Events Date 1925 April | History by KabAstro

Babe Ruth Collapses

Apr 5 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in NC due to an ulcer

Apr 6 1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
Apr 9 At the height of his fame Babe Ruth rushed to hospital with a mysterious condition labelled “the bellyache heard round the world". Ruth reported dead by some newspapers. [1]

The Great Gatsby

Apr 10 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 10 Tsaritsyn renamed Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
Apr 11 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
Apr 13 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC
Apr 14 First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2
Apr 15 NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
Apr 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 wounded
Apr 17 NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery

Event of Interest

Apr 17 Paul Painlevé succeeds Edouard Herriot as French premier

Prime Minister of France Édouard Herriot

Apr 18 World's Fair opens in Chicago
Apr 20 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor in 2:33:00.6
Apr 21 Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
Apr 21 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral

Fallen Angels

Apr 21 Noël Coward's controversial comedy play "Fallen Angels" premieres in London, after initially being refused a license due to the loose morals of the female characters

Playwright, Director and Singer Noël Coward

Frasquita

Apr 23 1st London performance of Franz Lehár’s operetta "Frasquita" staged

Apr 23 Having badly defeated Spain and driven her out of Spanish Morocco, the native Riffi, led by Abd-el-Krim, turn on the French in French Morocco
Apr 23 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO)
Apr 24 88°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

Hindenburg Elected President

Apr 25 Paul von Hindenburg is elected the President of Germany

German President and WWI General Paul von Hindenburg

Diego Rivera Leaves Communist Party

Apr 26 Artist Diego Rivera resigns from the Mexican Communist Party

Apr 26 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
Apr 28 Kurdish rebels surrender to Turkish army
Apr 28 Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
Apr 30 Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity

Historical Events in April 1925