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• Anna Cornelia Maria Verberne, Aalst († 2000)
• Asseltje van der Weide, Emmen (Drenthe) († 1926)
• Bene Timmer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1935)
• David Keith KELTY, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1990)
• August Gijsen, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1981)
• Arie van Wijnbergen († 2013)
• Daniel Klaaijsen († 2001)
• Elisabeth Antonia Maria Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2015)
• Egbert van der Velde, Tietjerk, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Derk Roelf Aalders, Nieuw-roden († 1981)

• Antje Willems de Vries (80), Sijbrandaburen, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Aloysius Jozef Fleuren (0), Oeffelt, Nederland
• Aalbert Moll (82), Putten
• Bert Vis (79), Alto, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
• Aloysius Jozef Fleuren (1), Oeffelt, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterdr Heijn (87), Ilpendam
• Celia Inez Kittrell <?K FgmcTNBu>4 (13), Perry County, Tennessee ql
• Clasina van Belzen (82), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Weel (73), Hoogkarspel, aan de Streek, wijk A, nummer 344
• Anna Francina Uys (62), Warden, OFS, South Africa

• 1923 » John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1923 » Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer († 2004)
• 1924 » Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist († 1971)
• 1925 » Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1925 » Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia († 2014)
• 1925 » Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist († 2014)
• 1925 » Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman († 2008)
• 1926 » Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1926 » Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 2006)
• 1926 » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter († 2016)

• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)

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. Antonius
15. Arie
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.
• January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
• February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
• November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

The temperature on May 15, 1925 was between 10.8 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.