Ramsay MacDonald

The first Labour government in Britain is undone with the publication of the "Zinoview Letter." The forged letter claimed ties between Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and the government of the newly-formed U.S.S.R.

Clarence Birdseye invents a process to fast-freeze foods.

Al Capone assumes control of the Chicago underworld.

Little Orphan Annie

Newspaper comic strip Little Orphan Annie debuts.

A dance craze known as The Charleston sweeps the world.

The first Winter Olympic Games take place in Chamonix, France.

Science teacher John T. Scopes is convicted of teaching the theory of evolution, a crime in the state of Tennessee.

Groucho Marx

I'll Say She Is premieres on Broadway, turning a then-unknown comedy team called the Marx Brothers into stars overnight.

Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (the 1925 world's fair and origin of the term, "Art Deco,") takes place in Paris.

Adolph Hitler writes Mein Kampf while in prison.

G. Bernard Shaw

G. Bernard Shaw is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature.

London's famous red double-decker busses are introduced.

The Lost World is shown on an Imperial Airways flight from London, making it the first in-flight movie.

The world's first "motel" opens in San Luis Obispo, California.

Sarah Vaughan

Births: Lauren Bacall (Actress) Marlon Brando (Actor) Richard Burton (Actor) Doris Day (Actress) Benny Hill (Comedian) B.B. King (Musician) Jack Lemon (Actor) Henry Mancini (Composer) Marcello Mastroiani (Actor) Paul Newman (Actor) Margaret Thatcher (Politician) Sarah Vaughan (Singer)

Deaths: F. H. Bradley (Philosopher) Joseph Conrad (Writer) Eleanora Duse (Actress) Samuel Gompers (Union leader) H. Rider Haggard (Writer) Franz Kafka (Writer) Vladimir I. Lenin (Politician) Max Linder (Comedian) Amy Lowell (Poet) Giacomo Puccini (Composer) Woodrow Wilson (Politician) Sun Yat-Sen (Politician)

Franz Kafka