03 Jan 1925
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Mussolini claimed political responsibility of the murder of Socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti.
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17 Jan 1925
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Douglas MacArthur was promoted to the rank of major general, making him the youngest at that rank in the US Army.
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26 Jan 1925
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Prince Hiroyasu's sixth child, Princess Tomoko, married Prince Asaakira Kuni.
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04 Feb 1925
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Memphis was commissioned into service.
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09 Feb 1925
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The incomplete Japanese battleship Tosa, which had been cancelled in accordance with the 1922 Washington Treaty, was expended as a target.
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09 Feb 1925
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The incomplete 40,000-ton Japanese battleship Tosa was scuttled off Kure, Japan, her existance being banned by the Washington Treaty.
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24 Feb 1925
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Roger Backhouse was promoted to the rank of rear admiral.
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25 Feb 1925
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Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union were established.
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26 Feb 1925
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Adolf Hitler was released from prison; on the same day, the German government allowed the Nazi Party to publish its newspaper once again.
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27 Feb 1925
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A rally in Munich, Germany proclaimed the relaunching of the Nazi Party.
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10 Mar 1925
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Light carrier Hosho was taken out of service to be fitted with a hydraulically-operated crash barrier.
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13 Mar 1925
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Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed legislation prohibiting the teaching of evolution within the state's public school system. (A celebrated violation of this law led to the famous July Scopes Monkey Trial.)
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24 Mar 1925
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Naka was launched at Yokohama, Japan.
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25 Mar 1925
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John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television at Selfridges department store in London, England, United Kingdom.
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27 Mar 1925
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HMS Hermes began a seven-week period of refit in Malta.
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31 Mar 1925
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S-45 was commissioned into service.
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01 Apr 1925
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Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Oberst.
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01 Apr 1925
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Walther von Brauchitsch was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant.
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15 Apr 1925
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Commander Choji Inoue was named the chief equipping officer of Naka.
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15 Apr 1925
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Prince Hiroyasu was named a member to the Supreme War Council.
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15 Apr 1925
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Masafumi Arima was assigned to Hiei.
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15 Apr 1925
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Vice Admiral Taro Inutsuka was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea.
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20 Apr 1925
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Settsu received a new commanding officer.
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23 Apr 1925
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Barnes Wallis married Molly Bloxam in Britain.
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30 Apr 1925
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Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and Ernst Röhm's SA organization (also known as Frontbann at this time) formally split.
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01 May 1925
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Adolf Hitler received a letter notifying him that he had failed to file tax in 1924 and in the first quarter of 1925.
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01 May 1925
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Iwane Matsui was named the head of the 2nd Bureau of the Japanese Army General Staff.
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01 May 1925
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Kenkichi Ueda was attached to the supply section of the Japanese Army Cavalry Command.
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02 May 1925
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Douglas MacArthur returned to the United States from the Philippine Islands to take command of the IV Corps Area based at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.
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13 May 1925
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The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic was formed.
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13 May 1925
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In Tallahassee, Florida, the State legislature passed a bill requiring daily Bible readings in all public schools.
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18 May 1925
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Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, 34, disappeared while on a beach outing. Turning up five weeks later, she claimed to have been kidnapped and held prisoner, before escaping from her abductors.
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22 May 1925
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Field Marshal Sir John French, the former commander-in-chief of the British expeditionary force at the start of the Great War and later Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, died at Deal Castle in Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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28 May 1925
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HMS Hermes arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom.
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30 May 1925
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The colourful radical nationalist Moeller van den Bruck (author of the 1923 book "The Third Reich" - soon to be utilised to describe Germany under the Hitler Regime) shot himself whilst confined in a psychiatric hospital.
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01 Jun 1925
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Chuichi Nagumo began a tour to Europe and the United States.
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05 Jun 1925
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S-46 was commissioned into service.
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10 Jun 1925
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The United Church of Canada was formed, uniting both the Methodist and Presbyterian denominations of Canada. The merger also took in 3,000 independent Canadian Congregational churches.
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17 Jun 1925
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HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom.
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01 Jul 1925
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Edmund Herring was promoted to the rank of major.
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02 Jul 1925
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HMS Effingham was commissioned into service.
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02 Jul 1925
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The installation of a hydraulically-operated crash barrier was completed on light carrier Hosho.
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10 Jul 1925
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The famous 'Scopes Monkey Trial' began in Dayton, TN, after high school biologyteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged with teaching evolution to his students.
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12 Jul 1925
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USS S-31 arrived at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
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12 Jul 1925
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USS S-35 arrived at the Submarine Base, Cavite, Philippine Islands.
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14 Jul 1925
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Prince Hironobu graduated from the Japanese Navy Academy.
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18 Jul 1925
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Adolf Hitler published Mein Kampf.
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21 Jul 1925
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Following a sensational 12-day trial, high school biology teacher John T. Scopeswas found guilty of teaching evolution in his Dayton, TN classroom and was fined $100.
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01 Aug 1925
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Vice Admiral Nobutaro Iida was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
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10 Aug 1925
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HMS Hermes arrived at Hong Kong.
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22 Aug 1925
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Rawalpindi was launched.
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03 Sep 1925
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The battleship HMS Nelson was launched at Vickers-Armstrong's Newcastle shipyard in England, United Kingdom.
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03 Sep 1925
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The US Navy airship Shenandoah broke in two during a squall at Caldwell, Ohio, United States, killing 14.
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04 Sep 1925
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Milton Miles married Wilma Sinton Jerman in Hong Kong, one day after Jerman arrived from the United States.
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18 Sep 1925
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Kichisaburo Nomura was made the Director of Education in the Navy Ministry.
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19 Sep 1925
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While serving aboard USS Arizona in California, United States, Joseph Rochefort received orders to report to the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington DC, United States for a new assignment.
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22 Sep 1925
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Quintin Brand was appointed the Senior Technical Officer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment.
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22 Sep 1925
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Song Ziwen was named the Minister of Finance.
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23 Sep 1925
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Philipp married Princess Mafalda of the House of Savoy, daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, at the Castello di Racconigi in Italy.
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01 Oct 1925
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Werner Mölders joined the Catholic youth organisation Bund Neudeutschland.
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01 Oct 1925
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Joseph Rochefort reported to the Chief of Naval Operations office in Washington DC, United States for his new assignment in the cryptanalysis section.
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15 Oct 1925
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Emden was commissioned into service.
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20 Oct 1925
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Captain Shinpei Kida was named the commanding officer of Tenryu.
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06 Nov 1925
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Kliment Voroshilov was named the People's Commissar for Defense of the Soviet Union.
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20 Nov 1925
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Queen Alexandra died at Sandringham House, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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30 Nov 1925
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Naka was commissioned into service; chief equipping officer Commander Choji Inoue was named her commanding officer.
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01 Dec 1925
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Commander Choji Inoue, commanding officer of Naka, was promoted to the rank of captain.
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01 Dec 1925
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Tenryu was placed in reserve at Kure, Japan. captain Isao Monai was named her commanding officer.
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02 Dec 1925
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Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the third time.
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15 Dec 1925
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Yoshijiro Umezu was promoted to the rank of colonel.
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16 Dec 1925
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Captain William Siebel Miller was named the commanding officer of USS Marblehead, replacing Captain Chauncey Shackford.
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17 Dec 1925
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Duquesne was launched at the Arsenal de Brest, France.
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17 Dec 1925
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Battleship Rodney was launched at Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom, sponsored by Princess Mary, the daughter of King George V.
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