October 11, 1925: Locarno conference in Switzerland ends with partial settlement of German grievances against France.October 2, 1925:John Logie Baird transmits the first television image
The first television transmission was made by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird at his laboratory in at 22 Frith Street in London. Baird's camera captured the 32-line vertically greyscale scanned image of the head of a ventriloquist's dummy, which he had nicknamed "Stooky Bill". An office worker in the same building, 20-year-old William Edward Taynton, appeared before Baird's camera the same day and became the first person to have his image on television.[6]
The first branch of the Islamic Ahmadiyya sect in what is now Indonesia was established in the Dutch East Indies by Rahmat Ali, an Ahmadiyya missionary, along with 13 adherents in the town of Tapaktuan.[8]
La Revue Nègre, an all-Black cabaret production starring African-American dancer and actress Josephine Baker, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and made Baker popular worldwide.[10][11] After two months in Paris, Baker and the troupe of dancers went on tour to Brussils and Berlin.
Died:C. Web Gilbert, 58, Australian sculptor, died while working on a full-size model for a war memorial.[20]
October 4, 1925 (Sunday)
All 53 crew of the Finland Navy's torpedo boatS2 were killed when the vessel sank during a fierce storm near the coast of Pori in the Gulf of Bothnia.[21]
After 11 years of limited prohibition of alcohol, the Soviet Union removed all restrictions on the alcohol content of beverages.[22]
The Hama uprising broke out in Syria as rebel assault led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji against French mandate security installations in the city of Hama. Heavy French bombardment of Hama led to negotiations between a delegation of Hama's leading families and the French authorities, and the rebels withdrew the next day.[23].
Baseball legend Ty Cobb, known for his abilities as a hitter and a center fielder, appeared as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers against St. Louis Brownsfirst basemanGeorge Sisler in a rare game where both teams allowed pitching to be handled by non-pitchers. Cobb pitched one inning and Sisler two as the Tigers beat the Browns, 11 to 6. The appearance of non-pitchers on the mound for both teams would not occur again until almost 87 years later, with a game on May 7, 2017 in the Baltimore Orioles' 9 to 6 win over the Boston Red Sox.[24]
The Locarno Conference began in Locarno in Switzerland between several of the adversaries from World War ONe, European powers to negotiate Germany's entry into the League of Nations.[28]
Born:
Paul Wild, Swiss astronomer known for his discovery of the 81P/Wild periodic comet later explored by NASA's Stardust mission and six other comets, 94 asteroids, and 41 supernovas (starting with SN 1954A in NGC 4214; in Wädenswil, Canton of Zurich (d.2014)[29]
Herbert Kretzmer, South African-born English lyricist known for his 1985 adaptation of the songs of the West End presentation of the musical Les Misérables, including the rendering of "J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie" to "I Dreamed a Dream"; in Kroonstad (d.2020)[31]
Besedka Johnson (stage name for Beatrice Devic]], American model and actress who became a film star at the age of 85 as co-star of her first and only film, Starlet in 2012; in Detroit (d.2013)[34]
A breakthrough in the reproduction of recorded music, the Victor Orthophonic Victrola, was demonstrated to the public for the first time, allowing others to hear the first phonograph specifically designed to play electrically-recorded phonograph records.[36][37]
The Locarno Conference debated the matter of France wanting assurance of the right to cross through Germany to help Poland and Czechoslovakia in the event of war.[38]
Shana Alexander, American journalist who was the first woman staffwriter and columnist for Life magazine, and was well-known for the liberal arguments in the " "Point-Counterpoint" segment of the 60 Minutes TV show; in New York City (d.2005)[39]
Died:Christy Mathewson, 45, American baseball pitcher and inaugural inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, known for a record 373 wins over 17 seasons and being the National League's ERA leader for five seasons (1905, 1908-09, 1911 and 1913) and 5-time NL strikeout leader, died of tuberculosis that developed six years afer his exposure to chemical weapons during World War One.[44]
Died:Vincenzo Peruggia, 44, Italian art thief known for having stolen the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum on August 21, 1911, and having kept it for more than two years until his 1913 arrest, died of a heart attack on his birthday.[46]
October 9, 1925 (Friday)
The Italian state prosecutor absolved 24 officials of any responsibility for the June 1924 murder of Giacomo Matteotti, ruling that they might have ordered the "sequestration" of Matteotti but not his death, and they would not have had any knowledge of the crie.[47]
Lithuania held the first day of a three-day mourning period for the loss of Vilnius to Poland in 1920. Many demonstrations were staged in which speakers declared that Lithuania would not have any relations with Poland until Vilnius was returned.[48]
George Obrenović, 35, Son of King Milan I of Serbia and pretender to the throne of Serbia after the 1903 assassination of his half-brother, King Alexander I, died in poverty in Hungary.[51]
The Palace Museum was opened to the public in Beijing by the Republic of China on "Double Ten Day" at the site of the former Forbidden City, the Qing dynasty Imperial Palace complex that had been formerly off limits to everyone except the royal family and their staff. According to an audit taken at the time, 1,170,000 pieces of artwork were housed at the Museum when it was first opened.[54] After the Japanese occupation of Beijing in 1933, most of the artifacts would be moved to Nanjing, and during the Communist Revolution of 1949, many of the artifacts would be moved by the Nationalist government to Taiwan and housed in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.[55]
In the U.S., the first FBI agent to be killed in the line of duty, Edwin C. Shanahan, was fatally shot after following a suspected car thief, Martin James Durkin, to a garage in Chicago.[64][65] For the next three months, the FBI conducted a nationwide manhunt for Shanahan, who would be captured in St. Louis on January 20.[66]
Powers at Locarno agreed on an arrangement in which, with regard to military obligations in the League of Nations, due consideration would be given to Germany's special military status until such time as a general arms reduction plan could be implemented across Europe. This was thought to remove the main obstacle to Germany's entry into the League of Nations.[68]
U.S. athlete Albert Michelsen set a new world's record for long distance running as he completed the first Port Chester Marathon in 2 hours, 29 minutes and one second in Port Chester, New York.[70] Michelsen's mark broke the record of Finland's Hannes Kolehmainen whose time of 2:32:35.8 had been set five years earlier at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a commercial treaty designed to increase mutual trade.[71][72]
Two people were killed and 70 arrested in Paris (including Communist member of parliament Jacques Doriot) during protests against France's involvement in the Rif War in Morocco.[73]
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, American teacher and author known for being the biracial child of white supremacist and segregationist U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond following his affair with an African-American domestic servant of the Thurmond family; in Edgefield, South Carolina.(d.2014)[75]
October 13, 1925 (Tuesday)
The British seaman's outlaw strike ended.[76] It continued in Australia, however.
The jewels stolen from Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donahue on September 30 were returned by a private detective agency. No public statement was given regarding the circumstances of their recovery.[78]
The Locarno conference ended with several agreements in place. German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann gave a closing speech in which he said the conference spelled a new era in European relationships, while French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand said it marked the beginning of a new epoch of cooperation and friendship.[80]
The Incident at Petrich occurred near the Bulgarian town of Petrich on the border with Greece, when at least one Greek soldier was shot by someone on the Bulgarian side. Conflicting accounts exist as to what led up to the incident, but one holds that a Greek soldier was running across the border after his dog, which is why the incident is sometimes called "The War of the Stray Dog".[82][83][84]
October 20, 1925 (Tuesday)
Colonel Mitchell
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge directed the U.S. Department of War to begin a general court-martial of U.S. Army Colonel Billy Mitchell for insubordination following Colonel Mitchell's September 5 public statement accusing superior officers of "almost treasonable administration of the national defense."[85][86]
French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand called for an extraordinary session of the League of Nations to resolve the conflict between Greece and Bulgaria.[89]
Born:Johnny Carson, American television host known for hosting The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992; in Corning, Iowa (d. 2005)
October 24, 1925 (Saturday)
Greece and Bulgaria agreed to allow the League of Nations to mediate in their dispute.[76]
Nicaraguan President Solórzano acquiesced to Emiliano Chamorro's demand and made him Minister of War, essentially giving him control of the country.[90]
The League of Nations ordered a cessation of hostilities between Greece and Bulgaria and gave them 24 hours to bring their troops back behind their respective borders.[91]
The British-German drama film The Blackguard was released.
Elections were held in Canada for all 245 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Arthur Meighen, doubled its number of representatives from 49 to 115, a plurality but still short of the 123 needed for a majority. Prime Minister King himself and seven ministers in the government lost parliamentary seats."[93] Nevertheless, the Governor-General, Viscount Byng of Vimy, invited Prime Minister Mackenzie King, whose Liberal Party went from 118 to 100 seats, to attempt to form a new government. A coalition was created between the Liberals and the Progressive Party with a total of 176 seats to stay in power.[94]
The Balkan crisis ended as Greece completed its withdrawal from Bulgaria. The League of Nations said it would appoint a commission to assign responsibilities and assess damages.[95]
Waddy Thompson Ligon, a 73-year-old man, was killed when his converted Model T slid off a narrow road south of Lees Ferry and jammed into a crevasse of the Grand Canyon.[96]
↑ Donald F. McLean, Restoring Baird's Image (The Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2000) ISBN0-85296-795-0
↑ "Spaniards Take Moors' Capital; Madrid Joyous". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 3, 1925. p.4.
↑ Ahmad Najib Burhani (December 18, 2013). "The Ahmadiyya and the Study of Comparative Religion in Indonesia: Controversies and Influences". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. Vol.25. Taylor & Francis. pp.143–144.
↑ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Jr., Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol.6 (illustrateded.). OUP USA. pp.466–468. ISBN9780195382075. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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