Each class member will prepare and discuss events and/or persons that were significant in 1926. Some possible examples include the United Kingdom’s General Strike, the Great Miami Hurricane which devastated South Florida, and the launch of the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket by Robert H. Goddard. Politically, the year saw the overthrow of governments in Poland and Portugal, the beginning of the Shōwa era in Japan with Emperor Hirohito’s ascension, and the initiation of the Northern Expedition to unify China.
