WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1925
Find out what all happened April to May 1925

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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