About the day » Saturday May 16, 1925Calender converter

• Anna Jeltje Hallema, Deersum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antje JONGEJANS, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Aaltje Meijberg, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Andries Rinkel († 2005)
• Boyd B Carlson, Lake Benton Lincoln Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Aaltje Meijberg, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Bruinis Veldhuizen, Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1979)
• Alida Maria Willenborg, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna Maria Morssink, Hoogkarspel († 1992)
• ?? Schuur, (GR) Winschoten († 1925)

• Artje van Weelden (59), Heukelum
• Anna Theodora Maria Kraan (0), Rotterdam
• Arie Uitterlinden (71), Dordrecht
• Aagtje Gerrits de Boer (85), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Berit Olsdatter Tønseth (78)
• Adelina Johanna Buitenhuis (34), Ermelo {GE}
• Aartje van Ooijen (92), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Merlier (91), Harelbeke
• Adriana Kaa van der . (72), Woudrichem, NB, Nederland
• Anna Bleekemolen (84), Purmerend

• 1921 » Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1923 » Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1923 » Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author († 2014)
• 1923 » Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic († 2000)
• 1924 » Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia († 2019)
• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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.
• March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
• March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
• April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
• July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
• July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.

The temperature on May 16, 1925 was between 12.6 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.