Timeline September 1926

Events in September 1926 4

• 1926 – 2002 Ivan Illich (1926-2002) Died 2 December 2002, aged 76 Ivan Illich was an Austrian-born priest and social critic whose books of the 1970s, including Deschooling Society and Medical Nemesis, attacked the way large institutions in education, medicine and transport disable the people they claim to serve. Trained across several disciplines, he ran a research centre in Cuernavaca, Mexico. His ideas influenced environmental and anti-industrial thought.
• 1926 Germany admitted to the League of Nations Postwar Germany rejoins the community of nations On 8 September 1926, Germany was admitted to the League of Nations and given a permanent seat on its Council, formalising its reintegration into international diplomacy after the First World War. The move followed the Locarno Treaties of the previous year.
• 1926 NBC founded First permanent US radio network The National Broadcasting Company was founded on 9 September 1926 by RCA in partnership with General Electric and Westinghouse. It began broadcasting that November as the first permanent radio network in the United States.
• 1926 John Coltrane born in Hamlet, North Carolina John William Coltrane Raised in High Point, North Carolina.