Year 1925 in History

Norway's capital, Kristiania, changes its name to Oslo

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality.

Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian Parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title Il Duce (the

Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian Parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title Il Duce (the Leader)

Actress Gloria Swanson (25) weds aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (26) in Paris, France

Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)

German lawyer and future Nazi war criminal Hans Frank (24) weds German secretary Brigitte Herbst (29) in Munich, Germany

German lawyer and future Nazi war criminal Hans Frank (24) weds German secretary Brigitte Herbst (29) in Munich, Germany, until his execution in 1946

Russian writer ("Lolita") Vladimir Nabokov (26) marries fellow Russian writer Vera Evseevna Slonim (23) in Berlin

Silent film "The Gold Rush," directed, starring, and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released and becomes the fifth highe

Silent film "The Gold Rush," directed, starring, and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released and becomes the fifth highest-grossing silent film of all time

American "Gone With The Wind" author Margaret Mitchell (24) weds 2nd husband John Marsh (29) in the Unitarian-Universali

American "Gone With The Wind" author Margaret Mitchell (24) weds 2nd husband John Marsh (29) in the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, until her death in 1949

Film producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney (23) weds Lillian Bounds (26) at Lewiston's Episcopa

Film producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney (23) weds Lillian Bounds (26) at Lewiston's Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Lewiston, Idaho

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stup

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice"

John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and c

John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs

Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (44) divorces wife Latife Hanim after 2 years of marriage

British physicist James Chadwick (33) weds Aileen Stewart-Brown in Liverpool, England

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session at Okeh Records in Chicago

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist.

Grand Ole Opry premieres as the WSM Barn Dance on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee

Constituent Assembly of Iran votes 257 to 3 to amend the constitution, officially overthrowing the Qajar dynasty and bes

Constituent Assembly of Iran votes 257 to 3 to amend the constitution, officially overthrowing the Qajar dynasty and bestowing the crown upon Reza Shah Pahlavi

Inventor George Gallup (24) weds Ophelia Smith Miller

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region is established; now in Tajikistan

Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains.

French psychologist Emil Coué brings his self-esteem therapy to US "Every day in every way I am getting better & better"

French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings

Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m

England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but his team c

England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but his team cannot avoid an 81 run defeat to Australia in the 2nd Test in Melbourne

German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption

Allies refuse to evacuate the Cologne area of Germany as agreed

John Howard Lawson's "Processional" premieres in NYC

-48°F (-44°C), Van Buren, Maine (state record)

The Soviet and Japan sign a convention resuming relations: Russia agrees to limit revolutionary activity of the Third Co

The Soviet and Japan sign a convention resuming relations: Russia agrees to limit revolutionary activity of the Third Communist International, while Japan agrees to leave the Sakhalin

Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

-46°F (-43°C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record)

Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople

Albanian parliament announces itself a republic, and selects Prime Minister Ahmed Zogu as president

1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkämpferbund in Berlin

Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism & socialism

1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana

1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress

The 68th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

US Congress makes Supreme Court appeals more difficult

State of emergency crisis in Bavaria ends, NSDAP re-allowed

Rescuers finally reach the body of caver Floyd Collins too late, 18 days after he became trapped in Sand Cave, Kentucky,

Rescuers finally reach the body of caver Floyd Collins too late, 18 days after he became trapped in Sand Cave, Kentucky, bringing a tragic end to a story that had captured the nation [1]

1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published

Thermite explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY

Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union established

Jihad against Turkish government

"Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hits #1

Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament

Swain's Island, a remote coral atoll, is annexed by the United States and incorporated into American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the south Pacific Ocean.

Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmö dy & Sankt Vith

American Negro Congress organizes

The American Negro Labor Congress was established in 1925 by the Communist Party as a vehicle for advancing the rights of African Americans, propagandizing for communism within the black community...

Pink's War, the first RAF operation conducted independently of the Army or Navy, begins

Cyprus becomes a British crown colony

A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.

Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution

Great Tri-State Tornado: Monstrous F5 (over 300MPH) tornado roars 219 miles across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois

Great Tri-State Tornado: Monstrous F5 (over 300MPH) tornado roars 219 miles across southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwest Indiana; kills 695, injures over 2000, and destroys 15,000 homes [1] [2]

Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens

KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions

Stanley Cup Final, Patrick Arena, Victoria, BC: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 6-1 for a 3-1 ser

Stanley Cup Final, Patrick Arena, Victoria, BC: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 6-1 for a 3-1 series win; last non-NHL team to win trophy

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

1st transmission of Danish state radio

Great Britain goes back to gold standard

A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold.

Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election

The Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō; abbr. JCP) is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest active political party in the country.

1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)

Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco

Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC

First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2

NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1

During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 wounded

World's Fair opens in Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR

88°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

Kurdish rebels surrender to Turkish army

Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity

Kezar Stadium opens in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

Kezar Stadium () is an outdoor athletics stadium in San Francisco, California, United States, located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park.

League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage

Afrikaans is established as an official language in South Africa

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia, and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and also Argentina, where a group in Sarmiento speaks a Patagonian dialect.

1st projection planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany

French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco

Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem, laid

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

To control demonstrations against foreigners, British troops in Shanghai fire into a crowd, leading to a boycott against

To control demonstrations against foreigners, British troops in Shanghai fire into a crowd, leading to a boycott against British goods

Communist Party of Holland splits

The Communist Party of Germany was the major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in...

George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt

British mariners shoot on demonstrators

Goodyear's first advertising airship, later named "Pilgrim" takes flight over Akron, Ohio; it is the first to fly using

Goodyear's first advertising airship, later named "Pilgrim" takes flight over Akron, Ohio; it is the first to fly using helium, and first to have an enclosed cabin [1]

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches he

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena

American William DeHart Hubbard sets men's long jump world record at 7.89m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in) in Chicago, Illinois

MLB Philadelphia As go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland Indians 17-15, a

MLB Philadelphia As go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland Indians 17-15, at Shibe Park

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established

Spain and France fight Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers

Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece

Canada House opens in London, England

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024.

Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)

SDAP wins 4 chairs in Dutch Second-Parliamentary election

MLB New York Yankees Herb Pennock beats Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove 1-0 in 15 innings in first game of a doubleheader a

MLB New York Yankees Herb Pennock beats Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove 1-0 in 15 innings in first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium

Ralph Samuelson (19) performs the world's first water ski jump on Lake Pepin n Lake City, Minnesota [1]

French occupation force begins evacuating country

The first parliament in Iraq opened by King Feisal in Baghdad

Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France

Last allied occupying troops leave German Ruhr region

The occupation of the Ruhr (German: Ruhrbesetzung) was the period from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925 when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region of Weimar Republic Germany.

Shortwave radio link between Kootwijk and Netherlands East Indies

Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).

First Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn forms

Hendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP; now defunct and merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal or CDA).

Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out

League of Nations advises against the Turkish/Iraqi division of the Mosul region

First national march of the Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.

Hurricane strikes Borculo, Netherlands, killing four people

KMA-AM in Shenandoah, IA, begins radio transmissions

Moccasin Powerhouse along the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct in California is completed

Hetch Hetchy is a valley, reservoir, and water system in California in the United States.

Norway annexes Spitsbergen

Belgium and US sign treaty about war debts

WJR-AM in Detroit, Michigan, begins radio transmissions

Dutch football club FC Emmen is formed in the town of Emmen in the northeastern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes in Harlem, New York

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids (commonly referred to as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, BSCP) was a labor union in the United States.

Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil's Island

After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, and Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and imposes a

After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, and Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and imposes a $5,000 fine on him

Sixth Iron Pilgrimage at Diksmuide, Belgium

Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Be

Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Belgium

The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14; 29 survive

°F (44°C) in Centerville, Alabama (state record)

Alabama (AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States.

1st US University for African Americans, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans

New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicag

New York left fielder Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park home runs as the Yankees score an 11-6 home victory over Chicago White Sox

George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man" premieres in NYC

Italian submarine "Sebastiano Veniero" is lost off Sicily with 54 dead

French General of Morocco, Marshal Lyautey, is dismissed

Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he became the first French...

General Pangulos disbands the Greek parliament

Harry Heilmann gets 6 hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over St Louis Browns, 10-4 and 11-6, to edge Tris Speaker for

Harry Heilmann gets 6 hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over St Louis Browns, 10-4 and 11-6, to edge Tris Speaker for AL batting crown, .393 to .389; Ty Cobb bats over .300 for the 20th time

The Locarno Conference meets: Germany agrees to recognize its frontiers with France and Belgium and will apply for membe

The Locarno Conference meets: Germany agrees to recognize its frontiers with France and Belgium and will apply for membership in the League of Nations

Greek Premier Papanastasiou orders the arrest of General Pangulos

Belgian episcopelian speaks against Flemish activism

Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)

Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world.

Willem Landré's opera "Beatrice" premieres in The Hague

Peace Accord of Locarno is signed (Rhine Pact)

The Locarno Treaties, known collectively as the Locarno Pact, were seven post-World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in...

French General Sarrail bombs Damascus (ends October 20)

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world.

Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season

Italian army takes control of Somalia

Italian Somaliland (Italian: Somalia Italiana; Arabic: الصومال الإيطالي, romanized: Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; Somali: Dhulka Soomaalida ee Talyaaniga) comprised self-ruling protectorates and colonial...

Sidney Howard's "Lucky Sam McGarver" premieres in New York City

Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno

Water skis are patented by Fred Waller

Frederic Waller (1886 – May 18, 1954) was an American inventor and film pioneer.

Coolidge Auditorium concert hall opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., funded by philanthropist Elizabet

Coolidge Auditorium concert hall opens at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., funded by philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge [1]

KUT-AM in Austin, Texas, begins radio transmissions

Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad as Shah of Persia

VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam

British secret agent Sidney Reilly ('Ace of Spies') is executed in a forest near Moscow by the OGPU, the secret police o

British secret agent Sidney Reilly ('Ace of Spies') is executed in a forest near Moscow by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union

Italians liberal-national party joins fascist

The Kingdom of Italy was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister transforming the country into a totalitarian dictatorship.

German NSDAP (Nazi party) forms Schutzstaffel (SS)

The Schutzstaffel was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small...

US & Italy sign peace accord about war debts

American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY)

The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (AAAA – 4A) was an atheistic and antireligious organization established in 1925.

Red Grange plays his final University of Illinois game and signs with the Chicago Bears

Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American college and professional football halfback who played for...

1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)

Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, previously the Forrest Theatre and the Coronet Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 230 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New...

KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy

Netherlands & Germany sign trade agreement

German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno

NHL goalie Georges Vézina collapses during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates and dies four months later of tuberculo

NHL goalie Georges Vézina collapses during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates and dies four months later of tuberculosis

The Peace Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy

The Locarno Treaties, known collectively as the Locarno Pact, were seven post-World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in...

Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord, ceding the previous Libyan territory of Jaghbub to Egypt

Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC

AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raises is salary to $40,000

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

The 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being...

Arthur Heinman coins the term "motel" from "motor hotel" and opens the Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo

Alban Berg's first opera "Wozzeck" premieres with the Berlin State Opera in Berlin, Germany

Wozzeck is the first opera by Austrian composer Alban Berg, created between 1914 and 1922 and premiered on 14 December 1925 at the Berlin State Opera.

1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic

Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College.

Alpha Phi Omega (ΑΦΩ), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a national coeducational service fraternity.

Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell court-martialed for insubordination

William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who had a major role in the creation of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during...

"Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and

"Battleship Potemkin", Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein, starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barksy and Grigori Aleksandrov, premieres in Moscow

1st East-West Shrine Bowl game of college football 'all-stars' played before 25,000 fans at Ewing Park, San Francisco. P

1st East-West Shrine Bowl game of college football 'all-stars' played before 25,000 fans at Ewing Park, San Francisco. Proceeds continue to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.

NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701

14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry

Famous Births

Maria Tallchief is born

Maria Tallchief musician, known for native american ballerina, was born on 1925-01-24.

Paul Newman is born

Paul Newman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-01-26. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, who has been described as "one of the…

Douglas Engelbart is born

Douglas Engelbart, American engineer and inventor, known for american engineer and inventor, was born on 1925-01-30.

Jack Lemmon is born

Jack Lemmon, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-02-08. John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor.

Robert Altman is born

Robert Altman, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1925-02-20. Robert Bernard Altman ( AWLT-mən; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American filmmaker.

Everton Weekes is born

Bernard Moitessier is born

Scott Carpenter is born

Scott Carpenter, American astronaut and aquanaut, known for american astronaut and aquanaut, was born on 1925-05-01.

Yogi Berra is born

Yogi Berra, American athlete, known for american baseball player, manager, and coach, was born on 1925-05-12.

Tony Curtis is born

Tony Curtis, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-06-03. Tony Curtis was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the…

Doris Hart is born

Doris Hart, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1925-06-20.

Art Modell is born

Art Modell, American athlete, known for american businessman, was born on 1925-06-23.

Patrice Lumumba is born

Patrice Lumumba, Congolese congolese politician and independence leader, known for congolese politician and independence leader, was born on 1925-07-02.

Bill Haley is born

Bill Haley, American musician, known for american rock and roll music pioneer, was born on 1925-07-06.

Ted Lindsay is born

Ted Lindsay, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1925-07-29.

Oscar Peterson is born

Oscar Peterson, Canadian musician, known for canadian jazz pianist, was born on 1925-08-15. Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

Hank Thompson is born

Hank Thompson, American musician, known for american country music singer-songwriter, was born on 1925-09-03.

B.B. King is born

B.B. King musician, known for american blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born on 1925-09-16. Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.

Jonathan Winters is born

Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and artist, known for american comedian, actor and artist, was born on 1925-11-11.

Gregorio Álvarez is born

Rod Steiger is born

Rod Steiger, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-04-14. Rodney Stephen Steiger ( STY-gər; April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of…

Bülent Ecevit is born

Barbara Bush is born

Rock Hudson is born

Rock Hudson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1925-11-17. Rock Hudson was an American actor.

Notable Deaths

Jaap Eden dies

Sun Yat-sen dies

Sun Yat-sen revolutionary and statesman, known for chinese revolutionary and statesman, died on 1925-03-12. Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925), a.k.a.

Charles Ebbets dies

Charles Ebbets sports executive, known for american sports executive, died on 1925-04-18. Charles Henry Ebbets, Sr.