Wednesday 7th of January 1925

Suspected serial killer Pietro Pacciani aka Il Mostro di Firenze is born in Mercatale, Toscana, Italy.

Friday 9th of January 1925

Actor Lee Clarence Leroy Van Cleef is born in Somerville, New Jersey, United States.

Friday 9th of January 1925

Murderer Sam Flowers is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

Flowers killed his wife on 20 february 1923

Wednesday 14th of January 1925

Mass murderer Ben Burchfield aka The Bristol Axe Murderer is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Burchfield hacked to death his estranged wife Delline and her 13-year-old son Charles, 50-year-old James W. Smith, his wife and their 2-year-old daughter Ruby and set the house on fire on 26 November 1922.

Wednesday 14th of January 1925

Poet, writer and actor Yukio Mishima is born as Kimitake Hiraoka in Tokyo, Yotsuya, Kantō, Japan.

Sunday 18th of January 1925

Philosopher Gilles Deleuze is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Thursday 22nd of January 1925

Murderer Nicholas Ferranti is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

Thursday 22nd of January 1925

Cop killer Florencio Lerma aka Martin Flores is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 26 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

Monday 26th of January 1925

Actor Paul Leonard Newman is born in Cleveland, Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States.

Sunday 8th of February 1925

Actor Jack John Uhler Lemmon is born in Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 2014 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts, United States.

Lemmon was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Friday 20th of February 1925

Film director Robert Bernard Altman is born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Saturday 21st of February 1925

Murderer Ronald Joseph Ryan is born as Ronald Edmond Thompson in The Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.

Saturday 21st of February 1925

Film director Sam David Samuel Peckinpah aka The Picasso of Violence is born in Fresno, California, United States.

Saturday 21st of February 1925

Inauguration of a monument in memory of the victims of 46-year-old Serial killer Fritz Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Stadtfriedhof Stocken, Abteilung 49D/189-192, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Thursday 12th of March 1925

Cyclist Louis Louison Bobet aka Zonzon is born in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, Bretagne, France.

Thursday 12th of March 1925

Revolutionary leader and medical practitioner Yat-sen Sun aka The Father of the Nation dies of liver cancer at the age of 59 in Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dongdan 3rd Alley, Beijing, Dongcheng, Hebei, China.

Thursday 26th of March 1925

Composer Pierre Boulez is born in Montbrison, Loire, France.

Monday 30th of March 1925

Philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner aka The Father of Anthroposophy dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Goetheanum, Dornach, Solothurn, Switzerland.

Tuesday 14th of April 1925

Actor Rod Rodney Stephen Steiger is born in Westhampton, New York, United States.

Wednesday 15th of April 1925

Serial killer Fritz Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 46 in Königliches Zellengefängnis, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Haarmann's head is kept in the Kraepelinschen Hirnforschungsinstitut in München, Germany.

Wednesday 22nd of April 1925

Murderer John Norman Holmes Thorne aka The Chicken Run Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Wandsworth Prison, London, Wandsworth, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Sunday 26th of April 1925

Chocolate maker Michele Ferrero known for inventing Nutella chocolate paste is born in Dogliani, Piemonte, Italy.

Thursday 7th of May 1925

Writer and revolutionary Boris Viktorovich Savinkov commits suicide by jumping from a window at the age of 46 in Lubyanka Prison, Lubyanskaya Square, Moscow, Meshchansky, Central Federal District, Russia.

According to modern publications by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and others Savinkov was killed in prison by OGPU officers.

Saturday 16th of May 1925

Entertainer, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter and professional whistler Bobbejaan Schoepen is born as Modest Schoepen in Boom, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Tuesday 19th of May 1925

Revolutionary black activist Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz is born as Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

Wednesday 20th of May 1925

Aircraft designer Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

Friday 22nd of May 1925

Double murderer Llewellyn Wilson Peare is executed by hanging at the age of 69 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Peare went on a moonshine spree and killed his wife and a neighbour. He became the oldest man ever executed in Oregon.

Friday 22nd of May 1925

Murder plotter Arthur Covell is executed by hanging at the age of 46 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Friday 22nd of May 1925

Artist Jean Tinguely is born in Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Wednesday 3rd of June 1925

Actor Tony Curtis is born as Bernard Schwartz in New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

Tuesday 16th of June 1925

Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl is born in Grodnau, Burgenland, Austria.

Saturday 20th of June 1925

Most decorated American soldier of WWII Audie Leon Murphy is born in Kingston, Texas, United States.

Friday 26th of June 1925

Cosmonaut Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev is born in Chelishchevo, Vologda Oblast, Russia.

Wednesday 1st of July 1925

Pianist and composer Erik Satie dies of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 59 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

After his death Satie's friends discovered an apartment replete with squalor and chaos. Among many other unsorted papers and miscellaneous items, it contained a large number of umbrellas and two grand pianos placed one on top of the other, the upper instrument used as storage for letters and parcels.

Thursday 2nd of July 1925

African American civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi, United States.

Monday 6th of July 1925

Musician Bill William John Clifton Haley is born in Highland Park, Michigan, United States.

Wednesday 8th of July 1925

Victim of Eric Edgar Cooke aka The Australian Nightmare Patricia Vinico Berkman aka Pnina is born as Patricia Vinnicombe in The Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.

Friday 10th of July 1925

31-year-old Spiritual master Meher Baba aka Avatar decides to keep silent for the rest of his life in Meherabad, Maharashtra, India.

Baba was communicating first by use of chalk and slate, then by an alphabet board and later by self-styled hand gestures. In January 1927 he gave up writing with pen or pencil also.

Saturday 18th of July 1925

The first part of 'Mein Kampf' by 36-year-old Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is published by Eher Verlag in München, Bayern, Germany.

Hitler's title original title for the book was Viereinhalb Jahre (des Kampfes) gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit.

Monday 20th of July 1925

Revolutionary philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Omar Fanon is born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, France.

Sunday 26th of July 1925

Philosopher, logician and mathematician Gottlob Friedrich Ludwig Frege aka The Father of Analytic Philosophy dies of unknown causes at the age of 77 in Bad Kleinen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Thursday 6th of August 1925

Victim of The Manson Family Leno Pasqualino Antonio LaBianca is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Friday 7th of August 1925

34-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder has one testicle removed for medical reasons in Dannemora Prison, Dannemora, New York, United States.

Saturday 8th of August 1925

30.000 – or up to 50.000 according to some sources – white robed members of the Ku Klux Klan march 22 abreast and 14 rows deep blocks in Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Tuesday 11th of August 1925

Double murderer George Gumtow is born in Comstock, Michigan, United States.

Friday 14th of August 1925

Murderer Arthur Henry Bishop is executed by hanging at the age of 18 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, London, Islington, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Bishop murdered 26-year-old Francis Edward Rix at 24 Charles Street, Mayfair, London on 7 June 1925.

Saturday 15th of August 1925

Actor Mike Connors known for playing detective Joe Mannix is born as Kreker J. Ohanian in Fresno, California, United States.

Monday 7th of September 1925

Fashion designer Laura Ashley is born as Laura Mountney in 31 Station Terrace, Dowlais, Wales, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 8th of September 1925

Actor Peter Richard Henry Sellers known for his role as The Pink Panther is born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Wednesday 16th of September 1925

Singer-songwriter and musician B. B. Riley King aka The King of the Blues is born in Berclair, Mississippi, United States.

Thursday 17th of September 1925

18-year-old Painter Frida Kahlo is involved in a bus accident in Mercado de San Juan, Mexico City, Mexico.

Kahlo is discovered with a metal pole protruding from her body and suffered a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, a fractured pelvis, 2 broken ribs, 11 fractures in her right leg and a dislocated and crushed right foot.

Thursday 17th of September 1925

Murderer Julius Miller is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

Thursday 17th of September 1925

Mass murderer John Emil List aka The Bogeyman of Westfield is born in Bay City, Michigan, United States.

Sunday 20th of September 1925

King of Thailand Rama VIII aka Ananda Mahidol is born as Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Ananda Mahidol Phra Atthama Ramathibodindara in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Tuesday 29th of September 1925

Murderer Arthur Ross Brown is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

Saturday 3rd of October 1925

Writer Gore Eugene Louis Vidal is born in Cadet Hospital, 900 Washington Road, West Point, New York, United States.

Saturday 10th of October 1925

26-year-old Kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann marries 27-year-old Anna Schoeffler in New York City, New York, United States.

Saturday 10th of October 1925

Strongman and eccentric Antonio Barichievich aka The Great Antonio is born in Zagreb, Zagrebačka županija, Croatia.

In his later years Barichievich claimed that he was an extraterrestrial.

Tuesday 13th of October 1925

Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist Lenny Bruce is born as Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York, United States.

Tuesday 13th of October 1925

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher aka The Iron Lady is born as Margaret Hilda Roberts in North Parade, Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

Thursday 22nd of October 1925

Artist Robert Milton Ernest Rauschenberg is born in Port Arthur, Texas, United States.

Friday 23rd of October 1925

Television host Johnny Carson known for ‘The Tonight Show’ is born in Coming, Iowa, United States.

Saturday 24th of October 1925

Composer Luciano Berio is born in Oneglia, Liguria, Italy.

Monday 26th of October 1925

Writer and artist Jan Hendrik Wolkers is born in Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Tuesday 10th of November 1925

Actor Richard Burton is born as Richard Walter Jenkins in Pontrhydyfen, Wales, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 17th of November 1925

Actor Rock Hudson is born as Roy Harold Scherer in Winnetka, Illinois, United States.

Tuesday 17th of November 1925

Mass murderer Fritz Heinrich Angerstein is executed by beheading by Carl Gröpler at the age of 34 in Zentralgefängnis Freiendiez, Diez, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Friday 20th of November 1925

Politician Robert Francis 'Bobby' Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States.

Sunday 22nd of November 1925

Aviation pioneer Jerrie Geraldine Fredritz Mock known for becoming the first woman to fly solo around the world is born in Newark, Ohio, United States.

Thursday 26th of November 1925

King of Siam Rama VI aka Vajiravudh dies of blood poisoning at the age of 45 in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

Monday 30th of November 1925

Murderer William R. Lloyd is executed by hanging at the age of 36 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

Saturday 5th of December 1925

Victim of Leslie Irvin aka The Mad Dog Killer Wesley Whitney Kerr is born in Dayton, Tennessee, United States.

Tuesday 8th of December 1925

Actor, singer and entertainer Sammy Samuel George Davis Jr. is born in New York, Harlem, New York, United States.

Sunday 13th of December 1925

Comedian, actor, singer and dancer Dick Richard Wayne Van Dyke is born in West Plains, Missouri, United States.

Saturday 19th of December 1925

A few minutes after a jury in Circuit Court had declared him not guilty of murder a lynch mob stormed the courthouse and takes Murder suspect Lindsey Coleman in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.

Friday 25th of December 1925

Writer Carlos Castaneda is born in Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru.

Monday 28th of December 1925

Actress and singer Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef is born in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.