January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of marriage May 25, 1923
The temperature on May 25, 1923 was between 0.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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