WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1925
Find out what all happened May to October 1925

John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system. (2. October 1925)

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena. (10. June 1925)

The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada. (1. May 1925)

Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h). (21. July 1925)

USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. (3. September 1925)

Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf. (18. July 1925)

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. (1. May 1925)

Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee. (25. May 1925)

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. (25. July 1925)

Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100. (21. July 1925)

The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language. (5. May 1925)

Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out. (5. August 1925)

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published. (14. May 1925)

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 the Butler Act. (10. July 1925)

May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. (30. May 1925)

The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established. (16. June 1925)

Meher Baba begins his silence of 44 years. His followers observe Silence Day on this date in commemoration. (10. July 1925)

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. (30. October 1925)

A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India (9. August 1925)

Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. (5. May 1925)

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