The 1925 Wyoming Legislature passed a law prohibiting the Wyoming Legislature passed a law prohibiting harsh, cruel or abusive treatment of human beings. The law was inspired by the work of E. T. Payton who worked at the State Mental Hospital.
The first electrical recording of a phonograph record was made on a Western Electric patent by the Columbia Phonograph Company.
The Guna Revolution broke out in Panama in which native peoples rose up on the islands of Tupile and Ukupseni in an attempt to create their own nation.
After a few days, a U.S. Navy cruiser arrived and a truce was negotiated to make the San Blas Islands autonomous within Panamanian rule.