Editing 1925 (section)

===May===
{{Main|May 1925}}
* [[May 1]]
** In the [[Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia]], the [[al-Baqi']] mausoleums are destroyed by King [[Ibn Saud]].
** [[Barcelona S.C.]] founded in Ecuador.
** The [[All-China Federation of Trade Unions]], the world's largest [[trade union]] organisation, is founded in [[Guangzhou]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]].
* [[May 5]] &ndash; The [[General Election Law]] is passed in Japan, extending suffrage to all males aged 25 and over.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colegrove|first=Kenneth|date=1929|title=Labor Parties in Japan|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400113000/type/journal_article|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=23|issue=2|pages=329–363|doi=10.2307/1945218|jstor=1945218|s2cid=145649163|issn=0003-0554}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; African American Tom Lee rescues 32 people from the sinking [[steamboat]] ''[[M.E. Norman]]'' on the [[Mississippi River]].
* [[May 16]] – The first modern performance of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s opera ''[[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria]]'' (1639/40) takes place in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Michael Kennedy (music critic)|last= Kennedy|first= Michael|title= Oxford Dictionary of Music|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|year= 2006|isbn= 0-19-861459-4 |page=732}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; The opera ''[[Doktor Faust]]'', unfinished when composer [[Ferruccio Busoni]] died, is premiered [[Semperoper|in Dresden]].<ref>[https://almanac-gherardo-casaglia.com/index.php?Giorno=21&Mese=05&Anno=1925&Testo=Doktor_Faust&Parola=Stringa 21 Maggio 1925, Giovedì] almanac-gherardo-casaglia.com</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; English explorer [[Percy Fawcett]] sends a last telegram to his wife before he disappears in the [[Amazon River|Amazon]].