About the day » Tuesday October 20, 1925Calender converter

• André Turcq, Ieper, 8900, West Vlaanderen († 2011)
• Alfons Jozef Constant Janssens, Stabroek († 2003)
• Charles Frederick Hummel († 1997)
• Agnes Braet, Tielt († 2003)
• Archie Eugene Quinn, Edna, Jackson County, Texas, United States of America († 1957)
• Arnolda Johanna Maria (Ada) van den Heuvel, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Bettje Martha Van Den Berg, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Alfons Janssens, Stabroek, Antwerpen, België († 2003)
• Adriana Voskamp, 's-Gravenzande († 2008)
• Adriana Voskamp, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2008)

• Adriana Cornelia Couweleers (82), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Schouten (70), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Botte Rimmerts Schotanus (73), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Constance Gabriëlle Clementine Juhos van Pincz (78), Hannover, Nedersaksen
• Albert Leroy Munson (83), New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Brosens (70), Alphen en Riel, Gemeente Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Heyndrickx (70), Scheldewindeke
• Dingenis Wisse (0), Kapelle
• Anne, Marie, Florentina Vanderoost (48), Landen
• Annie STOKES

• 1922 » Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer († 2012)
• 1922 » John Anderson, American actor († 1992)
• 1923 » Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist († 2015)
• 1924 » Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic († 2014)
• 1925 » Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist († 2007)
• 1925 » Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1925 » Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer († 2002)
• 1926 » Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum († 2015)
• 1927 » Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic († 2007)
• 1927 » Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress († 2013)

• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)

• 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.
• February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
• September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
• October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

The temperature on October 20, 1925 was between 1.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.