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What Events Happened in 1925

  • Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
  • New Child Labour Laws are condemned over concerns of child idleness
  • A major epidemic of Diptheria breaks out in Alaska
  • Field Marshall Hinderburg elected president of Germany
  • A giant tornado, struck Missouri, Illinois and Indiana
  • A teacher is charged under the Butler Act 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.