WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1925
Find out what all happened January to May 1925

The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language. (5. May 1925)

Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity. (30. April 1925)

Pink's War: The first Royal Air Force operation conducted independently of the British Army or Royal Navy begins. (9. March 1925)

The Tri-State Tornado hit the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. (18. March 1925)

The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. (28. February 1925)

Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. (3. January 1925)

The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul. (30. January 1925)

Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race. (2. February 1925)

The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada. (1. May 1925)

Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee. (25. May 1925)

Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. (21. March 1925)

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published. (14. May 1925)

During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. (16. April 1925)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. (10. April 1925)

Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. (5. May 1925)

The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee. (21. March 1925)

The New Yorker publishes its first issue. (21. February 1925)

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. (1. May 1925)

1925 serum run to Nome: The serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team. (15. February 1925)

Albania declares itself a republic. (21. January 1925)