Editing 1925 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1925}}
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Syrian Federation]] is officially dissolved, the [[State of Aleppo]] and the [[State of Damascus]] having been replaced by the [[State of Syria (1925–1930)|State of Syria]].
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Benito Mussolini]] makes a pivotal speech in the Italian [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]] which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Pugliese|editor-first=Stanislao G.|date=2004|title=Fascism, Anti-fascism, and the Resistance in Italy: 1919 to the Present|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.|page=69|isbn=0-7425-3123-6}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]] becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Twelve days later, [[Ma Ferguson]] becomes first female governor of Texas.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Hjalmar Branting]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] because of ill health, and is replaced by the minister of trade, [[Rickard Sandler]].
* [[January 27]]–[[February 1]] &ndash; The [[1925 serum run to Nome]] (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays [[diphtheria]] [[antitoxin]] by [[dog sled]] across the U.S. [[Territory of Alaska]] to combat an [[epidemic]].