February 1925

February 1, 1925 (Sunday)

February 2, 1925 (Monday)

February 3, 1925 (Tuesday)

February 4, 1925 (Wednesday)

February 5, 1925 (Thursday)

  • 10 people were arrested in the Soviet Union for conspiring to assassinate Grigory Zinoviev.[7]
  • Diplomatic relations between Chile and Romania were established.

February 6, 1925 (Friday)

February 7, 1925 (Saturday)

February 8, 1925 (Sunday)

February 9, 1925 (Monday)

  • Germany presented a conciliatory memorandum to France proposing a mutual guarantee of the existing border between the two countries.[11]
  • The comedy play Loggerheads featuring Whitford Kane opened in New York City.
  • Born: Vic Wertz, baseball player, in York, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)

February 10, 1925 (Tuesday)

  • The U.S.-Canadian Fishing Agreement was signed, outlining fishing rights for the respective countries.[12]
  • Born: Pierre Mondy, actor and director, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France (d. 2012)
  • Died: Aristide Bruant, 73, French cabaret singer and nightclub owner

February 11, 1925 (Wednesday)

February 12, 1925 (Thursday)

February 13, 1925 (Friday)

February 14, 1925 (Saturday)

February 15, 1925 (Sunday)

February 16, 1925 (Monday)

February 17, 1925 (Tuesday)

February 18, 1925 (Wednesday)

  • U.S. President Calvin Coolidge suggested that an international conference be held to set limits on the size of naval vessels.[7]
  • New Zealand's rugby union team defeated Victoria, Canada 68-4 in Toulouse, France to complete a perfect 32–0 record in their 1924–25 tour of Britain, Ireland and France. New Zealand scored a total of 838 points with only 116 points scored against them.
  • In a cricket match played in Melbourne, the English team defeated Australia in the 4th Test for their first win against the Australians since 1912.[7]
  • Born: George Kennedy, actor, in New York City
  • Died: James Lane Allen, 75, American writer

February 19, 1925 (Thursday)

February 20, 1925 (Friday)

February 21, 1925 (Saturday)

  • Bulgarian Prime Minister Aleksandar Tsankov declared a state of war throughout the country amid fighting between Bulgarian and Serbian irregulars attributed to communist agitators.[20]
  • This is the cover date of the very first issue of The New Yorker, though not necessarily the publication date, as magazines usually date their covers ahead of time.[21]
  • A dynamite depot in Brazil exploded, killing 621.[22]
  • Born: Sam Peckinpah, film director and screenwriter, in Fresno, California (d. 1984)

February 22, 1925 (Sunday)

February 23, 1925 (Monday)

February 24, 1925 (Tuesday)

February 25, 1925 (Wednesday)

February 26, 1925 (Thursday)

February 27, 1925 (Friday)

  • The legally reinstated Nazi Party held a convention in the same hall in Munich where Adolf Hitler had launched his failed putsch.[18] Hitler made his first speech since his release from prison to a packed audience of over 4,000 in the hall as another 1,000 stood outside.[26]
  • Born: Samuel Dash, professor of law and chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee, in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2004)

February 28, 1925 (Saturday)

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  2. "Irish Appeal to American for Help in Famine". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 2, 1925. p. 14.
  3. Trimble, William F. (1982). High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 128. ISBN 0-8229-5340-4.
  4. "New "Missing Link's" Skull is Found in South African Wilds". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 4, 1925. p. 3.
  5. "Ski Jumping". The Greater Vernon Museum & Archives. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  6. "Floyd Collins Museum". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. Mercer, Derrik (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  8. "Rajah of Nepal, India, to Free 51,419 Slaves". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 7, 1925. p. 1.
  9. Eekma, Bruce (2011). A Daughter's Search for Her Father. Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4620-5716-0.
  10. Shaffer, George (February 8, 1925). "Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor Wed". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  11. Stolfi, R.H.S. (2011). Hitler: Beyond Evil and Tyranny. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-61614-474-6.
  12. "Chronology 1925". indiana.edu. 2002. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  13. Seldes, George (February 13, 1925). "Ruhr Revolt Near as 138 Die in Mine". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  14. "Bobbed Haired Woman Gets O.K. of Parliament". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 12, 1925. p. 1.
  15. "Judiciary Act of 1925, 43 Stat. 936 (1925)". usonstitution.org. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  16. "Nurmi Races Two Miles in Less Than 9 Minutes". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 15, 1925. p. Part 2 p. 1.
  17. "Cavern Grips Collins' Body". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 17, 1925. p. 1.
  18. Tague, James E. (2011). The Last Field Marshal. Xlibris Corporation. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4568-3185-1.
  19. "The Day That Shook Sullivan, Indiana, in 1925". Indiana Disasters. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  20. "Red Rioting in Bulgaria Leads to Martial Law". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 22, 1925. p. 22.
  21. Adams, Cecil (June 22, 1990). "Why are magazines dated ahead of the time they actually appear?". The Straight Dope. Sun-Times Media Group. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  22. "Explosion of a Dynamite Depot in Brazil". Disastrous Accidents. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  23. "U.S. and Canada Sign Lake of the Woods Treaties". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 25, 1925. p. 11.
  24. Woods, Sarah (2005). Panama: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guildford, Connecticut: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd. p. 293. ISBN 1-84162-117-X.
  25. "Report Wahabis Kill 1,000 in Trans-Jordania". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 27, 1925. p. 1.
  26. Giblin, James Cross (2002). The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Clarion Books. p. 48. ISBN 0-395-90371-8.
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