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What News Events Happened in 1925

  • Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
  • New Child Labor Laws are condemned over concerns of child idleness
  • The First Motel ( Motorists Hotel ) Opens in San Luis Obispo, California
  • Field Marshall Hinderburg elected president of Germany in 1925
  • A giant tornado, struck Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
  • A teacher is charged under the Butler Act on May 5th for teaching evolution in a Tennessee school


Technology 1925

  • Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio.
  • The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
  • John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
  • More and More Airlines are formed around the world for Freight mail and passenger traffic


Popular Culture 1925

  • "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald Published


Popular Films

  • Ben Hur


  • Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney.



Born This Year 1925

Margaret Thatcher October 13th

Johnny Carson October 23rd

Richard Burton November 10th

Tony Curtis June 3rd







Major World Political Leaders 1925

Australia Prime Minister Stanley Bruce

Brazil President Artur Bernardes

Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King

Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

Japan Prime Minister Takaaki Katō

Mexico President Plutarco Elías Calles

Russia / Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin

South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog

United States President Calvin Coolidge

United Kingdom Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin


Political Elections 1925


Canadian Federal Election 1925 Arthur Meighen ( Conservative ) defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King ( Liberal ) and Robert Forke ( Progressive ) But Liberals and Progressive Join Forces Keeping Liberals In Power .


The Information above is taken from our new page that gives world leaders from 1920 to current.

Political World Leaders From 1920 To Current