Timeline June 1926

Events in June 1926 6

• 1844 – 1926 Mary Cassatt Impressionism · USA Mary Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of her career in France. Degas invited her to exhibit with the Impressionists. Her intimate depictions of women and children are among the finest in the movement.
• 1852 – 1926 Antoni Gaudí God Architecture The architect of the Sagrada Família and the leader of Catalan Modernism.
• 1926 French Open 1926 Men: Henri Cochet · Women: Suzanne Lenglen
• 1926 – 2012 Andy Griffith (1926-2012) Died 3 July 2012, aged 86 American actor best known for starring in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock." He died at his home in North Carolina.
• 1926 – 1997 Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) Died 5 April 1997, aged 70 Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and leading figure of the Beat Generation, best known for his poem Howl. His work challenged censorship laws and influenced the counterculture movements of the 1960s. He died of liver cancer complications in New York.
• 1926 Daimler-Benz Two garden sheds, forty years apart Benz & Cie merges with Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz. Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler had worked roughly a hundred kilometres apart on the same problem in the 1880s and are generally believed never to have met. Daimler had been dead for twenty-six years by the time the companies joined.