1925

June 6 - The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
June 13 - Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington, DC. The images were viewed by representatives of the Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Navy, the Commerce Department, and others. Jenkins called this "the first public demonstration of radiovision".
June 23 - First ascent of Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada.
June 25 - Military coup in Greece lead by general Theodoros Pengalos
July 10 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
July 10 - The official news agency of the Soviet Union called the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
July 18 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
July 21 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
July 29 - Werner Heisenberg submits his paper on matrix mechanics, initiating the modern theory of quantum mechanics.
August 8 – Ku Klux Klan marches in Washington DC
August 20 - Public transportation strike in Paris
September 3 - US dirigible Shenandoah breaks up enroute to Scottfield, St. Louis - 14 crewmen dead

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October-December

October 30 - John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
October 31 - Ahmad Shah Qajar , Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty is officially deposed along with his dynasty.
November 4 - NKVD executes would-be-spy Sidney Reilly (in secret - revealed after Cold War)
November 28 - Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut on station WSM (it would later become the longest-running live music show).
December 1 - World War I aftermath: Locarno Treaties - The final Locarno Pact is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements in return for normalizing relations with defeated Germany.
December 1 - Locarno Pact signed
December 12 - New Iranian parliament transfer hereditary monarchy rights to Reza Khan - Pahlavi dynasty begins
December 15 - Reza Pahlavi takes his imperial oath and becomes Shah of Iran.
December 16 - a regular broadcasting service was inaugurated in Ceylon.

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unknown dates

Asa Helgesen became the first Norwegian woman mayor in Ustira
British government instigates Coloured Seamen's Order that means that black sailors are registered as aliens
Popocatépetl volcano erupts
Thompson submachinegun sells for $175 in Sears mail order
Modern revival of ancient Latvian mythology begins, called Dievturiba
Sweden decides on extensive disarmament.
Spanish and French expeditionary forces landing at Alhucemas during the war of the Rif.
Vladimir Zworykin takes out the first patent for colour television
The Woodcraft Folk, an organisation for young people to promote equality, peace, social justice and cooperation, founded in London.
Introduction of London's first double decker buses.
Britain returns to the Gold Standard.

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Births

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October-December

October 3 - Gore Vidal, American author
October 13 - Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister (1979-1990)
October 16 - Angela Lansbury, American actress
October 23 - Johnny Carson, American comedian, television host
October 24 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
November 17 - Charles Mackerras, American conductor
November 20 - Robert Kennedy, American politician, Attorney General of the United States (d. 1968)
November 24 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author, commentator
November 26 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician, actor (d. 1990)
December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor
December 28 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer and writer (d. 2002)
William H. Gates, Sr., American attorney, father of Bill Gates

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Deaths

February 2 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
February 10 - Aristide Bruant, French cabaret singer and comedian (b. 1851)
March 12 - Sun Yat Sen, Chinese revolutionary, politician (b. 1866)
March 20 - George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon), British statesman (b. 1859)
April 14 - John Singer Sargent, English artist (b. 1856)
May 3 - Clément Ader, French engineer and inventor (b. 1841)
May 12 - Amy Lowell, American poet (b. 1874)
May 14 - H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
June 16 - Emmett Hardy, jazz musician (b. 1903)
July 1 - Erik Satie - French composer (b. 1866)
July 26 - William Jennings Bryan, American politician (b. 1860)
August 25 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, WWI (b. 1852)
September 4 - Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, American horseman, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1880)
November 20 - Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1825)
George Washington Cable - American writer

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Nobel Prizes

Physics - James Franck, Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Chemistry - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Medicine - not awarded
Literature - George Bernard Shaw
Peace - Sir Austen Chamberlain Charles Gates Dawes

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