Events Date 1925 May | History by KabAstro

May 1 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony

Jimmie Foxx MLB Debut

May 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Jimmie Foxx makes his MLB debut at 17 for Philadelphia A's; pinch-hits a single in 9-4 loss v Washington

MLB Hall of Fame 1st Baseman Jimmie Foxx

May 2 Kezar Stadium opens in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
May 4 League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage
May 5 Afrikaans is established as an official language in South Africa

John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Evolution

May 5 Dayton teacher John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee

Teacher Convicted for Teaching Evolution John T. Scopes

Cobb Six for Six

May 5 Detroit center fielder Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6 with 4 runs, 5 RBI and 16 TBs in Tigers' 14-8 win over the Browns at Sportsman's Park III, St. Louis

May 5 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
May 6 Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
May 7 1st projection planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany
May 7 MBA Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
May 7 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row

50th Preakness

May 8 50th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59

May 8 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
May 9 Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem, laid
May 10 To control demonstrations against foreigners, British troops in Shanghai fire into a crowd, leading to a boycott against British goods
May 11 Communist Party of Holland splits
May 11 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR

Canonization of Jean Vianney

May 12 French priest Jean Vianney (1786-1859) canonized as Saint John Vianney by Pope Pius XI

May 12 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics

Mrs Dalloway

May 14 Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs Dalloway" is published by The Hogarth Press

51st Kentucky Derby

May 16 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6

Speaker Hits 3,000

May 17 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit

May 21 George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt
May 21 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes for the North Pole

Ruth Out of Bed

May 26 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery

May 26 Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit Tigers' 8-1 win against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park
May 30 British mariners shoot on demonstrators
May 30 In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty.
May 30 Indianapolis 500: Race winner Peter DePaolo becomes first driver to complete 500 miles in under 5 hours, and have an average over 100 mph; Norman Batten drives 21 laps of relief while DePaolo has his hands bandaged due to blisters
May 30 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy