About the day » Monday August 17, 1925Calender converter

• Bert Dean Gordon, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Aart Willem van Wilgenburg, Putten († 1927)
• Adrianus Karsemeijer, Ter Aa, Utrecht, Nederland († 2011)
• Cornelis Bernardus van Oorschot († 1941)
• Arthur D'havé († 2004)
• Cornelia Adriana Petronella Willemen, Gilze en Rijen († 2007)
• Cornelia Adriana Petronella Willemen, Gilze en Rijen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna Johanna Gerarda Kessels, Maastricht († 1984)
• Cornelia Maria Terluin, Akersloot († 1998)
• "Bennie" Bernardus Johannes Wassink, Kilder († 1991)

• Bertha Petronella Moors (0), Herpt, Heusden
• Antonius van Voorn (69), Woerden
• Alida van Mourik (51), Arnhem
• Anskje Sjoerds Landheer (70), Tietsjerkeradeel
• Cornelia Helena van der Schalk (68), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Joseph Kersten (0), Groesbeek,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Schreuder (0), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anskje Sjoerds Landheer . (70), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Otte Folkertsma (60), Baarderadeel
• Antonius Hendricus Josephus Verwer (0), Avereest

• 1922 » Roy Tattersall, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist († 2019)
• 1923 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor († 2002)
• 1924 » Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer († 2013)
• 1926 » Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
• 1926 » Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman († 2012)
• 1927 » F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont († 2015)
• 1927 » Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2009)
• 1928 » T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
• 1928 » Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer († 2011)

• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)

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.
• February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
• October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The temperature on August 17, 1925 was between 7.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.