The month of February has been home to many historical events over the years.

Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in February 1926.

The first theater production of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby premieres at the Ambassador Theater on Broadway on February 2. Veteran stage actor James Rennie stars as the titular character.

The National League holds a banquet at the Hotel Astor in New York City on February 2 to celebrate the baseball league’s fiftieth anniversary.

An explosion at a mine operated by the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company kills 20 miners in Horning, Pennsylvania, on February 3.

Colonel Francisco Franco is promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the Spanish Army on February 3. Just 33 years old, General Franco, the future dictator of Spain, becomes the youngest general in Europe upon being promoted.

Terrorists attack a train traveling from Moscow to Riga, Latvia, on February 5. The attackers were attempting to steal a diplomatic pouch, and courier Theodor Nette loses his life after being shot in the head.

The grave of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is raided on February 6. Villa’s skull is stolen during the raid and its present location remains a mystery.

Historian Carter G. Woodson initiates “Negro History Week” on February 7. The event serves as a precursor to Black History Month.

A filing with the League of Nations officially recognizes the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on February 8.

President Plutarco Elias Calles nationalizes all property of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico on February 11. Just two days later, President Calles’s administration orders all Catholic schools in Mexico to close.

On February 12, Irish Minister for Justice Kevin O’Higgins appoints members to the Committee on Evil Literature. The committee is tasked with looking into censorship of printed matter in response to growing public pressure insisting that materials considered obscene are corrupting public morals or liable to do so.

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party approves a motion to recognize Adolf Hitler as the sole and absolute authority within the party on February 14.

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey approves the Turkish Civil Code on February 17. The code acknowledges women are entitled to the same rights as men, though it would be another eight years before Turkish women are granted the right to vote.

On February 18, the French auto manufacturer Citroen opens a factory in Britain that would eventually prove capable of manufacturing 200 cars per day.

A pastoral letter read in all Catholic churches in Austria on February 21 denounces mixed bathing, rhythmic dancing and immodest sports attire as “un-Christian.”

On February 23, United States President Calvin Coolidge expresses his opposition to former general Billy Mitchell’s assertion that the country needs a large air force. President Coolidge disagrees with the suggestion on the grounds it would make the country militaristic and contribute to an arms race.

Leon Collet is killed when the French pilot attempts to fly under the arch of the Eiffel Towel on February 24.

Black boxer Tiger Flowers defeats his white opponent, Harry Greb, to win the World Middleweight Title at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 26.