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Historical Events in February 1925

  • Feb 1 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkämpferbund in Berlin
  • Feb 2 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism & socialism
  • Feb 2 Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
  • Feb 2 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began

Marcus Garvey Imprisoned

Feb 8 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta

Security Treaty

Feb 9 German Minister Gustav Stresemann proposes security treaty with France

  • Feb 9 Haifa Technion (Israel) opens
  • Feb 10 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Indiana
  • Feb 10 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
  • Feb 12 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress
  • Feb 12 E. Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
  • Feb 12 Estonia passes Law on Cultural Self-Government for National Minorities, allowing a unique degree of autonomy to ethnic and religious groups of 3,000 or more
  • Feb 13 US Congress makes Supreme Court appeals more difficult
  • Feb 14 State of emergency crisis in Bavaria ends, NSDAP re-allowed
  • Feb 16 Rescuers finally reach the body of caver Floyd Collins too late, 18 days after he became trapped in Sand Cave, Kentucky, bringing a tragic end to a story that had captured the nation [1]
  • Feb 21 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
  • Feb 21 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg
  • Feb 24 Thermite explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, NY
  • Feb 25 Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union established
  • Feb 25 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska

Sports History

Feb 25 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles

  • Feb 25 US Women's Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
  • Feb 26 Jihad against Turkish government

German History

Feb 27 Adolf Hitler resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich

  • Feb 27 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
  • Feb 28 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hits #1
  • Feb 28 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp

Event of Interest

Feb 28 Hans Luther assumes the role of acting head of state following the death of President Friedrich Ebert

  • Feb 28 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
  • Feb 28 Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms