About the day » Monday August 17, 1925Calender converter

• Arthur D'havé († 2004)
• Barbro Katarina Hellström, Skorped († 1966)
• Anna Johanna Gerarda KESSELS, Maastricht (Limburg) (NL) († 1984)
• Antonius Cornelis Maria de Roos, Oudenbosch († 1974)
• Adrianus Aart Nederlof († 2008)
• André CAUCHETEUX, Rongy,7623,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1991)
• Cornelia Adriana Petronella Willemen, Gilze en Rijen († 2007)
• Adriana Cornelia Sterk, Bleskensgraaf († 2011)
• Anna Johanna Gerarda Kessels, Maastricht († 1984)
• Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Afina Cecilia Cleveringa (27), Heemstede
• Antonius van Voorn (69), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Lepper (81), Haaren
• Alberdina Meijer (79)
• Antonius Hendrikus Josephus Verwer (0), Avereest
• Anskje Sjoerds Landheer (70), Tietjerksteradeel
• Hendrikje Sok (71), Zuidwolde
• Bastiana Schreijenberg (23), Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Clarisse ADRIEN (80), Cherbonnières, 17470, France
• Catharina Dimphena Adriana van Peer, Etten-Leur

• 1922 » Roy Tattersall, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist († 2019)
• 1923 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor († 2002)
• 1924 » Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer († 2013)
• 1926 » Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
• 1926 » Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman († 2012)
• 1927 » F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont († 2015)
• 1927 » Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2009)
• 1928 » T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
• 1928 » Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer († 2011)

• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)

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. Arie
15. Antonius
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 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
• March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
• April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
• August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
• September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

The temperature on August 17, 1925 was between 7.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.