June 1925 in History

Events in History

Jun 6 Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation

Jun 10 Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena
Jun 15 Philadelphia As go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
Jun 16 The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established
Jun 16 The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs
Jun 22 Spain and France fight Morocco
Jun 23 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers
Jun 23 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
Jun 25 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece
Jun 29 Canada House opens in London, England

Jun 1 Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
Jun 3 Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, born in Gablenz, Germany (d. 2015)
Jun 3 Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop (Glasgow)
Jun 5 William L. Dickinson, American politician (Rep-R-AL, 1965-93), born in Opelika, Alabama (d. 2008)

Jun 8 First Lady of the US (1989-93) and wife of George H. W. Bush, born in NYC, New York

Jun 9 Keith Laumer [Anthony LeBaron], American sci-fi author (Retief's War), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1993)
Jun 9 Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn, British politician (L), born in Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire (d. 2003)
Jun 10 Nat Hentoff, American columnist and novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
Jun 11 William Styron, American novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 2006)
Jun 13 Hans Fellner, bookseller, born in Vienna (d. 1996)
Jun 14 Barbara Avedon, American scriptwriter (Bewitched), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Jun 14 David Bache, British car designer (Rover), born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1994)
Jun 15 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
Jun 18 Rex Collings, English publisher (Rex Collings), (d. 1996)
Jun 19 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2000)
Jun 21 Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian and politician, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1994)
Jun 23 Oliver Smithies, British biochemist (2007 Noble Prize for gene targeting), born in Halifax (d. 2017)
Jun 25 Robert Venturi, American architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 26 Pavel Belyayev, Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut (Voskhod II), born in Chelishchevo, Russia (d. 1970)
Jun 29 Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician, President of Italy (2006-15), born in Naples, Italy

Jun 1 Businessman Howard Hughes marries 1st wife Ella Rice

Jun 4 Pierre Louÿs, French writer (Aphrodite), dies at 54
Jun 7 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy, dies at 83
Jun 16 Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer, politician and activist (founded Swaraj Party), dies at 55
Jun 18 Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and presidential candidate (Progressive), dies at 70
Jun 20 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
Jun 21 J. H. Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
Jun 22 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanstan Colloquium), dies at 76