Timeline Tuesday 26 December 1933

Events on Tuesday 26 December 1933 3

• 1875 – 1933 Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933) Died 26 December 1933, aged 58 First Soviet People's Commissar for Education, responsible for culture and schooling from 1917 to 1929. He died in France on his way to take up the post of ambassador to Spain.
• 1933 Armstrong patents FM radio Edwin Armstrong receives patents for wideband frequency modulation On 26 December, Edwin Howard Armstrong was granted four patents for his frequency modulation system. FM greatly reduced static and became the standard for high-fidelity broadcasting.
• 1933 Montevideo Convention American states set out the criteria for statehood Signed on 26 December at the Seventh International Conference of American States, the convention defined a state as having a permanent population, defined territory, a government and the capacity to conduct foreign relations. It remains a standard reference in international law.