Page 5: Historical Events In 1925

Mar 20   George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66.   

Mar 20   James Pickles, judge   

Mar 21   Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens.   

Mar 21   In this year, Iran formally adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar.   

Mar 21   John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)   

Mar 23   Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76.   

Mar 23   Tennessee is recorded as becoming 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution.   

Mar 23   Tennessee is recorded as becoming inaugural state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution   

Mar 23   The teaching of Darwins theory of evolution banned in Tennessee schools.   

Mar 24   KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions   

Mar 25   Greece is recorded as becoming a republic when King George is deposed   

Mar 26   Pierre Boulez, French composer is born.   

Mar 27   Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92   

Mar 29   Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)   

Mar 30   Ivo Malek, composer   

Mar 30   Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64   

Mar 30   Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians   

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

Apr 01   1st transmission of Danish state radio   

Apr 01   Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77   

Apr 01   Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

Apr 02   George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)   

Apr 03   Great Britain goes back to gold standard   

Apr 03   Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde   

Apr 03   Tony Benn, British minister of technology (1968)   

Apr 05   In this year, Belgian Workers Party claims parliamentary election.   

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

Apr 06   1st film shown on an airplane (British Air).   

Apr 06   Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950).   

Apr 08   Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925].   

Apr 08   inaugural planned night landings on a carrier, USS Langley, by VF-1   

Apr 09   Babe Ruth rushed to hospital.   

Apr 10   Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)   

Apr 10   In this year, F Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby".   

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Jan 01   In the year 1925 birth of george Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)   

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 in the year 1925.   

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

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 in the year 1925.   

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

Jan 04   Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1925 death of ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)   

Jan 30   Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1925.   

Feb 02   On this day in history antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57   

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

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

Feb 21   Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.