April 1925 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated
• 03 Apr 1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard
• 05 Apr 1925 Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election.
• 09 Apr 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
• 10 Apr 1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad
• 11 Apr 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco.
• 13 Apr 1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St, New York City
• 14 Apr 1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio
• 15 Apr 1925 Fritz Haarmann, a serial killer convicted of the murder of 24 boys and young men, is beheaded in Germany.
• 16 Apr 1925 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
• 17 Apr 1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
• 18 Apr 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• 20 Apr 1925 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6.
• 21 Apr 1925 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR.
• 23 Apr 1925 1st London performance of operetta Fasquita staged
• 25 Apr 1925 Paul von Hindenburg elected second President of Germany.
• 26 Apr 1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for So big
• 28 Apr 1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army.
• 29 Apr 1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard

Famous Birthday

• Linda Goodman

  American astrologer and author (d. 1995).

• Carlo Di Palma

  Italian cinematographer, renowned for his work on both colour and black-and-white films, whose most famous collaborations were with...

• Michele Ferrero

  Italian industrialist, a manufacturer of sweets, confections and candies.

• Serge Dassault

  French entrepreneur (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Group) and conservative politician.

• Max Pécas

  French filmmaker of camp B-movies, scenario writer and producer.

• Alice Saunier-Seité

  St Jean le Centenier Politician.

• André Giraud
• Rod Steiger

  American actor and soldier (d. 2002).

• Hugh O'Brian

  American actor and singer.

• Tony Benn

  Politician.

• Tony Benn
• George Cole

  British actor of some stage and movies but most noted as a comedic actor portraying the confused, silly young man.

• Bernard Moitessier

  French yachtsman and author of books about his voyages and sailing.

• Dorothy Alison

  Actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm).

• Italo Acconcia

  Italian soccer player.

• Corinne Calvet

  Paris, France -- Actress (Phantom of Hollywood).

• Roger Lecureux
• Hubert Nyssen

  Belgian editor who became French citizen in 1976, he founded the publishing house "Actes Sud" in Arles (South of France).

• Henri Renaud

  French jazz pianist (Swing, Bebop and Cool), film composer and record company executive.

• Walter Carr

  Scottish actor, comedian and pantomime artist.

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Famous Deaths

• Francis William Davenport

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Pieter D van Essen

  Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54.

• John Singer Sargent

  US portrait painter, dies at 69.

• Andre Caplet

  French composer (Born 1878).

• George Stephanescu

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Louis F J Bouwmeester

  Actor (Shakespeare).

• John Singer Sargent

  American artist (Born 1856).

• Charles Ebbets

  president of MLB Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, dies.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Fiddlin' John Carson - Old Dan Tucker
2. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Oh! Lady be Good
3. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me)
4. Cliff Edwards - Fascinating Rhythm
5. Billy Jones & Ernest Hare - How Do You Do?