WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1925
Find out what all happened May to December 1925

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

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

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

World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements. (3. December 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 government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language. (5. May 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)

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)

The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia. (12. December 1925)

Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King. (11. December 1925)

Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration. (10. July 1925)

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established. (16. June 1925)

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

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

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

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

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. (30. October 1925)