What is 1925?
{{Year nav|1925}} {{Year in various calendars|1925}} '''1925''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXV]]) was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1925th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1925}}. == Art, music, theatre, literature == * [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s ''[[The Gold Rush]]'' is released. == Events == *[[January 21]] – [[Albania]] becomes a [[republic]]. *[[July 18]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] publishes his book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''. *[[October 30]] – The Scottish engineer [[John Logie Baird]] creates the first [[television]] transmitter in [[London]]. *[[November 9]] – The [[NSDAP]] builts the [[Schutzstaffel|SS (Schutzstaffel)]]. == Births == === January === [[File:Paul Newman in Carnation, Washington June 2007 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Paul Newman]]]] * [[January 7]] - [[Gerald Durrell]], British naturalist (d. [[1995]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Ernst Benda]], German politician (d. [[2009]]) * [[January 17]] - [[Robert Cormier]], American writer (d. [[2000]]) * [[January 26]] – [[Paul Newman]], American actor (d. [[2008]]) === February === [[File:Jack Lemmon - 1968.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jack Lemmon]]]] [[File:Hal Holbrook.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hal Holbrook]]]] [[File:The Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Girija Prasad Koirala being seen off by the Union Minister of Water Resources, Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on April 06, 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Girija Prasad Koirala]]]] * [[February 8]] – Sir [[Anthony Berry]], British politician * [[February 8]] - [[Jack Lemmon]], American actor (d. [[2001]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Hal Holbrook]], American actor (d. [[2021]]) * [[February 20]] – [[Robert Altman]], American director and movie maker (d. [[2006]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Girija Prasad Koirala]], [[Nepal]]ese politician (d. [[2010]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Tom Gehrels]], Dutch-born American [[astronomer]] (d. [[2011]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Sam Peckinpah]], American movie dire