About the day » Saturday May 25, 2002Calender converter

• Catharina Potter (92), Noord-Scharwoude
• Dirk-Jan Wijbenga (46), Roden
• Beitske Raap (57), Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertina Johanna Taminiau (87), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertine Johanna Taminiau (87), Amsterdam
• Cornelis maria (Kees) Tol (70)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Rovers (72), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth Voorthuijsen (79), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bastings (84), Maastricht
• Albertus Johannes (Bertus) Harmsen (92), Beuningen

• 1987 » Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1988 » Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
• 1988 » Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
• 1990 » Bo Dallas, American wrestler
• 1990 » Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1993 » James Porter, English cricketer
• 1994 » Aly Raisman, American gymnast
• 1994 » Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
• 1996 » David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player

• 1996 » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)
• 2003 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
• 2005 » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 2007 » Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)
• 2008 » J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (b. 1909)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Tom
12. Robin
13. Niels
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Anna
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Julia
8. Eloise
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Iris
16. Lotte

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
• May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
• June 14 » Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• October 26 » Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian special forces troops storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.
• December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.

The temperature on May 25, 2002 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.