Elsewhere in 1926
January 3 — Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece January 8 – Crown Prince Nguyá»…n Phúc VÄ©nh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam January 26 — Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system for members of the Royal Institution, and a reporter from The Times, at his London …