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Message from Amer Amb in London to J A Chamberlain thanking Britain for help to world fliers
Legion of Fascista railroad police mobilized to prevent sabotage; alleged plot uncovered
Text of war debt memorandum received in Wash
1925Lou Carnesecca, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)[†]
Luigi P. Carnesecca was an American men's college basketball coach at St. John's University. Carnesecca also coached at the professional level, leading the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) for three seasons. Carnesecca was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.
1925Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.[†]
Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. She was a Democrat and supported Prohibition.