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What Happened In October 1925 In History

Historical Events for October, 1925

  • 2nd » John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
  • 14th » An Anti-French uprising in French-occupied Damascus, Syria. (All French inhabitants flee the city.)

Famous Birthdays on October in 1925

  • 1st » Bob Boyd (baseball) known as Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
  • 2nd » Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
  • 3rd » Gore Vidal, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2012)
  • 3rd » George Wein, American jazz promoter and producer
  • 4th » Roger Wood (journalist) called Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
  • 5th » Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
  • 6th » Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
  • 10th » Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman, wrestler, and actor (d. 2001)
  • 10th » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (d. 1958)
  • 11th » Elmore Leonard, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 12th » Denis Lazure, Canadian politician (d. 2008)
  • 12th » Essie Mae Washington-Williams, American educator (d. 2013)
  • 13th » Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
  • 13th » Margaret Thatcher, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
  • 13th » Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
  • 14th » Clancy Lyall, American sergeant (d. 2012)
  • 15th » Mickey Baker, American-French guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) (d. 2012)
  • 15th » Aurora Bautista, Spanish actress (d. 2012)
  • 16th » Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
  • 17th » Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010)
  • 18th » Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (d. 2011)
  • 19th » Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (d. 2010)
  • 20th » Art Buchwald, American journalist (d. 2007)
  • 20th » Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (d. 2002)
  • 20th » Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 21st » Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano
  • 22nd » Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 22nd » Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
  • 23rd » Johnny Carson, American comedian and talk show host (d. 2005)
  • 23rd » Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (d. 1994)
  • 23rd » Fred Shero, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1990)
  • 24th » Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Lebanese singer (d. 2004)
  • 24th » Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
  • 24th » Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
  • 24th » Willie Mabon, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
  • 24th » Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
  • 25th » Takis, Greek artist
  • 26th » Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007)
  • 27th » Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
  • 27th » Jane Connell, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
  • 28th » Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (d. 2006)
  • 29th » Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
  • 29th » Robert Hardy, English actor
  • 29th » Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)
  • 29th » Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)
  • 30th » Tommy Ridgley, American singer (d. 1999)
  • 31st » Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (d. 1990)
  • 31st » Lee Grant, American actress, director, and producer
  • 31st » John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
  • 31st » Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for October 1925

  • 7th » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
  • 31st » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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