1925

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 - 1925 - 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930

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Births

• February 11 - [Peter Berger]?, British Vice-Admiral.
• February 11 - [Kim Stanley]?, actress.
• February 11 - [Virginia Johnson]?, doctor/sexologist.
• July 6 - Bill Haley, rock and roll musician.
• October 13 - Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister (1979-1990)
• Pol Pot - Cambodian dictator

Deaths

• Erik Satie - French composer

Events

• Scopes Trial pits [William Jennings Bryan]? against [Clarence Darrow]? testing a law favouring Creationism over Evolution
• Sweden decides on extensive disarmament.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [James Franck]?, [Gustav Ludwig Hertz]?
• Chemistry - [Richard Adolf Zsigmondy]?
• Medicine - not awarded
• Literature -George Bernard Shaw
• Peace- Sir [Austen Chamberlain]? [Charles Gates Dawes]?