Many British seamen began a strike in response to their monthly wages bring cut on this day from £10 to £9. Many who were on land refused to sail out; others at sea stayed wherever they landed, from Australia to New Zealand to South Africa.[2]
The so-called "Battle of
Ammanford" was fought near the town of Ammanford in
Wales as police defended a colliery from strikers determined to have a
strikebreaking electrician removed.[6]
Died:Georges Palante, 62, French philosopher and sociologist
Approximately 40,000 members of the
Ku Klux Klan marched down
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.. A planned ceremony afterwards was cancelled due to heavy rain.[4]
A presidential decree in Turkey permitted women to wear hats and clothes of their choice for the first time, instead of being required to wear veils and somber colours.
The Fourteenth
World Zionist Congress opened in Vienna. 30 were hurt and 50 arrests were made as protests outside the congress by fascists turned violent.[12]
Middleweight boxing champion
Harry Greb was seriously injured when his automobile skidded off a slippery road and overturned outside of
Pittsburgh.[16]
Welterweight boxing champion
Mickey Walker fought William "Sailor" Friedman to a no-decision in Chicago.
Al Capone met Walker in the dressing room before the match and advised him to go easy on Friedman.[19][20]
Born:Duncan Hall, Australian rugby league player (d. 2011)
Several prominent
Nicaraguan politicians were kidnapped in
Managua when armed men burst into a formal reception, took hostages and withdrew to the mountain-top fortress of La Loma.[24]
French and Spanish planes and warships conducted a massive bombardment of the
Rif Republic capital of
Ajdir.[27]
It was announced that Germany had met all its due payments under the first year of the
Dawes Plan, which had commenced on September 1, 1924.[28]
A pair of
PN-9 seaplanes under the direction of aviator
John Rodgers took off from
San Pablo, California, attempting to be the first to fly from California to Hawaii and set a new record for a non-stop flight by a seaplane. One of the planes was forced down early, but Rodgers' plane continued on into the night.[29]
^Emsley, Clive. "Police and Industrial Disputes in Britain and the United States." Britain and America: Studies in Comparative History, 1760–1970 Ed. David Englander. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. p. 120.
ISBN0-300-06978-2
^"Start Augurs Belgian Plan to Toe $ Mark". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 11, 1925. p. 1.
^Steele, John (August 12, 1925). "French Adopt Friendly Tone on Rhine Pact". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
Many British seamen began a strike in response to their monthly wages bring cut on this day from £10 to £9. Many who were on land refused to sail out; others at sea stayed wherever they landed, from Australia to New Zealand to South Africa.[2]
The so-called "Battle of
Ammanford" was fought near the town of Ammanford in
Wales as police defended a colliery from strikers determined to have a
strikebreaking electrician removed.[6]
Died:Georges Palante, 62, French philosopher and sociologist
Approximately 40,000 members of the
Ku Klux Klan marched down
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.. A planned ceremony afterwards was cancelled due to heavy rain.[4]
A presidential decree in Turkey permitted women to wear hats and clothes of their choice for the first time, instead of being required to wear veils and somber colours.
The Fourteenth
World Zionist Congress opened in Vienna. 30 were hurt and 50 arrests were made as protests outside the congress by fascists turned violent.[12]
Middleweight boxing champion
Harry Greb was seriously injured when his automobile skidded off a slippery road and overturned outside of
Pittsburgh.[16]
Welterweight boxing champion
Mickey Walker fought William "Sailor" Friedman to a no-decision in Chicago.
Al Capone met Walker in the dressing room before the match and advised him to go easy on Friedman.[19][20]
Born:Duncan Hall, Australian rugby league player (d. 2011)
Several prominent
Nicaraguan politicians were kidnapped in
Managua when armed men burst into a formal reception, took hostages and withdrew to the mountain-top fortress of La Loma.[24]
French and Spanish planes and warships conducted a massive bombardment of the
Rif Republic capital of
Ajdir.[27]
It was announced that Germany had met all its due payments under the first year of the
Dawes Plan, which had commenced on September 1, 1924.[28]
A pair of
PN-9 seaplanes under the direction of aviator
John Rodgers took off from
San Pablo, California, attempting to be the first to fly from California to Hawaii and set a new record for a non-stop flight by a seaplane. One of the planes was forced down early, but Rodgers' plane continued on into the night.[29]
^Emsley, Clive. "Police and Industrial Disputes in Britain and the United States." Britain and America: Studies in Comparative History, 1760–1970 Ed. David Englander. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. p. 120.
ISBN0-300-06978-2
^"Start Augurs Belgian Plan to Toe $ Mark". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 11, 1925. p. 1.
^Steele, John (August 12, 1925). "French Adopt Friendly Tone on Rhine Pact". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.