100 Years Ago This Month: September 1926

SEPTEMBER 1926

• One hundred people lose their lives in Spain on September 1 due to flooding from storms. The storms come after a 55-day drought.

· The funeral train of actor Rudolph Valentino arrives in Chicago on September 3 after departing New York a day earlier. Despite a heavy police presence, several grieving fans break through a police cordon and run onto the tracks.

· Fifteen members of the League of Nations Council unanimously accept a resolution to admit Germany to the League on September 4. A condition of that acceptance was Germany’s pledge that the country would never again go to...