100 Years Ago This Month: June 1926

JUNE 1926

• Ignacy Moscicki is elected as the President of Poland on June 1. Moscicki’s election to the ceremonial position comes after General Józef Piłsudski, who led a coup d’etat to overthrow the previous government, declines to become president.

• Underwater construction of the Holland Tunnel is halted on June 1. The work stalls after the PS Washington Irving sinks while being towed to Jersey City, New Jersey. The ship initially experienced trouble after it was struck by another ship in the North River during a fog.

• Norma Jeane Mortenson is born in Los Angeles on June 1. Mortenson would...