1925 Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 - 1925 - 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States. January 21 - Albania declares itself a republic January 30 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul February 1 – Ahmet Zogu becomes president of Albania February 21 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue. March 1 - Earthquake in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada March 1 - Edgar Varèse's Intégrales is premiered in New York City March 2 - Male suffrage in Japan March 4 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcasted on radio. March 13 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution. March 18 - The Tri-State Tornado raked through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana and killed 695 people. March 18 - Two floors of the Madame Tussaud's waxworks in London are destroyed by fire May 1 - Cyprus becomes a British crown colony May 18 - Trade Union Congress in Britain declares Zinoviev letter a fake May 25 - Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. May 25 - The National Forensics League is founded. June-September June 6 - The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. June 13 - Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington, DC. The images were viewed by representatives of the Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Navy, the Commerce Department, and others. Jenkins called this "the first public demonstration of radiovision". June 23 - First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada. June 25 - Military coup in Greece lead by general Theodoros Pengalos July 10 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. July 10 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union called the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. July 18 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. July 21 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. July 29 - Werner Heisenberg submits his paper on matrix mechanics, initiating the modern theory of quantum mechanics. August 8 – Ku Klux Klan marches in Washington DC August 20 - Public transportation strike in Paris September 3 - US dirigible Shenandoah breaks up enroute to Scottfield, St. Louis - 14 crewmen dead October-December October 30 - John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. October 31 - Ahmad Shah Qajar , Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty is officialy deposed along with his dynasty. November 4 - NKVD executes would-be-spy Sidney Reilly (in secret - revealed after Cold War) November 28 - Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut on station WSM (it would later become the longest-running live music show). December 1 - World War I aftermath: Locarno Treaties - The final Locarno Pact is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements in return for normalizing relations with defeated Germany. December 1 - Locarno Pact signed December 12 - New Iranian parliament transfer hereditary monarchy rights to Reza Khan - Pahlavi dynasty begins December 15 - Reza Pahlavi takes his imperial oath and becomes Shah of Iran. unknown dates Asa Helgesen became the first Norwegian woman mayor in Ustira British government instigates Coloured Seamen's Order that means that black sailors are registered as aliens Popocatépetl volcano erupts Thompson submachinegun sells for $175 in Sears mail order Modern revival of ancient Latvian mythology begins, called Dievturiba Sweden decides on extensive disarmament. Spanish and French expeditionary forces landing at Alhucemas during the war of the Rif. Vladimir Zworykin takes out the first patent for colour television The Woodcraft Folk, an organisation for young people to promote equality, peace, social justice and cooperation, founded in London. Introduction of London's first double decker buses. Britain returns to the Gold Standard. Births January January 6 - John De Lorean, auto maker January 8 - James Saunders, dramatist January 10 - Max Roach, drummer, composer January 11 - Grant Tinker, television executive January 11 - William Styron, writer January 13 - Gwen Verdon, actress, dancer (d. 2000) January 14 - Yukio Mishima, writer (d. 1970) January 17 - Robert Cormier, writer (d. 2000) January 20 - Ernesto Cardenal, theologian, author and politician January 21 - Benny Hill, comedian, actor (d. 1992) January 24 - Maria Tallchief, prima ballerina January 26 - Paul Newman, actor January 30 - Dorothy Malone, actress January 31 - Benjamin Hooks, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People February-April February 1 - Alfred Grosser, political scientist and publicist February 2 - Elaine Stritch, actress February 4 - Russell Hoban, writer February 8 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001) February 11 - Peter Berger, British vice-admiral. February 11 - Kim Stanley, actress. (d. 2001) February 11 - Virginia Johnson, doctor/sexologist. February 12 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician February 17 - Hal Holbrook, American actor February 18 - George Kennedy, actor February 20 - Robert Altman, film director February 20 - Heinz Kluncker, labor union leader February 21 - Sam Peckinpah, director (d. 1984) February 25 - Edward Gorey, illustrator (d. 2000) March 4 - Paul Mauriat, musician March 25 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964) March 26 - Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor April 2 - Hans Rosenthal, showmaster (d. 1987) April 2 - George MacDonald Fraser, author April 3 - Tony Benn, British politician April 14 - Rod Steiger, actor (d. 2002) April 25 - Sammy Drechsel, journalist, film director and cabaretist (d. 1986) May-September May 6 - Hanns Dieter Hüsch, cabaretist May 12 - Yogi Berra, American Baseball Hall of Famer May 19 - Pol Pot - Cambodian dictator (d. 1998) May 19 - Malcolm X American civil-rights activist (d. 1965) May 22 - Jean Tinguely, kinetic artist (d. 1991) May 28 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone June 3 - Tony Curtis, American actor June 26 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970) July 6 - Merv Griffin, game show developer, TV show host July 6 - Bill Haley, rock and roll musician. (d. 1981) July 11 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor July 18 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete July 29 - Ted Lindsay, ice hockey Hall of Fame player August 15 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist August 19 - Claude Gauvreau, Quebec playwright, poet and polemist September 7 - Gerald Durrell naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter September 8 - Peter Sellers, comedian, actor (d. 1980) September 16 - Charles Haughey, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland September 20 - James Galanos, fashion designer October-December October 3 - Gore Vidal, American author October 13 - Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister (1979-1990) October 16 - Angela Lansbury, American actress October 23 - Johnny Carson, American comedian, television host October 24 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003) November 17 - Charles Mackerras, American conductor November 20 - Robert Kennedy, American politician, Attorney General of the United States (d. 1968) November 24 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author, commentator November 26 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003) December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician, actor (d. 1990) December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor December 28 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer and writer (d. 2002) William H. Gates, Sr., American attorney, father of Bill Gates Deaths February 2 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873) February 10 - Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer and comedian (b. 1851) March 12 - Sun Yat Sen, Chinese revolutionary, politician (b. 1866) March 20 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman (b. 1859) April 14 - John Singer Sargent, English artist (b. 1856) May 3 - Clément Ader, French engineer and inventor (b. 1841) May 12 - Amy Lowell, American poet (b. 1874) May 14 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856) June 16 - Emmett Hardy, jazz musician (b. 1903) July 1 - Erik Satie - French composer (b. 1866) July 26 - William Jennings Bryan, American politician (b. 1860) August 25 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, WWI (b. 1852) September 4 - Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, American horseman, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1880) November 20 - Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1825) George Washington Cable - American writer Nobel Prizes Physics - James Franck, Gustav Ludwig Hertz Chemistry - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy Medicine - not awarded Literature - George Bernard Shaw Peace - Sir Austen Chamberlain Charles Gates Dawes ast:1925 simple:1925 Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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