Timeline October 1925

Events in October 1925 9

• 1925 First television demonstration of a recognizable image John Logie Baird transmits a moving face Scottish inventor John Logie Baird successfully transmitted a recognizable moving image, the face of a ventriloquist's dummy, using his mechanical television system in London. It was the first demonstration of true televised images rather than simple silhouettes. Baird gave a public demonstration to scientists and press early the following year.
• 1925 – 2012 Gore Vidal (1925-2012) Died 31 July 2012, aged 86 American writer and public intellectual known for historical novels and sharp political essays. He died of complications from pneumonia at his Hollywood Hills home.
• 1925 – 2013 Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) Died 20 August 2013, aged 87 Elmore Leonard was an American author of crime novels including Get Shorty and Out of Sight, many of which were adapted into films. He died at his home in Michigan after suffering a stroke.
• 1925 – 2013 Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1925 – 2022 Angela Lansbury (1925-2022) British-American actress whose career spanned eight decades, from Gaslight to Broadway's Mame and television's Murder, She Wrote.
• 1925 Angela Lansbury born in London Angela Lansbury is born in London.
• 1925 Locarno Treaties negotiated European powers agree to guarantee post-war borders Germany, France, Belgium, Britain and Italy negotiated a set of agreements at Locarno, Switzerland, guaranteeing the western European borders set by the Treaty of Versailles. The treaties were formally signed in London on 1 December 1925 and ushered in a brief period of European reconciliation. Germany's acceptance paved the way for its entry into the League of Nations the following year.
• 1925 – 2003 Celia Cruz (1925-2003) Died 16 July 2003, aged 77 Celia Cruz was a Cuban singer known as the Queen of Salsa, with a powerful voice and a career of more than 50 years spanning the Sonora Matancera, the Fania All-Stars and a long solo run. She left Cuba after the 1959 revolution and never returned, becoming a symbol of the exile community.
• 1925 – 2005 Johnny Carson (1925-2005) Died 23 January 2005, aged 79 Johnny Carson, the longtime host of "The Tonight Show" who defined American late-night television for three decades, died on 23 January 2005. He retired from the show in 1992 after transforming it into a cultural institution and launching countless comedy careers. Carson rarely appeared publicly after his retirement.