About the day » Thursday August 20, 1925Calender converter

• Adrianus Leijen, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Casperina Johanna Claus († 2004)
• Antonius Biemans, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)
• Anna Adriana Elisabeth Swinkels, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1925)
• Adriaan Paulus Gillissen († 2003)
• Antonino Amoêdo, Laureana di Borrello, Italia († 1960)
• Anna Catharina Schonewille, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 1926)
• Adeline OVERHOFF, Chicago Cook Co. IL (USA) († 1966)
• Casperina Johanna (Rina) Claus, Rotterdam († 2004)
• ADRIANUS VAN DER ZWAN, VLAARDINGEN († 2011)

• Cornelis Karreman (74), ,,, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis van GINKEL (82), Veenendaal (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Cornelia Boskamp (19), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Anna Maria Hermus (75), Klundert
• Cornelia van Haperen (74), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Leendert Willemzstein (38), Schiedam
• Adolph Burger (79), Buitenzorg,, Indonesië
• Doodgeboren dochter Burgmeijer (0), Heusden
• Elizabeth Francina van den Broecke (63), Amsterdam
• Agnes Jane Wylie [5678] (75)

• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)
• 1924 » George Zuverink, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1926 » Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist († 1978)
• 1926 » Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2014)
• 1927 » Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation († 2013)
• 1927 » John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
• 1927 » Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger († 2014)
• 1927 » Yootha Joyce, English actress († 1980)

• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)

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 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
• 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 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
• July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
• September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

The temperature on August 20, 1925 was between 11.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.