1925 Live

With a seven day's beard in addition to being covered with dust and grime from their transcontinental auto trip, Lieutenant Leigh Wade and Linton Wells arrived in New York City at 1:52 PM. They left Los Angeles at 12:30 P.M. on July 16th and during their trip of 3,965 miles of…

Gold is discovered at Red Lake, Ontario, prompting Canadians to fall over one another in a new gold rush.

The new Hawthorne Hotel, named after American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, is dedicated in Salem, Massachusetts with an opulent banquet.

A new Greek-style amphitheater opens in Walthamstow, London, with a performance by the famous Sybil Thorndike.

South African Minister Dr. D.F. Malan introduces a bill in Parliament that, if passed, will severely reduce or eliminate the Indian population of South Africa.

In Vienna, Sigmund Freud becomes chairman of the International Psychoanalytical Foundation.

Two children playing baseball in the middle of the street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Ethel Smyth’s comic opera Entente Cordiale premieres at the Royal College of Music in London. The performance is broadcast on BBC Radio.

The 1925 Valencia, Spain Fair (Gran Feria de Valencia) opens.

Crowds rush to Sydney, Australia, as five US Navy warships packed with sailors and Marines come in for a visit. They give a parade for the amused locals.