About the day » Thursday December 17, 1925Calender converter

• Belle Altman, Baltimore Highlands, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Catharina Wattel, Diemen († 2008)
• Celestine Philomena de VISSCHER, Lippelo,, Antwerpen, België († 2005)
• Anton Michiel Wijshijer, Sawah Loento (Sumatra) († 2008)
• Albert Broekema, Delfzijl († 2012)
• Alberta Allegonda Schovers, Hilvarenbeek
• Antoon Pijffers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Albert Berg van den, Genemuiden († 2011)
• Adolph Hugo "Ade" Meyer, Alton, Madison, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• albert van den berg, genemuiden († 2011)

• Bernardus Noordkamp (85), Overdinkel
• annigje donk (84), papendrecht (zuid holland)
• Anna Czap (60), Furta, Hajdu-Bihar
• Adrianus Willemze (81), Drunen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vaessen (25), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Aysbury Robinson (75)
• Aaltjen Kemper (74), Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VAN DOORMALEN, Eindhoven, Gemeente Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alexander Meert (81), Moorsel
• Aaltje Eichhorn (64), Dordrecht, Nederland

• 1922 » Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic († 2005)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar († 2006)
• 1926 » John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1926 » Ray Jablonski, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1926 » Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright († 2015)
• 1927 » Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1927 » Richard Long, American actor and director († 1974)
• 1928 » Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician, 7th Florida Commissioner of Agriculture († 2012)
• 1928 » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot († 2013)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)

• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)

• 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.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
• May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
• 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.
• October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

The average temperature on December 17, 1925 was 2.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.