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  • U.S.
    1925
    Lucky Luciano

    $12 million wealth

    U.S.
    1925

    By 1925, Luciano was grossing over $12 million a year. He had a net income of around $4 million each year after subtracting the costs of bribing politicians and police.




  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1925
    Louis Armstrong

    Back to Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1925

    In 1925, Armstrong returned to Chicago largely at the insistence of Lil, who wanted to expand his career and his income.




  • Florida, U.S.
    1925
    Incandescent light bulb

    Marvin Pipkin patented a process for frosting the inside of Lamp bulbs without weakening them

    Florida, U.S.
    1925

    In 1925, Marvin Pipkin, an American chemist, patented a process for frosting the inside of lamp bulbs without weakening them.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1925
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Enthusiastic golfer

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1925

    From a young age, Hughes became a proficient and enthusiastic golfer. He often scored near-par figures, played the game to a two-three handicap during his 20s, and for a time aimed for a professional golf career. He golfed frequently with top players, including Gene Sarazen. Hughes rarely played competitively and gradually gave up his passion for the sport to pursue other interests. Hughes used to play golf every afternoon at LA courses including the Lakeside Golf Club, Wilshire Country Club, or the Bel-Air Country Club. Partners included George Von Elm or Ozzie Carlton. After Hughes hurt himself in the late 1920s, his golfing tapered off, and after his F-11 crash, Hughes was unable to play at all.




  • Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
    1925
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower attended the Command and General Staff College

    Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
    1925

    On Conner's recommendation, in 1925–26 he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he graduated first in a class of 245 officers.




  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 2, 1925
    Anna May Wong

    Forty Winks

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 2, 1925

    Wong was singled out for critical praise in a manipulative Oriental vamp role in the film Forty Winks.




  • Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Feb, 1925
    Marcus Garvey

    Imprisoned

    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Feb, 1925

    In early 1925, the U.S. Court of Appeal upheld the original court decision. Garvey was in Detroit at the time and was arrested while aboard a train back to New York City. In February he was taken to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and incarcerated there. Imprisoned, he was made to carry out cleaning tasks. On one occasion he was reprimanded for insolence towards the white prison officers. There, he became increasingly ill with chronic bronchitis and lung infections; two years into his imprisonment he would be hospitalized with influenza.


  • (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana), U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 18, 1925
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    The Tri-State Tornado

    (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana), U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 18, 1925

    The Tri-State Tornado of Wednesday, March 18, 1925 was the deadliest tornado in United States history. It was also the most exceptional tornado during a major outbreak of at least 12 known significant tornadoes, spanning a large portion of the Midwestern and Southern United States. This one tornado alone inflicted 695 fatalities, more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the Great Natchez, Mississippi Tornado.


  • U.S.
    1925
    Anna May Wong

    Wong joined a group of serial stars on a tour of the vaudeville circuits

    U.S.
    1925

    In early 1925 Wong joined a group of serial stars on a tour of the vaudeville circuits; when the tour proved to be a failure, Wong and the rest of the group returned to Hollywood.


  • Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    Tuesday May 19, 1925
    Malcolm X

    Birth

    Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    Tuesday May 19, 1925

    Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1925
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Marriage

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1925

    Hughes withdrew from Rice University shortly after his father's death. On June 1, 1925, he married Ella Botts Rice, daughter of David Rice and Martha Lawson Botts of Houston, and great-niece of William Marsh Rice, for whom Rice University was named. They moved to Los Angeles, where he hoped to make a name for himself as a filmmaker.


  • Lewiston, Idaho,U.S.
    Monday Jul 13, 1925
    Walt Disney

    Marriage

    Lewiston, Idaho,U.S.
    Monday Jul 13, 1925

    Disney married Lillian Bounds in July 1925, at her brother's house in her hometown of Lewiston, Idaho. The marriage was generally happy, according to Lillian, although according to Disney's biographer Neal Gabler she did not "accept Walt's decisions meekly or his status unquestionably, and she admitted that he was always telling people 'how henpecked he is'." Lillian had little interest in films or the Hollywood social scene and she was, in the words of the historian Steven Watts, "content with household management and providing support for her husband".


  • Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 7, 1925
    Juan Trippe

    Colonial Air Transport

    Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 7, 1925

    Once again tapping his wealthy friends from Yale, Trippe invested in an airline named Colonial Air Transport, which was awarded a new route and an airmail contract on October 7, 1925.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1925
    Mother's Day

    Protesting

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1925

    Jarvis protested this idea (the companies had misinterpreted and exploited the idea of Mother's Day) at a meeting of American War Mothers in 1925.


  • U.S.
    1925
    Lucky Luciano

    $12 million wealth

    U.S.
    1925

    By 1925, Luciano was grossing over $12 million a year. He had a net income of around $4 million each year after subtracting the costs of bribing politicians and police.


  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1925
    Louis Armstrong

    Back to Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1925

    In 1925, Armstrong returned to Chicago largely at the insistence of Lil, who wanted to expand his career and his income.


  • Florida, U.S.
    1925
    Incandescent light bulb

    Marvin Pipkin patented a process for frosting the inside of Lamp bulbs without weakening them

    Florida, U.S.
    1925

    In 1925, Marvin Pipkin, an American chemist, patented a process for frosting the inside of lamp bulbs without weakening them.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1925
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Enthusiastic golfer

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1925

    From a young age, Hughes became a proficient and enthusiastic golfer. He often scored near-par figures, played the game to a two-three handicap during his 20s, and for a time aimed for a professional golf career. He golfed frequently with top players, including Gene Sarazen. Hughes rarely played competitively and gradually gave up his passion for the sport to pursue other interests. Hughes used to play golf every afternoon at LA courses including the Lakeside Golf Club, Wilshire Country Club, or the Bel-Air Country Club. Partners included George Von Elm or Ozzie Carlton. After Hughes hurt himself in the late 1920s, his golfing tapered off, and after his F-11 crash, Hughes was unable to play at all.


  • Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
    1925
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Eisenhower attended the Command and General Staff College

    Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
    1925

    On Conner's recommendation, in 1925–26 he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he graduated first in a class of 245 officers.


  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 2, 1925
    Anna May Wong

    Forty Winks

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 2, 1925

    Wong was singled out for critical praise in a manipulative Oriental vamp role in the film Forty Winks.


  • Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Feb, 1925
    Marcus Garvey

    Imprisoned

    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    Feb, 1925

    In early 1925, the U.S. Court of Appeal upheld the original court decision. Garvey was in Detroit at the time and was arrested while aboard a train back to New York City. In February he was taken to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and incarcerated there. Imprisoned, he was made to carry out cleaning tasks. On one occasion he was reprimanded for insolence towards the white prison officers. There, he became increasingly ill with chronic bronchitis and lung infections; two years into his imprisonment he would be hospitalized with influenza.


  • (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana), U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 18, 1925
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    The Tri-State Tornado

    (Missouri–Illinois–Indiana), U.S.
    Wednesday Mar 18, 1925

    The Tri-State Tornado of Wednesday, March 18, 1925 was the deadliest tornado in United States history. It was also the most exceptional tornado during a major outbreak of at least 12 known significant tornadoes, spanning a large portion of the Midwestern and Southern United States. This one tornado alone inflicted 695 fatalities, more than twice as many as the second deadliest, the Great Natchez, Mississippi Tornado.


  • U.S.
    1925
    Anna May Wong

    Wong joined a group of serial stars on a tour of the vaudeville circuits

    U.S.
    1925

    In early 1925 Wong joined a group of serial stars on a tour of the vaudeville circuits; when the tour proved to be a failure, Wong and the rest of the group returned to Hollywood.


  • Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    Tuesday May 19, 1925
    Malcolm X

    Birth

    Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
    Tuesday May 19, 1925

    Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1925
    Howard Hughes: The Aviator

    Marriage

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1925

    Hughes withdrew from Rice University shortly after his father's death. On June 1, 1925, he married Ella Botts Rice, daughter of David Rice and Martha Lawson Botts of Houston, and great-niece of William Marsh Rice, for whom Rice University was named. They moved to Los Angeles, where he hoped to make a name for himself as a filmmaker.


  • Lewiston, Idaho,U.S.
    Monday Jul 13, 1925
    Walt Disney

    Marriage

    Lewiston, Idaho,U.S.
    Monday Jul 13, 1925

    Disney married Lillian Bounds in July 1925, at her brother's house in her hometown of Lewiston, Idaho. The marriage was generally happy, according to Lillian, although according to Disney's biographer Neal Gabler she did not "accept Walt's decisions meekly or his status unquestionably, and she admitted that he was always telling people 'how henpecked he is'." Lillian had little interest in films or the Hollywood social scene and she was, in the words of the historian Steven Watts, "content with household management and providing support for her husband".


  • Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 7, 1925
    Juan Trippe

    Colonial Air Transport

    Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 7, 1925

    Once again tapping his wealthy friends from Yale, Trippe invested in an airline named Colonial Air Transport, which was awarded a new route and an airmail contract on October 7, 1925.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1925
    Mother's Day

    Protesting

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1925

    Jarvis protested this idea (the companies had misinterpreted and exploited the idea of Mother's Day) at a meeting of American War Mothers in 1925.


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