Video: 'Scopes Monkey Trial FULL' (July 21, 1925, at 1:05:34)

(Tuesday, July 21, 1925) — The so-called “Monkey Trial” trial of John Thomas Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in Dayton, Tennessee, which defense attorney Clarence Darrow characterized today as “the first case of its kind since we stopped trying people for witchcraft” (three-time Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan was the special prosecutor in the case) is over. Continue reading Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ ends with guilty verdict, fine 90 years ago today (July 21 1925) →

(Saturday, July 18, 1925) — The first volume of Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”), an autobiographical manifesto by National Socialist leader Adolf Hitler in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany was published today.

Video: 'Chrysler History: 1920 - 1990'

(Saturday June 6, 1925) — Chrysler was founded today by Walter Chrysler when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation.

Video: 'Monkey Trial Case Documentary' (May 5, 1925, at 11:57)

(Tuesday, May 5, 1925) — Schoolteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged today for violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He would be tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial.

Video: 'Gas warfare in the First World War'

(Monday, May 4, 1925) — An international conference opened today in Geneva to forge an agreement against the use of chemical and biological weapons in war; the Geneva Protocol was signed on June 17, 1925 and went into force in 1928.

Video: 'A Brief History of Art Deco'

(Tuesday, April 28, 1925) — The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, which gave rise to the term “Art Deco,” began a six-month run today in Paris.

Video: 'Ace Brigode: Yes Sir! That's My Baby'

(Monday, April 27, 1925) — The song “Yes, Sir! That’s My Baby” by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. of New York.

Video: 'The Great Gatsby Audiobook' (8 videos)

(Friday, April 10, 1925) — The novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age evocation of empty materialism, shattered illusion and thwarted romance, was first published today by Scribner’s of New York.

(Saturday, March 21, 1925) — Tennessee Gov. Austin Peay today signed the Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of the Theory of Evolution in public schools. The law was challenged that summer by Dayton teacher John T. Scopes and the American Civil Liberties Union in what became known as the Scopes Trial.