Which is exactly as it implies, 25 years.
Here are some quarter century events from 1925.
Jan 5th - Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the first woman governor in the US for the state of Wyoming.Feb 21st - The New Yorker magazine is published for the first time.
Apr 10th - The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is published.
The first ever motel is created in San Luis Obispo, California, originally called the Milestone Mo-Tel.
Al Capone muscles in and takes over bootlegging in Chicago.
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Cool history nuggets. I remember reading the Great Gatsby in high school,
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