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Items listed on day and year pages should be under the following headings: Births, Deaths, Events, Establishments, Disestablishments, and for year pages, Images dated (year).--> | Items listed on day and year pages should be under the following headings: Births, Deaths, Events, Establishments, Disestablishments, and for year pages, Images dated (year).--> | ||
==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*[[Mary-Cooke Branch Munford]] becomes the first woman to ever serve on the [[University of Virginia's Board of Visitors]]. | |||
*[[December 2]] – The Chamber of Commerce sought to have a large delegation to a morning meeting of the State Highway Commission to support funding of Route 28 between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. <ref>{{cite-progress-lindsay|title=|url=https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2600514|author=|pageno=1|printdate=December 1, 1926|publishdate=December 1, 1926|accessdate=December 1, 2022}}</ref> | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
* [[December 2]] – [[Alfred Washington]] dies from hemorrhage pulmonary tuberculosis and is buried at Hickory Hill Cemetery in [[Albemarle County]]. A resident of Chestnut Grove and a farmhand, he was called up for service in [[World War I veterans|World War I]] and had his portrait photograph included within the [[Holsinger Studio Collection]]. | |||
==Images== | ==Images== | ||
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[[Category:Chronology]] | [[Category:Chronology]] |
Latest revision as of 15:12, 11 March 2024
This article is a date listing important events for the year 1926.
Events
- Mary-Cooke Branch Munford becomes the first woman to ever serve on the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors.
- December 2 – The Chamber of Commerce sought to have a large delegation to a morning meeting of the State Highway Commission to support funding of Route 28 between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. [1]
Deaths
- December 2 – Alfred Washington dies from hemorrhage pulmonary tuberculosis and is buried at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Albemarle County. A resident of Chestnut Grove and a farmhand, he was called up for service in World War I and had his portrait photograph included within the Holsinger Studio Collection.