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+| footer            = From top to bottom, left to right: The [[1925 serum run to Nome]] sees mushers race across Alaska to deliver life-saving diphtheria antitoxin, capturing global attention; the deadly [[1925 Tri-State tornado]] sweeps through [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 689 and becoming the deadliest U.S. tornado; the [[Great Syrian Revolt]] erupts as Syrian nationalists rise against French rule; the [[Scopes Trial]] in Tennessee sparks a nationwide debate on evolution and religion in public education; the [[St. Nedelya Church bombing]] in Sofia, Bulgaria, kills hundreds during a funeral, escalating political violence; and the [[Locarno Treaties]] are signed to secure peace and stabilize postwar borders in Western Europe.
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 ===January===
 {{Main|January 1925}}
-* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Syrian Federation]] is officially dissolved, the [[State of Aleppo]] and the [[State of Damascus]] having been replaced by the [[State of Syria (1925–1930)|State of Syria]].
+* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Syrian Federation]] is officially dissolved, the [[State of Aleppo]] and the [[State of Damascus]] having been replaced by the [[State of Syria]].
 * [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Benito Mussolini]] makes a pivotal speech in the Italian [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Pugliese|editor-first=Stanislao G.|date=2004|title=Fascism, Anti-fascism, and the Resistance in Italy: 1919 to the Present|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.|page=69|isbn=0-7425-3123-6}}</ref>
-* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Twelve days later, [[Ma Ferguson]] becomes first female governor of Texas.
+* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Fifteen days later, [[Miriam A. Ferguson]] becomes first female governor of Texas.
 * [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Hjalmar Branting]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] because of ill health, and is replaced by the minister of trade, [[Rickard Sandler]].
 * [[January 27]]–[[February 1]] &ndash; The [[1925 serum run to Nome]] (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays [[diphtheria]] [[antitoxin]] by [[dog sled]] across the U.S. [[Territory of Alaska]] to combat an [[epidemic]].
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 * [[April 10]] &ndash; [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s novel ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' is published in New York.
 * [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Fritz Haarmann]], a serial killer convicted of the murder of 24 boys and young men, is [[guillotine]]d in Germany.
-[[File:BASA-1577K-1-61-14-Sofia, Bulgaria.JPG|thumb|150px|St Nedelya Church after assault]]
+* [[April 16]] &ndash; A communist assault on St Nedelya Church claims roughly 150 lives in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Years since "Bloody Holy Thursday", Bulgaria's Deadliest Terrorist Act |url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/archives/872798-100-years-since-bloody-holy-thursday-bulgaria-s-deadliest-terrorist-act |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=www.bta.bg |language=en}}</ref>
-* [[April 16]] &ndash; A communist assault on St Nedelya Church claims roughly 150 lives in [[Sofia, Bulgaria]].
 * [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Colo-colo]], a well-known football club of [[Chile]], is founded in [[Macul]], suburb of [[Santiago]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Colo-Colo: Sitio Oficial del Eterno Campeón|url=http://www.colocolo.cl/historia/fundacion/la-fundacion-del-club-1920-1930/|website=La fundación del club (1920-1930)|access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref>
 * [[April 20]] &ndash; Iranian forces of [[Reza Shah]] occupy [[Ahvaz]] and arrest Sheikh [[Khazʽal Ibn Jabir]].
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 ** The [[All-China Federation of Trade Unions]], the world's largest [[trade union]] organisation, is founded in [[Guangzhou]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]].
 * [[May 5]] &ndash; The [[General Election Law]] is passed in Japan, extending suffrage to all males aged 25 and over.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colegrove|first=Kenneth|date=1929|title=Labor Parties in Japan|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400113000/type/journal_article|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=23|issue=2|pages=329–363|doi=10.2307/1945218|jstor=1945218|s2cid=145649163|issn=0003-0554|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
-* [[May 8]] &ndash; African American Tom Lee rescues 32 people from the sinking [[steamboat]] ''[[M.E. Norman]]'' on the [[Mississippi River]].
+* [[May 8]] &ndash; African-American Tom Lee rescues 32 people from the sinking [[steamboat]] ''[[M.E. Norman]]'' on the [[Mississippi River]].
 * [[May 16]] – The first modern performance of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s opera ''[[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria]]'' (1639/40) takes place in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Michael Kennedy (music critic)|last= Kennedy|first= Michael|title= Oxford Dictionary of Music|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|year= 2006|isbn= 0-19-861459-4 |page=732}}</ref>
 * [[May 21]] &ndash; The opera ''[[Doktor Faust]]'', unfinished when composer [[Ferruccio Busoni]] died, is premiered [[Semperoper|in Dresden]].<ref>[https://almanac-gherardo-casaglia.com/index.php?Giorno=21&Mese=05&Anno=1925&Testo=Doktor_Faust&Parola=Stringa 21 Maggio 1925, Giovedì] almanac-gherardo-casaglia.com</ref>
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 ===June===
 {{Main|June 1925}}
-* [[June 6]] &ndash; The [[Chrysler Corporation]] is founded as an automobile manufacturer by [[Walter Percy Chrysler]] in the United States.
+* [[June 6]] &ndash; The [[Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]] is founded as an automobile manufacturer by [[Walter Chrysler]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrysler Corporation {{!}} Detroit Historical Society |url=https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/chrysler-corporation |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=www.detroithistorical.org |language=en}}</ref>
 * [[June 13]] &ndash; American engineer [[Charles Francis Jenkins]] achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines and a mechanical system in "the first public demonstration of radiovision".
 * [[June 14]]
 ** The [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] in Greece is founded.
-** The Turkish football club [[Göztepe A.Ş.|Göztepe]] is founded.
+** The Turkish football club [[Göztepe S.K.|Göztepe]] is founded.
-* [[June 29]] &ndash; The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[1925 Santa Barbara earthquake|Santa Barbara earthquake]] affects the central coast of California with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), destroying much of downtown [[Santa Barbara, California]] and leaving 13 people dead.
+* [[June 29]] &ndash; The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[1925 Santa Barbara earthquake|Santa Barbara earthquake]] affects the central coast of California with a maximum [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), destroying much of downtown [[Santa Barbara, California]] and leaving 13 people dead.
 ===July===
 {{Main|July 1925}}
-* [[July 10]]–[[July 21|21]] &ndash; [[Scopes Trial]]: In a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in [[Dayton, Tennessee]], United States, [[John T. Scopes]], a young high school science teacher (technically arrested on May 5 and indicted on May 25) is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian [[evolution]] in violation of a [[Tennessee]] state law, the "[[Butler Act]]". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality. The trial makes explicit the [[fundamentalist–modernist controversy]] within the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], with [[William Jennings Bryan]] (who dies on July 26) being challenged by the liberal [[Clarence Darrow]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moran|first=Jeffrey P.|title=The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents|publisher=Bedford/St. Martin's|year=2002}}</ref>
+* [[July 10]]–[[July 21|21]] &ndash; [[Scopes trial]]: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in [[Dayton, Tennessee]], United States, [[John T. Scopes]], a young high school science teacher (technically arrested on May 5 and indicted on May 25) is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian [[evolution]] in violation of a [[Tennessee]] state law, the "[[Butler Act]]". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality. The trial makes explicit the [[fundamentalist–modernist controversy]] within the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], with [[William Jennings Bryan]] (who dies on July 26) being challenged by the liberal [[Clarence Darrow]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moran|first=Jeffrey P.|title=The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents|publisher=Bedford/St. Martin's|year=2002}}</ref>
 * [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Meher Baba]] begins his 44-year silence.
 * [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] publishes Volume 1 of his personal manifesto ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' in Germany.
 * [[July 21]] &ndash; English racing motorist [[Malcolm Campbell]] becomes the first man to exceed {{convert|150|mph|0|abbr=on}} on land when at [[Pendine Sands]] in Wales he drives a [[Sunbeam 350HP]] automobile at a two-way average speed of {{convert|150.33|mph|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/blue_bird_anniversary |title=Blue Bird Celebrates 90th Anniversary - the National Motor Museum Trust |access-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031840/http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/blue_bird_anniversary |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 * [[July 25]]
-** The [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS) is established.
+** The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union ([[TASS]]) is established.
-** The [[Temporary Slavery Commission]] of the League of Nations filed their report on their global investigation of slavery and slave trade, preparing the ground for the introduction of the [[1926 Slavery Convention]].<ref>Miers, S. (2003). Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem. USA: AltaMira Press. 100-121</ref>
+** The [[Temporary Slavery Commission]] of the League of Nations filed their report on their global investigation of slavery and slave trade, preparing the ground for the introduction of the [[1926 Slavery Convention]].<ref>Miers, S. (2003). Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem. USA: AltaMira Press. 100–121</ref>
+* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Werner Heisenberg]], [[Max Born]] and [[Pascual Jordan]] published [[Umdeutung paper]] in [[Zeitschrift für Physik]] in Germany
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 {{Main|October 1925}}
 * [[October]] &ndash; The major money forgery and fraud of [[Alves dos Reis]] is exposed in Portugal.
-* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[US Congress]] grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing [[Mount Rushmore]] National Memorial on federal land in [[South Dakota]].
+* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|US Congress]] grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing [[Mount Rushmore]] National Memorial on federal land in [[South Dakota]].
-* [[October 2]] &ndash; In London, UK, [[John Logie Baird]] successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.<ref>{{cite book|first=R. W.|last=Burns|title=Television: An International History of the Formative Years|year=1998|location=London|publisher=Institution of Electrical Engineers|isbn=978-0-85296-914-4|page=264}}</ref>
+* [[October 2]] &ndash; In London, UK, [[John Logie Baird]] successfully transmits the first television pictures with a [[greyscale image]].<ref>{{cite book|first=R. W.|last=Burns|title=Television: An International History of the Formative Years|year=1998|location=London|publisher=Institution of Electrical Engineers|isbn=978-0-85296-914-4|page=264}}</ref>
-* [[October 4]] &ndash; ''[[Finnish torpedo boat S2|S2]]'', a Finnish [[Finnish S class torpedo boat|''Sokol'' class]] [[torpedo boat]], is sunk during a fierce storm near the coast of [[Pori]] in the [[Gulf of Bothnia]],  taking with her the whole crew of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|title=Torpedovene S2:n tuho 4.10.1925|first=Antero|last=Honkasalo|publisher=[[Wayback Machine]]|date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830015005/http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2006|language=fi}}</ref>
+* [[October 4]] &ndash; ''[[Finnish torpedo boat S2|S2]]'', a Finnish [[S-class torpedo boat|''Sokol'' class]] [[torpedo boat]], is sunk during a fierce storm near the coast of [[Pori]] in the [[Gulf of Bothnia]], taking with her the whole crew of 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|title=Torpedovene S2:n tuho 4.10.1925|first=Antero|last=Honkasalo|publisher=[[Wayback Machine]]|date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830015005/http://www.kaslib.fi/MARE/HIST/s2_1.htm|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2006|language=fi}}</ref>
 * [[October 5]]–[[October 16|16]] &ndash; The [[Locarno Treaties]] are negotiated.
-[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R03618, Locarno, Gustav Stresemann, Chamberlain, Briand.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Locarno Treaties]] with [[Gustav Stresemann]], [[Austen Chamberlain]] and [[Aristide Briand]]]]
+* [[October 19]]–[[October 29|29]] &ndash; A [[Incident at Petrich|brief conflict]] occurs between [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] and [[Second Hellenic Republic|Greece]] after a Greek soldier accidentally crosses into the Bulgarian side and was shot by border guards.
-* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Cubana de Aviación]] is founded.
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 * [[December 1]] &ndash; The [[Locarno Treaties]] are signed in London, intended to secure the post-war continental European territorial settlement.
 * [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius XI]]'s [[encyclical]] ''[[Quas primas]]'', on the [[Feast of Christ the King]], is promulgated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11PRIMA.HTM|title=Quas Primas|access-date=October 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815205132/http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius11/P11PRIMA.HTM|archive-date=August 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-* [[December 12]] &ndash; The first [[motel]] in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the [[Motel Inn]] of San Luis Obispo), opens in [[San Luis Obispo]], [[California]].<ref>{{The Timetables of Science|pages=442}}</ref>
+* [[December 12]] &ndash; The first [[motel]] in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the [[Motel Inn]] of San Luis Obispo), opens in [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]], [[California]].<ref>{{The Timetables of Science|pages=442}}</ref>
-* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Reza Shah]] takes the oath to become the first [[shah]] of [[Imperial State of Iran|Persia]] of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]].
+* [[December 14]] &ndash; ''[[Wozzeck]]'', [[Alban Berg]]'s first opera, is premiered at the [[Berlin State Opera]] conducted by [[Erich Kleiber]].
+* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Reza Shah]] takes the oath to become the first [[shah]] of [[Pahlavi Iran|Persia]] of the [[Pahlavi dynasty]].
 * [[December 25]] &ndash; [[IG Farben]] is formed by the merger of six chemical companies in Germany.
 [[File:Paris Montmartre in 1925.jpg|thumb|115px|Paris Rue de [[Montmartre]] in 1925]]
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-* New York City becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Largest Cities Through History|publisher=About.com|first=Matt|last=Rosenberg|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|access-date=2008-11-13|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2008}}
+* New York City becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City Mayors: The world's largest cities (1 to 100)|url=http://www.citymayors.com/features/largest_cities1.html|website=www.citymayors.com|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Largest Cities Through History|publisher=About.com|first=Matt|last=Rosenberg|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|access-date=2008-11-13|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2008}}
-* Islamic [[Bektashi Order]] lodges in Turkey are closed down by order of the country's President, [[Atatürk]], and the leadership moves to [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Elsie|first=Robert|title=The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans|publisher=I.B. Tauris|year=2019|isbn=978-1-78831-569-2|publication-place=London|oclc=1108619669|author-link=Robert Elsie}}</ref>
+* Islamic [[Bektashi Order]] lodges in Turkey are closed down by order of the country's President, [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk|Atatürk]], and the leadership moves to [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Elsie|first=Robert|title=The Albanian Bektashi: history and culture of a Dervish order in the Balkans|publisher=I.B. Tauris|year=2019|isbn=978-1-78831-569-2|publication-place=London|oclc=1108619669|author-link=Robert Elsie}}</ref>
 * [[Lion Feuchtwanger]]'s novel ''[[Jud Süß (Feuchtwanger novel)|Jud Süß]]'' (translated as ''Jew Süss'' or ''Power'') is published in Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Q. D.|last=Leavis|author-link=Q. D. Leavis|title=Fiction and the Reading Public|edition=rev.|location=London|publisher=Chatto & Windus|year=1965}}</ref>
 * [[Ernest Blythe]], [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]] in the [[Irish Free State]], arranges an annual government subsidy of £850 for the [[Abbey Theatre]] in [[Dublin]], making it the first state-supported theatre in the English-speaking world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kavanagh|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Kavanagh (writer)|title=The Story of the Abbey Theatre|location=New York|publisher=Devin-Adair|year=1950|pages=125–126}}</ref>
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 ** [[Gerald Durrell]], British naturalist, zookeeper, author and television presenter (d. [[1995]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Deus Loci|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VO0fAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Okanagan College|page=3}}</ref>
 ** [[Harry Stradling Jr.]], American cinematographer (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Famed Cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. Dies at 92 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-stradling-jr-dead-way-we-were-little-big-man-cinematographer-was-92-1052315 |accessdate=26 May 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190526023549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-stradling-jr-dead-way-we-were-little-big-man-cinematographer-was-92-1052315 |archivedate=26 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Ruiz]], Spanish road cycling racer
+* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Ruiz]], Spanish road cycling racer (d. [[2025]])
 * [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Lee Van Cleef]], American actor (d. [[1989]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Mike Malloy|title=Lee Van Cleef: A Biographical, Film, and Television Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIUdAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-0437-7|page=3}}</ref>
 * [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Peter Colotka]], Slovak academic, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister 1969–1988 (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Index Co-Cz|url=http://rulers.org/indexc4.html|work=Rulers|accessdate=6 September 2013}}</ref>
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 ** [[Ignacio López Tarso]], Mexican actor (d. [[2023]])
 * [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Shafik Wazzan]], 27th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (d. [[1999]])
-* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Duane Hanson]], American sculptor (d. [[1996]])
+* [[January 17]]
+** [[Robert Cormier]], American [[Young adult literature|young adult]] author (d. [[AD 2000|2000]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-01-17 |title=Robert Cormier Born |url=https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/robert-cormier-born.html |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=www.massmoments.org |language=en}}</ref>
+** [[Duane Hanson]], American sculptor (d. [[1996]])
 * [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Cardenal]], Nicaraguan priest, poet and politician (d. [[2020]])
 * [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Maria Tallchief]], American ballerina (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Maria Tallchief, ballet star who was inspiration for Balanchine, dies at 88 |date=April 12, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Sarah |last=Halzack |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/maria-tallchief-ballet-star-who-was-inspiration-for-balanchine-dies-at-88/2013/04/12/5888f3de-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html|access-date=April 14, 2013}}</ref>
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 **[[Dhalia]], Indonesian actress (d. [[1991]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malawau |first=Buce |date=1991 |title=In Memorial Dahlia |work=Vista |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02cEk7xqty1vA9Qy4RGJ4hnFH1mHEKj4uD2ToSdubbBgqiDWmZaCXp4VE8Lvf47enHl&id=100002729673319 |access-date=2022-07-27}}</ref>
 **[[Pierre Mondy]], French film and theatre actor and director (d. [[2012]])
-**[[Daisy Myers]], African American educator (d. [[2011]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Daisy Myers Obituary (2011) - York, PA - York Daily Record|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/york/154941095|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Legacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222915/https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/york/154941095 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 }}</ref>
+**[[Daisy Myers]], African-American educator (d. [[2011]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Daisy Myers Obituary (2011) - York, PA - York Daily Record|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/york/154941095|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Legacy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623222915/https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/york/154941095 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 }}</ref>
 * [[February 11]]
 ** [[Virginia E. Johnson]], American sexologist (d. [[2013]])
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 ** [[Krishna Sobti]], Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Krishna Sobti – Hindi Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress, New Delhi Office) |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/krishnasobti.html |website=www.loc.gov |publisher=The Library of Congress |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
 * [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Robert Altman]], American film director (d. [[2006]])
-* [[February 22]] - [[Edward Gorey]], American writer, illustrator and playwright (d. [[2000]])
+* [[February 22]] – [[Edward Gorey]], American writer, illustrator and playwright (d. [[2000]])
 * [[February 21]]
 ** [[Sam Peckinpah]], American film director (d. [[1984]])
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 * [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Everton Weekes]], West Indian cricketer (d. [[2020]])
 * [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Louis Nirenberg]], Canadian-American mathematician (d. [[2020]])
+*[[February 28]] &ndash; [[Harry H. Corbett]], English actor (d. [[1982]])
 ===March===
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 ** [[Leo Esaki]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] laureate
 ** [[G. William Whitehurst]], American journalist and politician
-* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[John Tate (mathematician)|John Tate]], American mathematician (d. [[2019]])
+* [[March 13]]
+** [[Roy Haynes]], American jazz drummer (d. [[2024]])
+** [[John Tate (mathematician)|John Tate]], American mathematician (d. [[2019]])
 * [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Art Murakowski]], American football player (d. [[1985]])
 * [[March 16]]
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 * [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Gabriele Ferzetti]], Italian actor (d. [[2015]])
 * [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Alessandroni]], Italian musician and composer (d. [[2017]])
-* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Brent Scowcroft]], American general and diplomat  (d. [[2020]])
+* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Brent Scowcroft]], American general and diplomat (d. [[2020]])
 * [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Peter Brook]], English theatre director (d. [[2022]])
 * [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Gerard Hoffnung]], German-born English humorist (d. [[1959]])
@@ Line 317: / Line 334: @@
 * [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Yogi Berra]], American baseball player (d. [[2015]])
 * [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Oona O'Neill]], American actress (d. [[1991]])
-* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Andrei Eshpai]], Russian pianist (d. [[2015]])
+* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Andrei Eshpai]], Soviet and Russian composer (d. [[2015]])
 * [[May 16]]
 ** [[Nancy Roman]], American astronomer (d. [[2018]])
@@ Line 342: / Line 359: @@
 ** [[Bülent Ecevit]], 3-time prime minister of Turkey (d. [[2006]])
 ** [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], German lyric baritone and conductor (d. [[2012]])
-** [[Lucien Nedzi]], American politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]] from 1961 to 1981
+** [[Lucien Nedzi]], American politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives|US House of Representatives]] from 1961 to 1981 (d. [[2025]])
 ** [[Pavel Štěpán]], Czech pianist (d. [[1998]])
 * [[May 30]] &ndash; [[John Marks (doctor)|John Marks]], English doctor and author (d. [[2022]])
@@ Line 362: / Line 379: @@
 * [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Antonio Puchades]], Spanish footballer (d. [[2013]])
 * [[June 5]]
-** [[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]], American actor  (d. [[2024]])
+** [[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]], American actor (d. [[2024]])
 ** [[Maharani Wisma Susana Siregar]], Indonesian-Dutch freedom fighter and wife of President [[Sukarno]]
 * [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Hideji Ōtaki]], Japanese actor (d. [[2012]])
@@ Line 391: / Line 408: @@
 * [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Oliver Smithies]], British-American geneticist (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2007/smithies/facts/|title=Oliver Smithies|website=Nobel Prize|access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref>
 * [[June 25]]
-** [[June Lockhart]], American actress
+** [[June Lockhart]], American actress (d. [[2025]])
 ** [[Robert Venturi]], American architect (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Cleveland Amory|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-9615476-0-8|page=519}}</ref>
 ** [[P. Viswambharan]], Indian politician, socialist, trade unionist and journalist (d. [[2016]])
@@ Line 430: / Line 447: @@
 ** [[Merv Griffin]], American game show host and producer, talk show host, singer (d. [[2007]])
 ** [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]], American musician (d. [[1981]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Swenson|title=Bill Haley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sFxGk7oH0iUC|year=1982|publisher=W.H. Allen|isbn=978-0-491-02947-6|page=15}}</ref>
-** [[Gazi Yaşargil]], Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon
+** [[Gazi Yaşargil]], Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon (d. [[2025]])
 * [[July 8]] – [[Nicholas Brathwaite]], Prime Minister of Grenada (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Phil Gunson|author2=Greg Chamberlain|author3=Andrew Thompson|title=The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tEJACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT50|date=22 December 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27053-9|pages=50}}</ref>
 * [[July 9]]
@@ Line 478: / Line 495: @@
 * [[July 23]]
 ** [[Tajuddin Ahmad]], 1st prime minister of Bangladesh (d. [[1975]])
+** [[G. Holmes Braddock]], American politician (d. [[2025]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Howard |date=July 24, 2025 |title='He shaped the futures of millions of students.' G. Holmes Braddock dies at 100 |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article311323395.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 27, 2025 |work=[[Miami Herald]]}}</ref>
 ** [[Gloria DeHaven]], American actress (d. [[2016]])
 ** [[Quett Masire]], 2nd [[President of Botswana]] (d. [[2017]])
@@ Line 490: / Line 508: @@
 ** [[Ana María Matute]], Spanish writer (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Ana Maria Matute, Novelist, Dies at 88|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/books/ana-maria-matute-spanish-novelist-marked-by-civil-war-dies-at-88.html?ref=obituaries|work=The New York Times|first=William|last=Yardley|date=27 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014}}</ref>
 * [[July 28]]
-** [[Baruch S. Blumberg]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2011]])
+** [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2011]])
 ** [[Ali Bozer]], Turkish politician (d. [[2020]])
 * [[July 29]]
-** [[Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis]], Indian cartoonist
+** [[S. D. Phadnis]], Indian cartoonist
 ** [[Carmen Stănescu]], Romanian actress (d. [[2018]])
 ** [[Mikis Theodorakis]], Greek composer (d. [[2021]])
@@ Line 506: / Line 524: @@
 [[File:Katyna Ranieri 1962.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Katyna Ranieri]]]]
 * [[August 2]]
-** [[Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg]], Princess of Luxembourg (d. [[2023]])
+** [[Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg]], Princess of Luxembourg (d. [[2023]])
 ** [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], 42nd president of Argentina (d. [[2013]])
-* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Dom Um Romão]], Brazilian jazz drummer (d. [[2005]])
+* [[August 3]]
+** [[Marv Levy]], American football coach and executive
+** [[Dom Um Romão]], Brazilian jazz drummer (d. [[2005]])
 * [[August 6]]
 ** [[Eddie Baily]], England international footballer (d. [[2010]])
@@ Line 536: / Line 556: @@
 ** [[Oscar Peterson]], Canadian jazz pianist (d. [[2007]])
 ** [[Aldo Ciccolini]], Italian-born French pianist (d. [[2015]])
+* [[August 16]] – [[Kirke Mechem]], American composer
 * [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Pegeen Vail Guggenheim]], Swiss-American painter (d. [[1967]])
 * [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Madhav Dalvi]], Indian cricketer (d. [[2012]])
@@ Line 545: / Line 566: @@
 * [[August 27]]
 ** [[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]], Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Vatican diplomat (d. [[2017]])
-** [[Nat Lofthouse]], English footballer (d. [[2011]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/9363142.stm |title=Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse dies at 85 |date=16 January 2011 |access-date=2011-01-16 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
+** [[Nat Lofthouse]], English footballer (d. [[2011]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/9363142.stm |title=Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse dies at 85 |date=16 January 2011 |access-date=2011-01-16 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
 ** [[Jaswant Singh Neki]], Indian academic and poet (d. [[2015]])
 * [[August 28]]
@@ Line 558: / Line 579: @@
 [[File:Andrea Camilleri, portrait, Premio Chiara 2010.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Andrea Camilleri]]]]
 [[File:Peter Sellers at home in Belgravia, London, 1973.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Peter Sellers]]]]
-[[File:B.B. King 07 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[B.B. King]]]]
+[[File:B.B. King 07 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[B. B. King]]]]
 <!--[[File:Marty Robbins 1966.JPG|thumb|100px|[[Marty Robbins]]]]-->
 * [[September 1]]
@@ Line 570: / Line 591: @@
 ** [[Jacqueline Ceballos]], American feminist
 ** [[Peter Sellers]], English comedian and actor (d. [[1980]])
-* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Boris Tchaikovsky|Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer (d. [[1996]])
+* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Boris Tchaikovsky]], Soviet and Russian composer (d. [[1996]])
 * [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Armando Monteiro Filho]], Brazilian businessman, engineer and politician (d. [[2018]])
 * [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Mel Tormé]], American musician (d. [[1999]])
@@ Line 578: / Line 599: @@
 ** [[Eugene Garfield]], American linguist and businessman (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228082153/http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view%2FarticleNo%2F48636%2Ftitle%2FScientometrics-Pioneer-Eugene-Garfield-Dies%2F|archive-date=February 28, 2017|url=http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/48636/title/Scientometrics-Pioneer-Eugene-Garfield-Dies/|title=Scientometrics Pioneer Eugene Garfield Dies|work=The Scientist|date=February 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ** [[Charles Haughey]], sixth [[Taoiseach]] (head of government of the [[Republic of Ireland]]) (d. [[2006]])
-** [[B.B. King]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. [[2015]])
+** [[B. B. King]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. [[2015]])
 ** [[Morgan Woodward]], American actor (d. [[2019]])
+** [[Martha Firestone Ford]], American Businesswoman and former principal owner of the [[Detroit Lions]]
+* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Pete Murray (DJ)|Pete Murray]], British Radio and television presenter
 * [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Ananda Mahidol]], King Rama VIII of Siam (d. [[1946]])
+* [[September 23]] – [[Angelo Acerbi]], Italian Catholic archbishop and cardinal
 * [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Autar Singh Paintal]], Indian medical scientist (d. [[2004]])
 * [[September 25]]
 ** [[Paul B. MacCready Jr.]], American aeronautical engineer (d. [[2007]])
 ** [[Silvana Pampanini]], Italian actress (d. [[2016]])
-* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Marty Robbins]], American singer-songwriter and racing driver (d. [[1982]])
+* [[September 26]]
+** [[Marty Robbins]], American singer-songwriter and racing driver (d. [[1982]])
+** [[Bobby Shantz]], American Baseball Player
 * [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Robert G. Edwards]], British Nobel Prize-winning physiologist (d. [[2013]])
 * [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Cromwell Everson]], South African composer (d. [[1991]])
 * [[September 30]]
-** [[Joseph Hitti]], Lebanese [[Roman Catholic]] bishop (d. [[2022]])
+** [[Joseph Hitti]], Lebanese Catholic bishop (d. [[2022]])
-** [[Arkady Ostashev]], Russian [[scientist]] and rocket [[engineer]] (d. [[1998]])
+** [[Arkady Ostashev]], Russian scientist and rocket engineer (d. [[1998]])
 ===October===
@@ Line 641: / Line 667: @@
 ** [[Johnny Carson]], American comedian and television host (d. [[2005]])
 ** [[José Freire Falcão]], Brazilian cardinal (d. [[2021]])
+** [[Manos Hadjidakis]], Greek composer (d. [[1994]])
 * [[October 24]]
 ** [[Luciano Berio]], Italian composer (d. [[2003]])
 ** [[Ieng Sary]], Vietnamese-Cambodian politician (d. [[2013]])
-* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Aliya Moldagulova]], Soviet soldier and sniper (d. [[1944]])
+* [[October 25]]
+** [[Aliya Moldagulova]], Soviet soldier and sniper (d. [[1944]])
 * [[October 27]]
 ** [[Warren Christopher]], American diplomat (d. [[2011]])
@@ Line 676: / Line 704: @@
 * [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Rock Hudson]], American actor (d. [[1985]])
 * [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Bauman]], Polish military officer, sociologist and philosopher (d. [[2017]])
 * [[November 20]]
-** [[Lise Bourdin]], French actress
 ** [[Robert F. Kennedy]], American politician, [[Attorney General of the United States]] and a leading [[1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1968 Democratic presidential candidate]] (d. [[1968]])
 ** [[Maya Plisetskaya]], Russian-Lithuanian ballerina (d. [[2015]])
@@ Line 686: / Line 713: @@
 ** [[José Napoleón Duarte]], Salvadoran politician, 39th [[President of El Salvador]] (d. [[1990]])
 ** [[Johnny Mandel]], American composer and conductor (d. [[2020]])
+** [[William Tebeau]], African-American engineer (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Tebeau Obituary (1925 - 2013) - Salem, OR - The Statesman Journal |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesmanjournal/name/william-tebeau-obituary?id=17021860 |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>
 * [[November 24]]
 ** [[William F. Buckley Jr.]], American journalist, author and commentator (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |agency=Associated Press |title=Author, Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82 |date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |publisher=KVIA.com |url=https://kvia.com/news/2008/02/27/author-conservative-commentator-william-f-buckley-jr-dies-at-82/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418203637/https://kvia.com/news/2008/02/27/author-conservative-commentator-william-f-buckley-jr-dies-at-82/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
@@ Line 696: / Line 724: @@
 ** [[Ernie Wise]], English comedian (d. [[1999]])
 * [[November 30]]
+** [[Lise Bourdin]], French actress (d. [[2025]])
 ** [[Maryon Pittman Allen]], American politician and journalist (d. [[2018]])
 ** [[Hayashiya Sanpei I]], Japanese comedian (d. [[1980]])
@@ Line 763: / Line 792: @@
 ===February===
-[[File:Hjalmar branting stor bild.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hjalmar Branting]]]]
+[[File:Hjalmar Branting by Goodwin.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hjalmar Branting]]]]
 [[File:Friedrich Ebert face.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Friedrich Ebert]]]]
 * [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Jaap Eden]], Dutch speed skater (b. [[1873]])
@@ Line 868: / Line 897: @@
 ===July===
-[[File:Pancho Villa BNF.jpeg|thumb|110px|[[Francisco Guilledo|Pancho Villa]]]]
+[[File:Pancho Villa BNF.jpeg|thumb|110px|[[Pancho Villa (boxer)|Pancho Villa]]]]
-[[File:SEVERO_FERN%C3%81NDEZ_ALONSO_CABALLERO.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Severo Fernandez]]]]
+[[File:SEVERO_FERN%C3%81NDEZ_ALONSO_CABALLERO.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Severo Fernández]]]]
 * [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Erik Satie]], French composer (b. [[1866]])
 * [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Golitsyn]], last Prime Minister of the Russian Empire (executed) (b. [[1850]])
 * [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] social activist and blessed (b. [[1901]])
 * [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Clarence Hudson White]], American photographer (b. [[1871]])
-* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Francisco Guilledo|Pancho Villa]], Filipino world boxing champion (b. [[1901]])
+* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Pancho Villa (boxer)|Pancho Villa]], Filipino world boxing champion (b. [[1901]])
 * [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Lovis Corinth]], German painter (b. [[1858]])
-* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Francisco Jose Fernandes Costa]], Portuguese lawyer and politician (b. [[1867]])
+* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Francisco José Fernandes Costa]], Portuguese lawyer and politician (b. [[1867]])
 * [[July 26]]
 ** [[Antonio Ascari]], Italian racing driver (b. [[1888]])
@@ Line 894: / Line 923: @@
 ===September===
-* [[September 6]] or [[September 8]]– [[Louisa Briggs]], Aboriginal Australian rights activist, dormitory matron, midwife and nurse recognized as  five [[apical ancestor]]s from whom [[Boonwurrung]] descent is established (b. [[1818]] or [[1836]])
+* [[September 6]] or [[September 8]] – [[Louisa Briggs]], Aboriginal Australian rights activist (b. [[1818]] or [[1836]])
 * [[September 7]] &ndash; [[René Viviani]], 81st [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1863]])
-* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1888]])
+* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Alexander Friedmann]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1888]])
 * [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Carl Eytel]], German-American artist working in [[Palm Springs, California]] (b. [[1862]])
 * [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Yui Mitsue]], Japanese general (b. [[1860]])
@@ Line 919: / Line 948: @@
 ===November===
 * [[November 1]]
-** [[Lester Cuneo]], American actor (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211207103943/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13e0970 Lester Cuneo]</ref>
+** [[Lester Cuneo]], American actor (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13e0970|title=Lester Cuneo|access-date=May 11, 2023|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207103943/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba13e0970|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ** [[Max Linder]], French actor (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frenchfilms.org/biography/max-linder.html|title=Biography and filmography of Max Linder|first=James|last=Travers|date=January 1, 2013|website=frenchfilms.org}}</ref>
 * [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Sidney Reilly]], Russian spy (executed) (b. c.[[1873]])

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