WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1925
Find out what all happened January to August 1925

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

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

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

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. (21. July 1925)

May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. (30. May 1925)

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. (10. July 1925)

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

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. (5. January 1925)

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

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

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

Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h). (21. July 1925)

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

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. (25. July 1925)

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena. (10. June 1925)

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

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

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