Today in History for December 1925

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 30 of 30

1st - Treaty of Locarno signed
5th - 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
5th - German government of Luther falls
6th - Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
6th - Record 73,000 pay to watch Chic Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
7th - Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC
7th - Noel Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in NYC
9th - AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000
9th - Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000
10th - George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel
11th - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas
12th - Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
12th - Cossack officer/ex-premier Reza Chan becomes shah of Persia
12th - Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over
15th - 1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1
15th - 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic
16th - Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity is founded at Lafayette College.
17th - Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination
17th - Russia & Turkey sign non-aggresion pact
Playwright George Bernard Shaw 21st - Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow
21st - Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ
23rd - Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
26th - 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
26th - NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1
26th - Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar
26th - NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70
26th - The Communist Party of India is founded.
28th - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC
30th - NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701
31st - 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - David Doyle, Omaha Neb, actor (John Bosley-Charlie's Angels)
1st - Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
1st - Jordan Klein, Miami Fla, cameraman/director (Thunderball)
1st - Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
2nd - Julie Harris, Grosse Pt Mich, actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden)
3rd - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)
3rd - Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
3rd - Kim Dae Jung, South Korean President, Nobel laureate
4th - Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
5th - Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79)
6th - Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants)
7th - Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver
8th - James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
8th - Sammy Davis Jr, NYC, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)
8th - Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000)
9th - Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)
10th - Carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)
10th - Jean Byron, American actress (d. 2006)
11th - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
12th - Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor
12th - D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowling all-rounder for India)
12th - Ghulam Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959)
12th - Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer
12th - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
13th - Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
13th - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
14th - Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)
15th - Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager
15th - Kasey Rogers, American actress (d. 2006)
17th - Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor (Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam)
19th - Jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
19th - Tankred Torst, writer
19th - Robert Sherman, New York City, New York, songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), (d. 2012)
20th - Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)
20th - Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mahamad, premier of Malaysia (1981- )
20th - Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect
20th - Vlastimir Nikolovski, composer
20th - Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
22nd - Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer
22nd - Thomas Christian David, composer
22nd - Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006)
23rd - Harry Guardino, NYC, actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues)
24th - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
24th - Yafa Yarkoni, Israel, singer (Road to Jerusalem, Don't Say Goodbye, Say I will see You) (d.2012)
25th - Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
25th - Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1956)
25th - Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born author (d. 1998)
26th - Baron Baker, activist
27th - Allan Blank, composer
27th - Michel Piccoli, Paris France, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
28th - Bill [William] Westwood, British bishop of Peterborough
28th - Hildegard Knef, Ulm Germany, actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique), (d. 2002)
29th - Pete Dye, American golf course architect

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
2nd - Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50
5th - Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78
9th - Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81
17th - A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
19th - Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44
23rd - A S C Wallis, [Adele von Antal-Opzoomer], writer (Vorstengunst), dies
25th - Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30
25th - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (b. 1877)
27th - Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
27th - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895)
29th - Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60