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• Charles George Ripley, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada († 1948)
• Anne van der Schaaf, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Danen, Stampersgat, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Annetje Elisabeth Verdoes, Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Catharina Maria Keijzers, Mill († 1925)
• Anna Theresia Rademakers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2021)
• Anna Afra Verdonk, Heemskerk († 2007)
• Anne Boomsma, Drachten, Fryslân, Nederlân († 1985)
• Antonius Josephus Vliegenberg, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1926)
• Anna Maria van Weert, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1925)

• Charles Augustus Bundy (72), Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
• Antonie Vermeulen (91), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Biemond (75), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Stoll (78), Malang, Oost-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Clasina de Lugt (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alegonda Kuijs (70), Vlijmen
• Anna Koekkoek (62), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Jans Koekkoek (62), Oldehove
• Clara Tickler (27), Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States
• Barend Theodoor ter Horst (70), Gennep

• 1922 » Ted Hinton, Northern Irish international footballer († 1988)
• 1923 » Edith Fellows, American actress († 2011)
• 1923 » Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer († 1994)
• 1924 » David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1925 » Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 († 2001)
• 1926 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1927 » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 1927 » David Hedison, American actor († 2019)
• 1927 » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal († 2016)

• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

• 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 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
• March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
• 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.
• October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

The temperature on May 20, 1925 was between 11.7 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.