What Happened in 1925 — Events, Births & Deaths

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.

Albania declares itself a republic.

The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.

Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.

The New Yorker publishes its first issue.

The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.

An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.

The 1925 Tri-State tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.

Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges, to a libretto by Colette, is premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.

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

The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.

Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.

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

Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, is published.

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.

Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.

May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.

The original Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.

Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established.

Shameen Incident: British Army and French Army soldiers stationed in the concession of Shameen open fire on Chinese protesters, resulting in at least 52 deaths.

Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.

Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.

Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.

A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against the British government.

USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, is destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji capture Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.

S2, a Finnish Sokol class torpedo boat, sinks during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia, taking with it the whole crew of 53.

Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland.

Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Wozzeck, Alban Berg's first opera, is premiered at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.