1925
Paul Vermoyal, French actor (born 1888)
Pierre Paul Vermoyal was a French stage and film actor.
Paul Vermoyal, French actor (born 1888)
The 1920s
Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
1925
Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)
Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois was a French statesman. His ideas influenced the Radical Party regarding a wide range of issues.
Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)
1925
Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888)
Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki. His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have …
Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888)
1925
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in…
Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
1925
Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (born 1848?)
Dolores Jiménez y Muro was a Mexican revolutionary, schoolteacher, poet, and military commander. Born in Aguascalientes, Jiménez and her family moved to San Luis Potosí when she wa…
Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (born 1848?)
1925
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, held its inaugural service at the Mutual Str
The United Church of Canada is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomina…
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, held its inaugural service at the Mutual Str
1925
Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means…
Guru is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is …
Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means…
1925
American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching…
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Te…
American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching…
1925
Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
The Great Syrian Revolt, also known as the Revolt of 1925, was a general uprising across the State of Syria and Greater Lebanon during the period of 1925 to 1927. The leading rebel…
Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
1925
The funerary mask of Tutankhamun, possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time…
The mask of Tutankhamun is a gold funerary mask that belonged to Tutankhamun, who reigned over the New Kingdom of Egypt from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, during the Eighteenth Dynasty. Afte…
The funerary mask of Tutankhamun, possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time…
1924
Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term)
Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic prime minister of Denmark. He served as prime minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 194…
Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term)
1924
The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania
The Klaipėda Convention was an international agreement between Lithuania and the countries of the Conference of Ambassadors signed in Paris on May 8, 1924. According to the convent…
The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania
1924
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr
The University of Chicago is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr
1924
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John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federa…
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1924
Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children
The Hope Development School fire started about 9 p.m. on the evening of May 31, 1924 in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California. The fire at the Hope Development School for Deficien…
Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children
1924
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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from…
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1924
Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
Themistoklis Sofoulis or Sophoulis was a prominent centrist and liberal Greek politician from Samos Island, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece, with the Liberal Par…
Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
1924
The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against…
The Border Protection Corps was a military formation of the Second Polish Republic that was created in 1924 to defend the country's eastern borders against armed Soviet incursions …
The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against…
1924
The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
The Uzbek SSR or, officially, the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (UzSSR), also known as Soviet Uzbekistan, simply Uzbekistan, and rarely as Uzbekia, was a union republic of the So…
The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
1924
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest compose…
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)
1924
British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing
The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest. After…
British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing
1924
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement that rose to prominence in early-20th-century Europe. Fascism is characterized by suppor…
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome
1924
The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years
The Military Government of Santo Domingo was a provisional military government established during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic that lasted from May 15, 1916 to…
The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years
1924
The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehic
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore. It is one of…
The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehic