Timeline August 1925

Events in August 1925 4

• 1925 Back in the RAF United Kingdom After lobbying friends in high places and threatening suicide, he was readmitted and served another ten years in the ranks.
• 1925 US Championships 1925 Men: Bill Tilden · Women: Helen Wills Tilden's 6th consecutive title.
• 1925 Ku Klux Klan marches on Washington Tens of thousands parade down Pennsylvania Avenue An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan marched in white robes down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., in a show of the organization's strength during its 1920s resurgence. It was one of the largest Klan demonstrations in American history. Internal scandals and public backlash caused the group's membership to decline sharply in the following years.
• 1925 – 2003 Donald O'Connor (1925-2003) Died 27 September 2003, aged 78 Donald O'Connor was a dancer, singer and actor who began in vaudeville as a child. He is best remembered for his acrobatic solo number in the film 'Singin' in the Rain' and for a series of comedies co-starring a talking mule named Francis.