About the day » Friday May 25, 1906Calender converter

• Anna Breeuwsma, IJlst († 1980)
• Alfred Marie Hubert Octave Michiels van Kessenich, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alma Marie BECK, Jacksson County,Iowa († 1980)
• Huisman, Vlagtwedde († 1906)
• Albertina Wilhelmina Derens, Hengelo († 1945)
• Adriana Helena van den Akker, Rietveld (Woerden) († 1907)
• Agnes Alberta Johanna van Gellekom, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Helena van den Akker, Rietveld († 1907)
• * Maria Adriana Cornelia Laarhoven, Tilburg († 1982)
• Adrianus DUBBELMAN, Dubbeldam

• Huisman (0), Vlagtwedde
• Adriaan Wisse (0), Goes (Goes) (Zeeland)
• Adriana van der Neut (72)
• Anna Catharina Schouwaerts (73), Antwerpen
• Annechien Koelink (0), Zwolle
• Anne Louws Veenstra (66), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Veenstra (66)
• Annechien Koelink (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Gerbens Koldijk (0), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Aletta van der Beek (97), Drongelen, Nederland

• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)
• 1907 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma († 1995)
• 1908 » Theodore Roethke, American poet († 1963)
• 1909 » Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony († 1999)
• 1912 » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach († 2005)
• 1913 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot († 1957)
• 1913 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer († 1965)

• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Jantje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

The temperature on May 25, 1906 was between 6.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.