1926 in science
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The year 1926 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy and space exploration
- March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- January 11 - Lev Demin (d. 1998), cosmonaut.
- April 3 - Gus Grissom (d. 1967), astronaut.
[edit] Deaths
- March 5 - Clément Ader (b. 1841), engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer.
- July 21 - Washington Roebling (b. 1837), civil engineer.
- November 26 - John Moses Browning (b. 1855), inventor.
