actor, novelist († 1991)
• January 17 - Moira Shearer, actress, dancer (d. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Tom Tryon ( January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American Film and Television actor famous as the Walt Disney Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Moira Shearer Lady Kennedy ( 17 January, 1926 &ndash 31 January, 2006) was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer 2006)
• January 19 - Fritz Weaver, actor
• January 20 - Patricia Neal, actress
• February 11 - Leslie Nielsen, actor, comedian
• February 16 - John Schlesinger, director († 2003)
• March 6 - Andrzej Wajda, director
• March 16 - Jerry Lewis, actor
• May 8 - Don Rickles, comedian and actor
• June 1 - Andy Griffith, actor
• June 1 - Marilyn Monroe, actress († 1962)
• June 28 - Mel Brooks, entertainer
• July 14 - Harry Dean Stanton, actor
• July 21 - Norman Jewison, director
• October 17 - Beverly Garland, actress
• October 18 - Klaus Kinski, actor (d. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Fritz William Weaver (born January 19, 1926) is a American Tony Award -winning Actor and Voice actor. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926) is an American award-winning Actress of stage and screen Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Leslie William Nielsen OC (born February 11 1926 is a Canadian-American Emmy Award -nominated Comedian and actor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols John Richard Schlesinger, CBE ( February 16, 1926 &ndash July 25, 2003) was an Academy Award -winning English Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926 in Suwałki) is an award-winning Polish Film director. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen For the radio and television announcer see Donald Rickles (announcer. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American Actor. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Norman Frederick Jewison CC, BA, LLD (born July 21, 1926) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian Film Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Beverly Garland (born October 17, 1926) is an American film and television Actress, businesswoman and hotel owner Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen 1991)
• November 30 - Richard Crenna, actor (d. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Richard Donald Crenna ( November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American Film, Television and 2003)

Deaths

• January 30 - Barbara La Marr, actress
• February 6 - Carrie Clark Ward, actor
• April 20 - Billy Quirk, actor
• July 22 - Willard Louis, actor
• August 23 - Rudolph Valentino, actor
• September 11 - Matsunosuke Onoe, actor
• November 1 - Lester Cuneo, actor
• November 2 - James K Hackett, stage & silent film actor
• November 7 - Tom Forman, silent film actor & director

Film debuts

• John Wayne

Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Barbara La Marr ( Reatha Dale Watson) ( July 28, 1896 in Yakima Washington &ndash January 30, 1926 in Altadena California Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Carrie Clark Ward ( 9 January, 1862 &ndash 6 February, 1926) was an American actress of the silent era. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Billy Quirk ( 29 March, 1873 &ndash 20 April, 1926) was an American Silent film actor Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Willard Louis ( 19 April, 1882 &ndash 22 July, 1926) was an American film actor of the silent era. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 &ndash August 23, 1926) was an Italian Actor, Sex symbol, and early Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul ( September 12, 1875 – September 11, 1926) sometimes known as Medama no Matchan ( "Eyeballs" Matsu), was a Japanese Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Biography Lester H Cuneo ( October 25, 1888 - November 1, 1926) was an American stage and Silent Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Tom Forman ( 22 February 1893 – 7 November 1926) was a Motion picture actor writer and producer of the early 1920s John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American

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