Major Events
- Jan 3 Benito Mussolini dissolves the Italian parliament and proclaims himself dictator of Italy, taking the title "Il Duce" (the Leader)
- Jul 18 Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, original title was the catchy "Four and a Half Years (of Struggle) Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice"
- Jul 21 John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs
- Dec 12 Last Qajar Shah of Iran is deposed; Reza Shah Pahlavi takes over
- More 1925 Events
1925 in Film & TV
- Jun 26 "The Gold Rush", directed, starring and written by Charlie Chaplin, is released
1925 in Music
- Nov 11 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session at Okeh Records in Chicago
- Nov 28 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
Pol Pot
Malcolm X
Jorge Rafael Videla
Margaret Thatcher
Robert F. Kennedy
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Paul Newman
Rod Steiger
Peter Sellers
Johnny Carson
Richard Burton
Dick Van Dyke
Maria Tallchief
Bill Haley
Oscar Peterson
B.B. King
Sammy Davis Jr.
Everton Weekes
Yogi Berra
Doris Hart
Art Modell
Ted LindsayMore People Born in 1925
Jaap Eden
Sun Yat-sen
John French
William Jennings BryanMore 1925 Deaths
Famous Weddings in 1925
- Jan 26 Politician Seán MacBride (21) weds Catalina Bulfin in Dublin, Ireland
- Jan 28 Actress Gloria Swanson (25) weds aristocrat Henri de la Falaise (26) in Paris, France
- Feb 7 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (29) weds actress Estelle Taylor (30)
Famous Divorces in 1925
- Aug 5 Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (44) divorces wife Latife Hanim after 2 years of marriage
More 1925 Weddings
Calvin Coolidge
Joseph Stalin
Stanley Baldwin