On May 6, the Orioles played a 17-inning game against the Boston Red Sox, the first game since 1925 in which both teams used a position player as a pitcher.

Paramount Pictures tried to repeat the success of Flaherty's Nanook and Moana with two romanticized documentaries, Grass ( 1925 ) and Chang ( 1927 ), both directed by Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack.

In this book and a series of associated articles between 1925 and 1928, Westermann both identified a large number of roots that form the basis of our understanding of Niger – Congo and set out the evidence for the coherence of many of the families that constitute it.

The Manifesto supported the creation of universal suffrage for both men and women ( the latter being realized only partly in late 1925, with all opposition parties banned or disbanded ); proportional representation on a regional basis ; government representation through a corporatist system of " National Councils " of experts, selected from professionals and tradespeople, elected to represent and hold legislative power over their respective areas, including labour, industry, transportation, public health, communications, etc.

Hollywood dramas used horror themes, including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1923 ) and The Monster ( 1925 ) both starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror movie star.

The Zionist movement also established the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Technion ( technological university ) in Haifa ( both 1925 ).

In 1925 Theremin went to Germany to sell both the radio watchman and Termenvox patents to the German firm Goldberg and Sons.

In both elections the Communist candidate Ernst Thälmann did not withdraw and ran in the second round ; in 1925 this probably ensured the election of Paul von Hindenburg ( with only 48. 3 % of the vote ) rather that Wilhelm Marx the candidate of the centre parties.

David Samuel " Sam " Peckinpah was born February 21, 1925, in Fresno, California, where he attended both grammar school and high school.

The British Gold Standard Act 1925 both introduced the gold bullion standard and simultaneously repealed the gold specie standard.

Her first course began in January 1925, and it offered to " prepare a member of an organization, who has adequate training both in scientific method and in plant problems, to take charge of Motion Study work in that organization.

After his closing speech at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley on 31 October 1925, one which was an ordeal for both him and his listeners, he began to see Lionel Logue, an Australian-born speech therapist.

Throughout the rest of the decade, the duo wrote several hit shows for both Broadway and London, including Dearest Enemy ( 1925 ), The Girl Friend ( 1926 ), Peggy-Ann ( 1926 ), A Connecticut Yankee ( 1927 ), and Present Arms ( 1928 ).

Gwenyth Evelyn “ Gwen ” Verdon ( January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000 ) was an actress and dancer who won four Tony awards for her musical comedy performances and served as uncredited choreographers assistant and specialty dance coach for both theater and film.

In any case, a contract was drafted that included both of them and after several months, the two set sail for America on the last day of June 1925.

Works of art depicting valkyries include " Die Walküren " ( sketch, 1818 ) by J. G. Sandberg, " Reitende Walküre " ( fresco ), previously located in Munich palace but now destroyed, 1865 / 1866 by M. Echter, " Valkyrien " and " Valkyriens død " ( paintings, both from 1860 ), " Walkürenritt " ( etching, 1871 ) by A. Welti, " Walkürenritt " ( woodcut, 1871 ) by T. Pixis, " Walkürenritt " ( 1872 ) by A. Becker ( reproduced in 1873 with the same title by A. v. Heyde ), " Die Walkyren " ( charcoal, 1880 ) and " Walkyren wählen und wecken die gefallenen Helden ( Einherier ), um sie vom Schlachtfield nach Walhall zu geleiten " ( painting, 1882 ) and " Walkyrenschlacht " ( oil painting, 1884 ) by K. Ehrenberg, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting, 1888, and etching, 1890 ) by A. Welti, " Walküre " ( statue ) by H. Günther, " Walkürenritt " ( oil painting ) by H. Hendrich, " Walkürenritt " ( painting ) by F. Leeke, " Einherier " ( painting, from around 1900 ), by K. Dielitz, " The Ride of the Valkyries " ( painting, from around 1900 ) by J. C. Dollman, " Valkyrie " ( statue, 1910 ) and " Walhalla-freeze " ( located in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1886 / 1887 ), " Walkyrien " ( print, 1915 ) by A. Kolb, and " Valkyrier " ( drawing, 1925 ) by E. Hansen.

As the winner she got to perform in concert with the orchestra on August 26, 1925, a performance that scored immediate success with both audience and music critics.

Davis – Monthan AFB was established in 1925 as Davis-Monthan Landing Field, and is named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis and Oscar Monthan, both Tucson natives.

In April 1925, the girls ' mother remarried, this time to the owner of a department store, named George M. Fontaine, a man hated by both girls.

Lloyd Stearman and Walter Beech were both employees of the Swallow Company, but in January 1925 they left Swallow and teamed up with Clyde Cessna to form Travel Air.

* E L Short ( born 1925 ) is a farmer, rancher, and businessman in Tahoka who served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature.

Despite his break with the Communist Party, he visited the Soviet Union in 1925, and again in 1934, and was much impressed on both visits.

He became a very popular silent film star in both romantic and adventure films, among them The Dark Angel ( 1925 ), Stella Dallas ( 1926 ), Beau Geste ( 1927 ), and The Winning of Barbara Worth ( 1926 ).

By 1925, in the face of steady Coolidge Administration and congressional budget cutting, the United States Army only had three active regular divisions nationwide ; the remainder of its divisions, both regular and reserve components, only existed on paper.

A collection of short stories for children Gallery of Children, and other stories that became part of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, were first published in 1925.

As early as 1966, resolutions were introduced to the United Nations charging that the U. S. was violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which regulated the use of chemical and biological weapons.

His most notable successes were first-place finishes at Copenhagen 1923, Marienbad 1925, Dresden 1926, Hanover 1926, the Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament, and second place behind Alekhine at the San Remo 1930 chess tournament.

Unlike many artists who were " discovered " and recorded in their normal venues, in December 1925 or January 1926, he was taken to Chicago, Illinois, to record his first tracks.

When squares were revived ( around 1925 to 1940, depending on the region ), contra dances were generally not included.

However, social discontents were also crushed, leading to the Marusia massacre in March 1925 followed by the La Coruña massacre.

The Department acted as a catalyst for the admission of Africans to the University: as early as 1925 a limited number were admitted to the vacation course in African Studies.

At the 14th Party Congress ( 18 – 31 December 1925 ) Kamenev and Zinoviev were forced into the same position that Trotsky had been forced into previously ; they proclaimed that the center was usurping power from the regional branches, and that Stalin was a danger to inner-party democracy.

In 1925 there were 1, 025, 000 communist party members in a population of 147 million.

Among his 69 Ph. D. students in Göttingen were many who later became famous mathematicians, including ( with date of thesis ): Otto Blumenthal ( 1898 ), Felix Bernstein ( 1901 ), Hermann Weyl ( 1908 ), Richard Courant ( 1910 ), Erich Hecke ( 1910 ), Hugo Steinhaus ( 1911 ), and Wilhelm Ackermann ( 1925 ).

Early football stars such as Jim Thorpe, Paddy Driscoll, and Al Bloodgood were skilled drop-kickers ; Driscoll in 1925 and Bloodgood in 1926 hold a tied NFL record of four drop kicked field goals in a single game.

Planck's and Einstein's theories were progenitors of quantum mechanics, which, when formulated in 1925, necessitated the invention of a quantum theory of electromagnetism.

Major ENSO events were recorded in the years 1790 – 93, 1828, 1876 – 78, 1891, 1925 – 26, 1972 – 73, 1982 – 83, 1997 – 98 and 2009 – 2010, with 1997-1998 being one of the strongest ever.

Of the 640 British production companies registered between 1925 and 1936, 20 were still going in 1937.

From 1925 to 1929, Fascism steadily became entrenched in power: opposition deputies were denied access to parliament, censorship was introduced, and a December 1925 decree made Mussolini solely responsible to the King.

" In November 1925, women were given restricted voting rights, juxtaposed with the eliminaton of opposition parties, which enabled the Fascist government to rule with dictatorial powers.

The field-effect transistor was first patented by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld in 1925 and by Oskar Heil in 1934, but practical semi-conducting devices ( the JFET ) were only developed much later after the transistor effect was observed and explained by the team of William Shockley at Bell Labs in 1947.

In his 1925 essay " A Defence of Common Sense ", he argued against idealism and scepticism toward the external world on the grounds that they could not give reasons to accept their metaphysical premises that were more plausible than the reasons we have to accept the common sense claims about our knowledge of the world that sceptics and idealists must deny.

In 1925 a special committee was inaugurated to build the city ; city expansion plans were designed and city rights were granted in 1926, and tax privileges were granted for investors in 1927.

The first international games were played under these rules, between Germany and Belgium for men in 1925 and between Germany and Austria for women in 1930.