Page 12: Historical Events In 1925

Aug 23   Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer   

Aug 24   39th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62).   

Aug 25   Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY)   

Aug 27   Ken Grieves, cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder)   

Aug 28   Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)   

Aug 28   meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island.   

Aug 29   After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5000 fine on him   

Aug 29   donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain).   

Aug 30   6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium   

Aug 30   julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea).   

Sep 01   Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist   

Sep 01   Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of Intl Olympic Committee   

Sep 02   ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick and Duchess).   

Sep 02   russ Conway, Popular pianist of the 50's is born.   

Sep 02   The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14   

Sep 03   1st international handball match held   

Sep 03   Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die   

Sep 05   112 F (44°C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)   

Sep 05   jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist/playwright (Cola Drinkers).   

Sep 06   Jimmy Reed, Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man)   

Sep 07   John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 52   

Sep 08   Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer   

Sep 09   Cliff Robertson, La Jolla Calif, actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT and T   

Sep 10   Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer (Good Rockin' Tonight)   

Sep 11   ashley Heenan, composer.   

Sep 12   20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0).   

Sep 12   dickie Moore, LA Calif, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men).   

Sep 13   1st US University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans   

Sep 13   gabriel Charpentier, composer.   

Sep 14   m L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70).   

Sep 16   b[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer (Thrill is Gone).   

Sep 16   Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies   

Sep 18   harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th).   

Sep 18   in this year, Bill Tilden claims 6th straight US tennis championship.   

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Jan 01   George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Raymond Pellegrin, French actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Andry Maryanovich Nikodemovich, composer was born in the year 1925.   

Jan 02   William J Crowe Jr, Kentucky, chairman joint chief of staff was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1925 birth of larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)   

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

Jan 12   Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Willem Devout, self employed (V & Dreesmann), dies in the year 1925.   

Jan 25   On this day in history death of ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)   

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   Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history james Lane Allen, US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75   

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