WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1925
Find out what all happened February to November 1925

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

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

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

Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. (18. July 1925)

Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity. (30. 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: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee. (25. May 1925)

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

A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India (9. August 1925)

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

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established. (16. June 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)

John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system. (2. October 1925)

USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. (3. September 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)

Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration. (10. July 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)

Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out. (5. August 1925)

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