What Happened in 1925

'An American Tragedy' is Published

Clyde Griffiths is a young man with ambitions. He's in love with a rich girl, but it's a poor girl he has gotten pregnant, Roberta Alden, who works... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes The Secret of Chimneys

The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in June 1925 and in the... Read more

"Mein Kampf" published

Although it is thought of as having been 'written' by Hitler, Mein Kampf is not a book in the usual sense. Hitler never actually sat down and... Read more

Louis Armstrong forms Hot Five and makes first records

Armstrong returned to Chicago in 1925 due mostly to the urging of his wife, who wanted to pump up Armstrong’s career and income. He was content in... Read more

'In Our Time' Is Published

In Our Time is a collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. Each chapter consists of a vignette that in some way relates to the following... Read more

Bauhaus School at Dessau

Gropius's design for the Dessau facilities was a return to the futuristic Gropius of 1914 that had more in common with the International style... Read more

Austen Chamberlain and Charles Gates Dawes Win the Nobel Peace Prize

Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham, the second child and eldest son of Joseph Chamberlain, then a rising industrialist and political... Read more

Johnny Torrio Retires, Puts Al Capone In Charge

The Torrio-Capone duo soon was on the move, taking over mobs that bowed to their entreaties or threats and going to war with those that wouldn't... Read more

"A New Beginning": Hitler released from prison

A few days before Christmas, 1924, Adolf Hitler emerged a free man after nine months in prison, having learned from his mistakes. In addition to... Read more

Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as the 30th president of the United States

In 1923 President Coolidge first took the oath of office, administered by his father, a justice of the peace and a notary, in his family's sitting... Read more

Charles Lindbergh Has Midair Collision

Late in his training Lindbergh experienced his worst flying accident on March 5, 1925 when he was involved in a midair collision eight days before... Read more

Tri-State Tornado

In 1927, it was reported that the storm crossed Illinois at the rate of 45 mph and that the width of the destructive path varied from a 1/4 to 1/2... Read more

Victoria Cougars win Stanley Cup

The 1925 Stanley Cup Final saw the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion Victoria Cougars defeat the National Hockey League (NHL) champion... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Meets F. Scott Fitzgerald

In Hemingway’s memoir, A Moveable Feast, he describes the first time he met F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Dingo Bar on the rue Delambre where, as... Read more

The Great Gatsby is Published

It seems to me, though, that no American novel comes closer than "Gatsby" to surpassing literary artistry, and none tells us more about ourselves.... Read more

Winston Churchill Returns Britain To The Gold Standard

Despite his readmission to office in 1917, after a spell commanding an infantry battalion on the Western Front, he failed to re-establish the... Read more

John Scopes is Arrested

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in one of Tennessee's public schools. Scopes had agreed... Read more

Malcolm X is born

Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Earl and Louise Little (née Louisa Norton). His father was an outspoken Baptist lay... Read more

John Scopes Found Guilty for Teaching Evolution

John Scopes was an activist and a teacher. In what was called the “Scopes Monkey Trial”, John was charged on May 5th, 1925 of teaching evolution in... Read more

Gandhi Founds the All-India Spinners' Association

During the next three years, while national politics were dominated by communal issues and controversies in legislatures, Gandhi retired from the... Read more

Wreck of the USS Shenandoah

The first rigid airship to be designed and built by the United States Navy, Shenandoah was designed by the Bureau of Aeronautics; fabricated at the... Read more

Mel Tormé is Born

Mel Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz... Read more

Frida Kahlo Involved in Bus Accident

On September 17, Frida and her boyfriend, Alejandro Gomez Arias, get onto a bus to head home from school. Shortly afterwards, the bus is stuck... Read more

Charles Lindbergh is Hired by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation

In October 1925, Lindbergh was hired by the Robertson Aircraft Corporation (RAC) in St. Louis (where he had been working as a flight instructor) to... Read more

1925 World Series

In the 1925 World Series, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the defending champion Washington Senators in seven games. In a reversal of fortune on all... Read more