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• ?? Schuur, (GR) Winschoten († 1925)
• Boyd B Carlson, Lake Benton Lincoln Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Andries Rinkel († 2005)
• Antoon Maria Mijnsbergen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Adrianus Franciscus Henricus Maria Tra, Goirle († 1995)
• Aldegonda Cornelia Huberta Petronella Notten, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1925)
• Anna Krijntje Bovenschen, Rhenen († 2016)
• Bernardus Johannes Martinus Jacuanus (Tinus Tiny Martien) Gerardus Lubbers, Bergeijk (Riethoven) († 1993)
• Adhémar Braet, Sint-Laureins († 2008)
• Antje JONGEJANS, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)

• Anna Bleekemolen (84), Edam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Thien (80), Veenhuizen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Konijn (43), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Stoffelsz. Kreeft (72), Gouda (ZH Nederland)
• Anna Maria van Drunen (63), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Allen Lloyde Beall (48), Burlington Township, Des Moines, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Vruggink (83), Deventer
• Alberta Reinders (77)
• Adriana Louisa van der Klugt (73), Leiden
• Arie Uitterlinden (71), Dordrecht

• 1921 » Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1923 » Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1923 » Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author († 2014)
• 1923 » Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic († 2000)
• 1924 » Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia († 2019)
• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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.
• January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
• April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
• May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The temperature on May 16, 1925 was between 12.6 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.