Timeline July 1925

Events in July 1925 8

• 1860 – 1925 William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) Died 26 July 1925, aged 65 William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State, died in Dayton, Tennessee, five days after serving as prosecutor in the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution. He had been a leading voice of American populism and religious fundamentalism. His death came suddenly, reportedly from a combination of exhaustion and diabetes.
• 1866 – 1925 Erik Satie (1866-1925) Died 1 July 1925, aged 59 French composer Erik Satie, known for eccentric piano works such as the Gymnopedies and his influence on Impressionist and later minimalist music, died in Paris of cirrhosis of the liver. He was a major influence on composers including Debussy, Ravel and the group known as Les Six. His unconventional style prefigured many later avant-garde movements.
• 1925 Wimbledon 1925 Men: René Lacoste · Women: Suzanne Lenglen Lenglen's sixth and final Wimbledon title.
• 1925 – 2011 Farley Granger (1925-2011) American actor known for two Hitchcock films, Rope and Strangers on a Train.
• 1925 Farley Granger born in San Jose Farley Granger is born in San Jose.
• 1925 – 1981 Bill Haley (1925-1981) Died 9 February 1981, aged 55 American musician Bill Haley, whose recording of "Rock Around the Clock" is widely regarded as one of the songs that brought rock and roll to mainstream popularity, died in Harlingen, Texas, on 9 February 1981. His band Bill Haley & His Comets had been among the first stars of the genre in the mid-1950s.
• 1925 – 2019 D.A. Pennebaker (1925-2019) Died 1 August 2019, aged 94 D.A. Pennebaker was an American documentary filmmaker and pioneer of the direct cinema movement, known for Dont Look Back, his film on Bob Dylan, and Monterey Pop. He received an honorary Academy Award in 2013 for his lifetime contribution to documentary filmmaking. He died at his home in New York.
• 1925 Mein Kampf published Hitler's manifesto appears in print Adolf Hitler published the first volume of Mein Kampf, setting out his political ideology and antisemitic worldview, much of it dictated during his imprisonment. The book sold modestly at first but became required reading in Nazi Germany after 1933. It remains one of the most notorious texts of the 20th century.