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• Andrei Dolinsky, Losie, Malopolsie, Poland († 1999)
• Catharina Johanna Andela, Kubaard († 1999)
• Benito Gonzalez Rivera, Cochise, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Catharina van de Wetering († 1928)
• Anna Dees, Terneuzen († 2000)
• Catharina Johanna Andela, Kubaard († 1999)
• Adrianus van der Meer († 2009)
• Anna Hulst, Borger († 2015)
• Maas, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van Zuiden, Burum († 2010)

• Adrianus de Heus (76), Beusichem, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertine Françoise Frédérique Baud (67), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antoinetta Maria Vos, Oss
• Albert Salomon van Veen (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Etten (39), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobs de Bree (58), Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boschman (1), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobsz De Bree (58), Broek op Langedijk, Nederland
• Adriana Janssen (89), Ginneken en Bavel
• Allie Todd (28), Harris, Franklin, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten

• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Mary Francis Shura, American author († 1991)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

• 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 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
• February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
• February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).

The temperature on February 23, 1925 was between -3.0 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.