1925 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1925?
- January 5, 1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
- January 24, 1925 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
- February 2, 1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
- March 9, 1925 – Pink’s War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins.
- March 21, 1925 – Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
- April 10, 1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
- April 16, 1925 – During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
- May 5, 1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
- July 10, 1925 – Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration.
- July 18, 1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
- July 21, 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
- July 25, 1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
- August 5, 1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
- October 2, 1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
- November 5, 1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first “super-spy” of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- November 28, 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
- December 1, 1925 – World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
- December 11, 1925 – Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
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