WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1925
Find out what all happened April to December 1925

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

Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar. (26. December 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)

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

The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia. (12. December 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)

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

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

Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King. (11. December 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)

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

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)

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

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

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