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• Antje Greetje Straub, Poerworedjo, residentie Kedoe Ned. Indie
• Antoine Snellings, Bilzen († 2005)
• Coba de Jong, Rhenen († 1926)
• Aaltje JAGER, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1998)
• Doris Mae Haack, Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa († 1994)
• Adriaan Van Hilten, Rhoon († 1998)
• Anna Vrijsen, Wijchmaal, België († 1979)
• Cornelis van Nuland, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Donald Irvin Daniels, Faribault, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Alida Catharina Jong, Westerblokker († 2005)

• Augusta Florentina Maria Mortelmans (31), Geel Gooreind, 2440, België
• Lauwen (74)
• Alexandra Florentine Perdue (66), Sumner Co., Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Stoppelenburg (54), Ammerstol
• Johanna Maria Zijlmans (24), Geertruidenberg
• Arie van STEENIS (0), Vuren (Gld.)
• Adriana Stoppelenburg (54), Ammerstol, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Klazes Wybrandi (67), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Apolonia Stok (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afra Johanna Bergmans (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1922 » Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1922 » Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author († 1998)
• 1922 » Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman († 2013)
• 1922 » Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager († 2012)
• 1924 » Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet († 2016)
• 1924 » Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer († 2009)
• 1924 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1925 » Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer († 2011)
• 1926 » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal († 2013)

• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)

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

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

• 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
• January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
• April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
• September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The temperature on May 12, 1925 was between 5.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.