About the day » Monday May 11, 1925Calender converter

• Benjamin Nicholas Koele, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2014)
• Bertrand Edwin Hubbard, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Bastiaan Leendert Meijboom, Pernis († 1999)
• Catharina Cornelia (Toos) Clement-, Boxtel, Nederland († 2007)
• Anne Hoekema, Bergum, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Albertus Harmannus Buur, Westerlee Scheemda Oldambt Groningen Nederland († 1945)
• Anton Arend Broekman, Oosterhessellen († 1971)
• Anton Arend Broekman, Oosterhesselen († 1972)
• Annechien Klasen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2001)
• Brechtje Everts Bakker, Parrega, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)

• Agnes van Leusen (49), Deventer
• Aiko Timmer (56), Weende (gem. Westerwolde)
• Aaltje Hendriks Orsel (84), Zoutkamp (gem. De Marne)
• "Jacques" Charles Marie Gabriel de Lorgeril (51), Pleugueneuc, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Adrianus Antonius Koks (16), Gilze en Rijen
• Bartje Willemijntje de Jong (81)
• Antje Soepboer (27), Oostrum, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Fokkes van der Meer (87), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonetta Moors (73), Ammerzoden, Maasdriel
• Anna Cornelia Mauritz (83), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

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.
• February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
• March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
• April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
• May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.

The temperature on May 11, 1925 was between 2.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.