January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
Day of marriage December 23, 1925
The temperature on December 23, 1925 was between -0.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
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