WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1925
Find out what all happened June to 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)

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)

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)

An Anti-French uprising in French-occupied Damascus, Syria. (All French inhabitants flee the city.) (14. October 1925)

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

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

World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements. (3. December 1925)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar. (26. December 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)

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

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