WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1925
Find out what all happened August to November 1925

An Anti-French uprising in French-occupied Damascus, Syria. (All French inhabitants flee the city.) (14. 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)

Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union. (5. November 1925)

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

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. (30. October 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)

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

The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. (28. November 1925)