Important Events
- Jan 3 Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title "Il Duce" (the Leader)
- Jul 18 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf (original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice")
- Jul 21 John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 & costs
- Aug 8 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 12 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over
1925 in Film & TV
- Jun 26 "The Gold Rush", directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
1925 in Music
- Nov 11 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session
- Nov 28 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
B.B. King
Malcolm X
Margaret Thatcher
Paul Newman
Pol Pot
Robert F. KennedyWorld Leaders in 1925
Calvin Coolidge
30th US President- Joseph Stalin
Soviet General Secretary - Stanley Baldwin
British Prime Minister
Calvin Coolidge
Joseph Stalin
Stanley BaldwinFamous Weddings
- Jan 26 Politician Seán MacBride (21) weds Catalina Bulfin in Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 28 Actress Gloria Swanson (25) weds aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (26) in Paris, France
- Feb 7 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)
Famous Divorces
- Aug 5 Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (44) divorces wife Latife Hanim after 2 years of marriage
Jaap Eden
Sun Yat-sen
William Jennings Bryan