5 January 1925GovernorNellie Taylor Ross
Appointed Governor of Wyoming, 1st female Governor in the USA
Historical records for United States of America in 1925, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Governor of Wyoming, 1st female Governor in the USA
Birth of John De Lorean
Birth of Paul Leonard Newman
Birth of Douglas Engelbart
Presents the Andromeda Cepheid evidence to the astronomical community, establishing M31 as a separate galaxy and greatly enlarging the known scale of the universe.
Birth of John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon
Uses his vice-presidential inaugural speech to attack Senate procedural obstruction.
Begins presiding over the United States Senate as Vice President.
Sworn in as Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge.
Birth of Malcolm X, Malcolm Little
Howard Hughes marries Ella Rice
The United States signs the Geneva Protocol prohibiting use in war of chemical and bacteriological methods of warfare.
Birth of BB King
Found guilty of conduct prejudicial to the good of the armed services
Publication of "An American Tragedy"
Publication of "Arrowsmith"
Birth of Robert Francis Kennedy
Introduces the classification of galaxies as spirals, barred spirals & ellipticals
Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, begins Saturday night radio broadcasts featuring regional music, helps fuse Southeastern and Western styles, creating country and western genre
Publication of "In Our Time"
Appointed Major General
Shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on German reparations.
Shares the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Dawes Plan.
Campaigns for Senate rules changes to curb filibusters and procedural delay.
Publication of "The Great Gatsby"
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