1925

Year 1925 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January-February

 * - (Il Duce) announces he is taking dictatorial powers over.
 * - becomes the first female governor in the.
 * – - The, or the "Great Race of Mercy", relays  by  across the  to combat an.


 * -  magazine publishes its first issue.
 * - records for  the first Western Electric masters to be commercially released.

March-April

 * - becomes the first  to have his inauguration broadcasted on.
 * -, one of the oldest children's newspapers in , is founded
 * - : A law in prohibits the teaching of.
 * - The rampaged through, , and  and killed 695 people and injured 2027. It hit the towns    and
 * - Governor  signs the, prohibiting the teaching of  in the state's public schools.
 * - radio station in  begins broadcasting.
 * - Frank Heath and his horse Gypsy Queen leave to begin a two-year journey to visit all 48 states.
 * - published 
 * - The Communist claims the lives of 150 and injures 500 in the n capital.

May-June

 * - :, biology teacher is arrested for teaching 's.
 * - was passed in.
 * - Tom Lee rescues 32 people from the , a sinking.
 * - Birth of Malcolm X
 * - : is indicted for teaching 's theory of.
 * - The is founded.
 * - Last communication from the British explorer, a telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the.
 * - Percy and Florence Arrowsmith are married. This couple, who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary June 1, 2005 (Percy aged 105, and wife Florence 100, are acknowledged by the as record-holders for the longest marriage for a living couple and the greatest aggregate age of a married couple.
 * - The is founded by.
 * - 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 . The images were viewed by representatives of the, the , the , and others. Jenkins called this "the first public demonstration of radiovision".
 * - : a 6.3 earthquake destroys downtown.

July-August

 * In, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with , a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching in violation of a  state law.
 * begins his 44 year silence.
 * - publishes his personal manifesto .
 * - : In, high school biology teacher is found guilty of teaching  in class and fined $100.
 * - (TASS) is established.
 * - The original Hetch Hetchy Powerhouse is completed and goes on line.
 * - of the Ruhr region of Germany.
 * - of the Ruhr region of Germany.

September-October

 * - US dirigible breaks up en route to,  - 14 crewmen dead.
 * - Major money forgery and fraud of exposed in.
 * -  creates 's first.

November-December

 * -  executed by the, the  of the.
 * - (Rama VII) crowned as.
 * - Country-variety show  makes its debut on station WSM (it would later become the longest-running live  show).
 * -, a national service fraternity, founded at.
 * - launches in Ceylon; the station is subsequently known as.
 * - The is unearthed after restoration.

Undated

 * Queensland introduces a 44-hour working week.
 * becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from.
 * sells for $175 in the 1925 mail order catalog.
 * takes out the first patent for colour television.
 * Introduction of 's first es.
 * The Royal Tweed Bridge in, , is completed.
 * The adds five teams: , , , a new  team, and
 * The Publishing Company is founded.
 * Scotch Tape is invented.
 * is created from the amalgamation of 20 smaller cities, towns and shires.

January-February

 * -, American car maker (d. )
 * -, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (d. )
 * -, Youth political activist against the regime (d. )
 * -, American television executive
 * -, Japanese writer (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Swiss Federal Councillor
 * -, American actor and film director (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * , English composer and conductor (d. )
 * , American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, American Congressional counsel (d. )
 * -, American Congressional counsel (d. )

March-April

 * -, French musician (d. )
 * -, Japanese physicist, laureate
 * -, Mexican chemist (d. )
 * -, British cinematographer
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, French composer
 * -, Chechen teacher
 * , American jazz saxophonist (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, German-born American football player (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * -, Romanian-born historian
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )

May-June

 * -, baseball player
 * -, American businessman
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (d. )
 * -, American civil rights activist (d. )
 * -, American tenor (d. )
 * -, American molecular biologist, recipient of the
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Czech pianist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, White House Press Secretary (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )

July-August

 * -, American actor
 * , American game show developer and host (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the
 * -, Greek composer
 * -, Scottish writer (d. )
 * -, Brazilian jazz drummer
 * -, Indian scientist
 * -, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. )
 * -, American computer scientist (d. )
 * -, American entertainer (d. )
 * (d. ) and his twin brother,
 * (d. ), Scottish co-founders of the Guinness Book of Records
 * , Canadian jazz pianist
 * , American performer and singer (b. )
 * -, French actor and director (d. )
 * -, Australian writer (d. )
 * -, American economist (d. )
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. )
 * -, French writer and illustrator
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. )
 * -, French writer and illustrator

September-October

 * -, Welsh designer (d. )
 * -, English comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * , sixth (head of government of the ) (d. )
 * , American guitarist
 * -, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. )
 * -, Indian medical scientist (d. )
 * -, American aeronautical engineer (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , South African composer
 * -, American novelist
 * -, English actress
 * , American humorist and columnist (d. )
 * , American game show announcer (d. )
 * -, American comedian and television host (d. )
 * , Italian composer (d. )
 * , American artist and comic book creator
 * -, American inventor
 * -, English chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , Italian composer (d. )
 * , American artist and comic book creator
 * -, American inventor
 * -, English chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, English chemist, laureate (d. )

November-December

 * -, Welsh actor (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, baseball manager (d. )
 * -, American politician and (d. )
 * , American journalist, author, and commentator
 * , Dutch physicist, laureate
 * -, American pianist (d. )
 * -, Welsh science writer
 * -, American attorney, father of
 * -, American scientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American singer, dancer, musician, and actor (d. )
 * -, American neuroscientist, recipient of the
 * -, Soviet and Russian composer
 * -, American actor, singer, dancer and comedian
 * -, American actress
 * -, American songwriter
 * date unknown -, Pakistani theologist.
 * date unknown -, Pakistani theologist.

January - March

 * -, Irish-born actress (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Dutch speed skater (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, German architect and archaeologist (b. )
 * -, French singer and nightclub owner (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French silent film director (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Albanian freedom fighter (assassinated) (b. )
 * , Polish composer (b. )
 * , baseball player (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Chinese revolutionary (b. )
 * -, American football coach (b. )
 * -, Viceroy of India (b. )
 * -, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )

April - June

 * -, British model for (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, German serial killer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French composer and conductor (b. )
 * , Austrian astronomer (b. )
 * , Croatian poet (b. )
 * -, (b.)
 * , American poet (b. )
 * , French general (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Governor of Colorado (b. )
 * -, British World War I field marshal (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American mine owner and banker (b. )
 * -, American jazz cornetist (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, (b. )

July - September

 * -, French composer (b. )
 * - American photographer (b.. )
 * , Italian race car driver (b. )
 * , American lawyer and politician (b. )
 * , German mathematician and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Romanian writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, French statesman, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French statesman, recipient of the (b. )

October - December

 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * , Russian Bolshevik leader (b. )
 * , French silent film actor (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * - King of  (b. )
 * -, Polish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, co-founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (b. )
 * -, Senegalese boxer (b. )
 * -, Puerto Rican composer and pianist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American wife of (b. )
 * -, German psychoanalyst (b. )
 * -, Russian poet (b. )
 * -, Russian poet (b. )

Nobel prizes

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