The month of February ….
The month of February has been home to many historical events over the years. Here's a look at some that helped to shape the world in February 1925.
After a severe depletion of his country's potato crop due to heavy rainfall the previous summer and fall, Irish President W.T. Cosgrave appeals to the United States for food aid on Feb. 1.
The small town of Nome, Alaska, is saved from a developing diphtheria epidemic on Feb. 2 upon conclusion of The Serum Run. The run was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin via dog sled that involved 20 mushers and roughly 150 sled dogs. The final leg of the run is led by Gunnar Kaasen and his lead sled dog, Balto, who becomes a canine celebrity as a result of the undertaking.
Sears, Roebuck, & Co. opens its first department store at its headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 2. The retailer had previously been a catalog-only operation.
William Burke Miller interviews trapped cave explorer Floyd Collins on Feb. 3. Collins was trapped in a cave in Kentucky on January 30, and Miller was small enough to climb into an opening in the cave and conduct an interview while hanging upside down. Miller ultimately won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the incident, which unfortunately ended with Collins' death on Feb. 13.
Ten people are arrested in Russia on Feb. 5 as part of a plot to assassinate revolutionary and Soviet politician Grigory Zinoviev.
World heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey marries actress Estelle Taylor on Feb. 7 in San Diego. The two starred alongside one another on screen and on stage, but
ultimately divorced
in 1931.
The film The Lost
World premieres at the Astor Theatre in New York City on Feb. 8. The film is the first production to include special effects.
Ellen Wilkinson, an MP from the Labour Party, defies protocol when she addresses the British House of Commons without wearing a hat on Feb. 11. Conservative MP Reginald Applin asks the Speaker of the House to determine if Wilkinson's non-compliance with the dress code was in order, but the speaker ultimately rules in Wilkinson's favor.
Nikolai Golitsyn, the last Prime Minister of Imperial Russia, is arrested by the Russian secret police on Feb. 12. Golitsyn, who was arrested on suspicion of association with counterrevolutionaries, is convicted and executed five months after his arrest.
Paavo Nurmi runs a record-breaking twomile race in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 14. The Finnish runner, nicknamed the 'Flying Finn,' completes the race in eight minutes and 58.2 seconds.
Bavaria lifts the ban on the Nazi Party on Feb. 16. The ban was initially implemented after the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed coup d'Ă©tat orchestrated by Adolf Hitler and others in 1923.
American actor Gary Cooper appears in his first film on Feb. 22. Cooper would go on to stardom, even though his appearance in The
Trail Rider was as an uncredited stunt rider.
The first electrical recording of a phonographic record is made by Art Gillham on Feb. 25. Gillham and his orchestra use microphones to perform You May Be Lonesome and Hesitation Blues.
