Historical Events In 1925

Mar 18   The worst tornado in U.S. history passes through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing seventeen million dollars in property damage. Known as the "Tri-State Tornado in the year 1925.  

Mar 19   In the year 1925 angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop  

Mar 20   George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   James Pickles, judge in the year 1925.  

Mar 21   Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens on this day in history.  

Mar 21   On this day in history iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar  

Mar 21   In the year 1925 john E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)  

Mar 23   Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   On this day in history tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution  

Mar 23   Tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution in the year 1925.  

Mar 23   In the year 1925 the teaching of Darwins theory of evolution banned in Tennessee schools  

Mar 24   KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions in the year 1925.  

Mar 25   In the year 1925 greece becomes a republic when King George is deposed  

Mar 26   The birth of Pierre Boulez, French composer in the year 1925.  

Mar 27   In the year 1925 carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92  

Mar 29   On this day in history emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)  

Mar 30   In the year 1925 ivo Malek, composer  

Mar 30   On this day in history rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64  

Mar 30   Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians in the year 1925.  

Mar 31   WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) in the year 1925.  

Apr 01   1st transmission of Danish state radio on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1925.  

Apr 01   Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] in the year 1925.  

Apr 02   George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge) in the year 1925.  

Apr 03   In the year 1925 great Britain goes back to gold standard  

Apr 03   Netherlands & Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Tony Benn, British minister of technology (1968) on this day in history.  

Apr 05   On this day in history belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election  

Apr 05   Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer on this day in history.  

Apr 06   In the year 1925 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)  

Apr 06   Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950) in the year 1925.  

Apr 08   On this day in history first planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1  

Apr 08   In the year 1925 hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]  

Apr 09   Babe Ruth rushed to hospital on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of george Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)  

Jan 01   In the year 1925 birth of matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)  

Jan 01   In the year 1925 birth of raymond Pellegrin, French actor  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of william J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff  

Jan 02   Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008) was born in the year 1925.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956)  

Jan 12   In the year 1925 oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85  

Jan 14   In the year 1925 willem Devout, self employed (V & Dreesmann), dies  

Jan 25   Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66  

Feb 02   Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57 in the year 1925.  

Feb 03   In the year 1925 jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51  

Feb 18   James Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52