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• Alice Wendrickx, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2006)
• Arend De Gans, Middelharnis († 2002)
• Adrianus Johannes Verdel, Kethel en Spaland († 1931)
• Adriaan DE HAAN, Antwerp Antwerp Belgium († 1989)
• Bernardus Hendricus Johannes Rondeltap, Schiedam,- († 1926)
• Alexander Hubertus Wolkenfelt, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• * Martinus Johannes (Martien) van Engelen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2000)
• Arie van de Berkt, Leusden († 1999)
• († 1998)
• Adriana Johanna van Lierop, Oss († 1990)

• Anna Maria Mechtildis Helena Schiffelers (51), Heerlen, Nederland
• Anna Hobler (67), Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Schiffelers (51), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne-Marie WURTZ (86), Schorbach/Lothringen
• Antonie Boere (64), Benschop
• ANNA CORNELIA DE RIDDER (52), ROTTERDAM
• Alida Heiligers (76), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Molanus (69), Groningen
• Peter Lips, Waspik
• Anna Grensberg (73), Kamrar, Hamilton Co., IA

• 1921 » Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic († 2013)
• 1922 » Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter († 1969)
• 1923 » Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader († 2014)
• 1923 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar († 1988)
• 1924 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author († 2008)
• 1925 » Hal Holbrook, American actor and director
• 1925 » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1928 » Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer († 2013)
• 1929 » Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter
• 1929 » Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author († 2002)

• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)

• 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 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• 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 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
• May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The temperature on February 17, 1925 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.