1925
Adolf Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf.
AMERICA
Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.