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• Bastiaan de Geus, Puttershoek († 2015)
• Anna Schaaf, Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anthonius Hendrikus Huisman, Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Berendina Sjoertina Kramer, Wormerveer († 1980)
• Albert (Bèr) Machiels, Rummen, België († 2022)
• Cornelis Adrianus van der Helm, Delft († 1945)
• Adriana Alijda Johanna Heijmans, Nijmegen († 1981)
• Betsie Stiene van Hoorn, 't Zandt (NL) († 1943)
• Christina Doornekamp, Nijkerk († 1989)
• Doodgeboren Cavé, Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1927)

• Batholomeus Bruijns (22), Velsen
• Carolina Johanna Van Dorst
• Adrianus Bervoets (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• * Arie van der Zaan (63), Gouda
• Antoon Janssen (63), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arend Willem Rosenboom (48), Nijmegen
• Antoinette Jeanne Lucienne VANHERSECKE (1), Rosendaël... Hauts de France
• Andries Johannes Hendrikus Veldkamp (15), Hengelo
• cornelis dirk BARENDREGT (73), zwijndrecht
• Cornelis van den Reek (77), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• 1925 » Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician († 2014)
• 1925 » Jeanne Crain, American actress († 2003)
• 1925 » Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author († 1974)
• 1926 » Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » Claude Akins, American actor († 1994)
• 1926 » David Wynne, English sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1926 » Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet († 2009)
• 1926 » William Bowyer, English painter and academic († 2015)
• 1927 » Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1984)
• 1927 » Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author († 2001)

• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
• April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

The temperature on May 25, 1927 was between 4.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.