February 1925 in History

Events in History

Feb 8 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta

Feb 9 German Minister Gustav Stresemann proposes security treaty with France

Feb 9 Haifa Technion (Israel) opens
Feb 10 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana
Feb 12 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress
Feb 12 E. Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
Feb 12 Estonia passes Law on Cultural Self-Government for National Minorities, allowing a unique degree of autonomy to ethnic and religious groups of 3,000 or more
Feb 13 US Congress makes Supreme Court appeals more difficult
Feb 14 State of emergency crisis in Bavaria ends, NSDAP re-allowed
Feb 16 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]
Feb 21 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
Feb 21 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg
Feb 24 Thermite explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY
Feb 25 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska
Feb 25 US Women's Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
Feb 25 Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union established
Feb 26 Jihad against Turkish government

Feb 27 Adolf Hitler resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich

Feb 3 Joop Swart, Dutch publisher (founder of World Press Photo)
Feb 3 Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
Feb 4 Russell Hoban, American author (Riddley Walker, Pilgermann), born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
Feb 6 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), born in Blora Regency, Indonesia (d. 2006)
Feb 7 Arthur Berry, English artist and playwright, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent (d. 1994)
Feb 7 Herbert Eisenreich, Austrian writer, born in Linz (d. 1986)
Feb 9 Burkhard Heim, German physicist (Heim theory), born in Potsdam, Germany (d. 2001)
Feb 11 Virginia E. Johnson, American doctor and sexologist (Masters & Johnson), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2013)
Feb 12 Anthony Berry, British politician (killed in the Brighton hotel bombing by the IRA) (d. 1984)
Feb 12 Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker, born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 13 Jan Arends, Dutch poet and author

Feb 14 Gwendolyn Faison, American politician (Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, 2000-10), born in Clinton, North Carolina (d. 2021)
Feb 16 David Emms, British educator (London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates) (d. 2015)
Feb 18 Marcel Barbeau, Canadian abstract artist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
Feb 20 Alex La Guma, South African novelist (A Walk in the Night), and anti-apartheid activist (1956 Treason Trial), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1985)
Feb 20 Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader (ÖTV (Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr - Public service, transport and traffic) president, 1964-82), born in Wuppertal, Germany (d. 2005)
Feb 22 Edward Gorey, American author & artist (Curious Sofa), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
Feb 22 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect (d. 1995)
Feb 23 Louis Stokes, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1969-99), born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2015)
Feb 25 Shehu Shagari, Nigerian politician, President of Nigeria (1979-83), born in Sokoto, Nigeria (d. 2018)
Feb 27 Hugh Leggatt, British art dealer (d. 2014)
Feb 27 Michael Kaye, British arts director (LSO, South Bank), born in London, England (d. 2008)
Feb 27 Richard Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer
Feb 27 Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
Feb 28 C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2021)

Feb 2 Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist, dies at 57
Feb 13 Floyd Collins, American cave owner and caver, dies a few days before rescuers can reach him trapped in Sand Cave, Kentucky at 37 (estimated) [1]
Feb 18 James Lane Allen, American writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75
Feb 22 Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72
Feb 22 Nina Salomon British Jewish poet, author and suffragette, dies of cancer at 47
Feb 22 Thomas Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart), dies at 88
Feb 24 Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860)
Feb 28 Friedrich Ebert, German politician, President of Germany 1919-25), dies at 54