1925
1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
January-May
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".
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 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.
September 3 - US dirigible Shenandoah breaks up enroute to Scottfield , St. Louis - 14 crewmen dead
October-December
Unknown dates
Births
January
February-April
May-September
October-December
October 13 - Margaret Thatcher , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
October 16 - Angela Lansbury , American actress
October 23 - Johnny Carson , American comedian, television host (d. 2005 )
October 24 - Luciano Berio , Italian composer (d. 2003 )
November 20 - Robert Kennedy , American politician, Attorney General of the United States (d. 1968 )
November 24 - William F. Buckley, Jr. , American author and commentator
November 27 - John Maddox , science writer
December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr. , American singer, dancer, musician, and actor (d. 1990 )
December 13 - Dick Van Dyke , American actor
Unknown
Deaths
January 4 - Nellie Cashman , Irish-born actress (b. 1845 )
January 8 - George Bellows , American artist (b. 1882 )
January 14 - Camille Decoppet , member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1852 )
January 31 - George Washington Cable , American writer (b. 1844 )
February 2 - Jaap Eden , Dutch speed skater (b. 1873 )
February 3 - Oliver Heaviside , English mathematician (b. 1850 )
February 4 - Robert Koldewey , German architect and archaeologist (b. 1855 )
February 10 - Aristide Bruant , French singer and nightclub owner (b. 1851 )
February 18 - James Lane Allen , American writer (b. 1849 )
February 24 - Hjalmar Branting , Prime Minister of Sweden and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1860 )
February 25 - Louis Feuillade , French silent film director (b. 1873 )
February 28 - Friedrich Ebert , Chancellor of Germany (b. 1871 )
March 2 - Luigj Gurakuqi , Albanian freedom fighter (assassinated) (b. 1879 )
March 4 - John Ward , Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1860 )
March 7 - Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1861 )
March 12 - Sun Yat-sen , Chinese revolutionary (b. 1866 )
March 14 - Walter Camp , American football coach (b. 1859 )
March 20 - George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , Viceroy of India (b. 1859 )
March 25 - Tikhon of Moscow , Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1865 )
March 28 - Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson , British World War I general (b. 1864 )
April 14 - John Singer Sargent , American artist (b. 1856 )
April 15 - Fritz Haarmann , German serial killer (b. 1879 )
April 19 - John Walter Smith , American politician (b. 1845 )
April 22 - André Caplet , French composer and conductor (b. 1878 )
April 23 - Rupert Brooke , English poet (b. 1887 )
May 2 - Johann Palisa , Austrian astronomer (b. 1848 )
May 2 - Antun Branko Simic , Croatian poet (b. 1898 )
May 10 - William Massey , [[Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856 )
May 12 - Amy Lowell , American poet (b. 1874 )
May 14 - H. Rider Haggard , English writer (b. 1856 )
May 20 - Elias M. Ammons , Governor of Colorado (b. 1860 )
May 22 - John French, 1st Earl of Ypres , British World War I field marshall (b. 1852 )
June 1 - Thomas R. Marshall , Vice President of the United States (b. 1854 )
June 2 - James Ellsworth , American mine owner and banker (b. 1849 )
June 16 - Emmett Hardy , American jazz cornetist (b. 1903 )
June 18 - Robert M. La Follette, Sr. , American politician (b. 1855 )
June 29 - Christian Michelsen , Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1857 )
July 1 - Erik Satie , French composer (b. 1866 )
July 26 - Antonio Ascari , Italian race car driver (b. 1888 )
July 26 - William Jennings Bryan , American lawyer and politician (b. 1860 )
July 26 - Gottlob Frege , German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848 )
August 17 - Ioan Slavici , Romanian writer (b. 1848 )
August 25 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austrian general (b. 1852 )
September 7 - René Viviani , Prime Minister of France (b. 1863 )
September 16 - Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman , Russian mathematician (b. 1888 )
October 7 - Christy Mathewson , baseball player (b. 1880 )
October 31 - Mikhail Frunze , Russian Bolshevik leader (b. 1885 )
October 31 - Max Linder , French silent film actor (b. 1883 )
November 20 - Alexandra of Denmark , queen of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1844 )
November 25 - Vajiravudh , King of Siam (b. 1880 )
December 5 - Wladyslaw Reymont , Polish writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867 )
December 9 - Pablo Iglesias , co-founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (b. 1850 )
December 15 - Battling Siki , Senegalese boxer (b. 1897 )
December 19 - Jose Ignacio Quinton , Puerto Rican composer and pianist (b. 1881 )
December 21 - Jules Méline , Prime Minister of France (b. 1838 )
December 22 - Alice Heine , American wife of Albert I of Monaco (b. 1858 )
December 27 - Sergei Yesenin , Russian poet (b. 1895 )
