Timeline June 1925

Events in June 1925 5

• 1855 – 1925 Robert M. La Follette Sr. (1855-1925) Died 18 June 1925, aged 69 Robert M. La Follette Sr., progressive U.S. senator from Wisconsin and 1924 Progressive Party presidential candidate, died in Washington, D.C. He had built a national reputation as a champion of anti-trust regulation and political reform. His sons continued his progressive political legacy in Wisconsin politics.
• 1925 French Open 1925 — first international Grand Slam Men: René Lacoste · Women: Suzanne Lenglen First French Open open to international players and recognised as a Grand Slam event. René Lacoste and Suzanne Lenglen won. Lenglen was virtually unbeatable on clay.
• 1925 – 2010 Tony Curtis (1925-2010) Died 29 September 2010, aged 85 Curtis was an American film actor who starred in more than 100 films, including Some Like It Hot and Spartacus, becoming one of Hollywood's leading men of the 1950s and 1960s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Defiant Ones. He died of cardiac arrest at his home in Nevada.
• 1925 Chrysler Corporation founded Walter Chrysler launches his automobile company Walter P. Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, reorganizing the failing Maxwell Motor Company into a new automaker. Chrysler grew into one of the leading American car manufacturers alongside Ford and General Motors. The company introduced innovations such as hydraulic brakes in its early models.
• 1925 – 2018 Barbara Bush (1925-2018) Died 17 April 2018, aged 92 American First Lady during the presidency of her husband George H. W. Bush and mother of President George W. Bush. She was a prominent advocate for literacy and family reading programs. She remains one of only two women to be both wife and mother of a US president.