September 1925


The following events occurred in September 1925:

September 1, 1925 (Tuesday)

  • The Banco de México, Mexico's central bank, was inaugurated after having been authorized on August 25. The government-owned bank, initially led by director-general Alberto Mascareñas Navarro, was empowered to regulate exchange rates, interest rates, and monetary control, and the exclusive authority to mint coins and print banknotes, a task formerly delegated to private businesses.
  • In a ceremony at the then-Chilean city of Tarata that began at 10:00 in the morning, the South American nation of Chile formally transferred its Departamento de Tarata to Peru as part of the resolution of a boundary dispute.
  • Nicaraguan President Carlos José Solórzano declared martial law in the country as it was unclear whether rebels would uphold their promise to vacate the mountain-top fortress of La Loma.
  • Danish seamen went on strike over their employers' refusal to raise wages. With seamen also on strike in China and across the British Empire, a large portion of the world's commerce was disrupted.
  • A crew commanded by U.S. Navy Commander John Rodgers and four other members, who had departed from California in seaplane PN-9 No. 1 in an attempt to make the first flight to Hawaii, disappeared, prompting a search by U.S. Navy ships that had been placed in the area. The PN-9 had run out of gas into its flight while trying to locate one of the ships.
  • Nazi Party member Hermann Göring, who would later become Adolf Hitler's chief advisor and commander of the Luftwaffe, was hospitalized in the psychiatric ward of the Långbro Hospital in Sweden after assaulting a nurse during his addiction to morphine. He remained in recovery for months until he could be rehabilitated.
  • España Quinta, a Spanish troop transport carrying 1,000 Spanish Legion troops was reported sunk in Alhucemas Bay by Rif shelling. Fortunately, the report proved to be a false alarm and the ship was reported the next day as having arrived at Melilla in Spanish Morocco.
  • Born:
  • *Peter Mallett, Church of England priest who served as Chaplain-General to the Forces from 1974 to 1980; in Leicester, Leicestershire
  • *Madeleine Chapsal, French novelist; in Paris
  • *Colin Free, Australian screenwriter for television; in Sydney

    September 2, 1925 (Wednesday)

  • As part of his reform of culture in Turkey, President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk issued a decree closing all politically-oriented religious lodges, including the zawiyas associated with the Muslim Sufi order and the lodges of the Suci dervishes. The dervish lodges were converted into museums.
  • The Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis, Albania's central bank, was inaugurated in Durrës after having been authorized on June 22.
  • The Australian government announced new tariffs that included preferences for British goods.
  • Ship owners told Australian seamen that they would face no reprisals for their outlaw strike if they returned to duty within 48 hours.
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