What Happened In May 1925 In History

Historical Events for May, 1925

• 1st » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
• 1st » The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.
• 5th » Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• 5th » The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
• 30th » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1925

• 1st » Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1st » Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player
• 1st » Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
• 1st » Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic
• 2nd » Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)
• 2nd » John Neville (actor) e.g John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)
• 3rd » Jean Séguy, French sociologist (d. 2007)
• 4th » Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
• 5th » Eddi Arent, German actor (d. 2013)
• 5th » Leo Ryan, American politician (d. 1978)
• 7th » Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic
• 8th » Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania
• 11th » Rhodes Boyson, English educator and politician (d. 2012)
• 11th » William Glasser, American psychiatrist (d. 2013)
• 11th » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
• 12th » Yogi Berra, American baseball player and manager
• 14th » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 14th » Patrice Munsel, American soprano
• 14th » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer (d. 1997)
• 14th » Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
• 15th » Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (d. 2007)
• 15th » Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist
• 15th » Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
• 16th » Nancy Roman, American astronomer
• 16th » Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2010)
• 16th » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 16th » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 18th » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 19th » Pol Pot, Cambodian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998)
• 19th » Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
• 19th » Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
• 20th » Chester Ludgin, American opera singer (d. 2003)
• 20th » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)
• 23rd » Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Mac Wiseman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys)
• 24th » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator (d. 2013)
• 24th » Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (d. 1994)
• 25th » Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (d. 1974)
• 25th » Jeanne Crain, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 25th » Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician
• 25th » Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 26th » Alec McCowen, English actor
• 27th » Tony Hillerman, American author (d. 2008)
• 28th » Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
• 28th » Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012)
• 30th » John Henry Marks, English physician

Famous Deaths for May 1925

• 7th » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 8th » John Beresford (polo player) named John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 12th » Amy Lowell, American poet (b. 1874)
• 14th » H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
• 20th » Joseph Howard (Prime Minister) named Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 21st » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 30th » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)

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