Editing 1925 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1925}}
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The New Cape Central Railway between [[Worcester, Western Cape|Worcester]] and [[Mossel Bay|Voorbaai]] is incorporated into the [[South African Railways]].<ref name="SAR Line Dates 189">''Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway'', Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13</ref>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; The [[Ku Klux Klan]], the largest fraternal racist organization in the United States, demonstrates its popularity by holding a parade with an estimated 30,000-35,000 marchers in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/17/the-day-30000-white-supremacists-in-kkk-robes-marched-in-the-nations-capital/ The day 30,000 white supremacists in KKK robes marched in the nation's capitalWashington Post].</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; The original Hetch Hetchy [[Moccasin, California|Moccasin]] Powerhouse in California is completed and goes on line.
* [[August 25]] &ndash; The French [[Occupation of the Ruhr|complete their evacuation]] of the Ruhr region of Germany.<ref name="chronology 1925">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1925.htm|title=Chronology 1925|date=2002|website=indiana.edu|access-date=January 2, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402163002/http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1925.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] &ndash; Anthropologist [[Margaret Mead]] lands in American Samoa to begin nine months of field work that will culminate in her 1928 book ''[[Coming of Age in Samoa]]''. The bestselling book will become the first popular anthropological study and will change many attitudes towards tribal peoples.