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• Adriana Petronella Koevoets, Rucphen († 2008)
• Bep Tuijp, Haarlem († 1978)
• Aart Hendrik van Leeuwen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Bastiaantje Dina Zoeteman († 2021)
• Alice Baldewijns, Zepperen, België († 2014)
• Arnoldus Petrus Vriends, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2009)
• Alfons Van den Berghe, Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1997)
• Adriana Johanna Hendriks, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Antonio Leite, Piedade, São Paulo, Brasil († 1982)
• Adriana van Hoepen († 2012)

• Alida Korporaal (65), Ermelo
• Anna van der Woude (30), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje Schurink (79), Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andrijna de Ruiter (2), Hellendoorn
• Adriana Cornelia De Geus (100), Veenhuizen (Norg)
• Alida van der Linden (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Muller, Terneuzen
• Agina Jong de (80), Sliedrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Albert baron Ruzette (62), Bruges (Belgique)
• * Gerardina Huisman (28), Rotterdam

• 1926 » Claude Akins, American actor († 1994)
• 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)
• 1929 » Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1930 » Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer († 2016)
• 1931 » Georgy Grechko, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2017)
• 1931 » Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada († 2014)
• 1931 » Irwin Winkler, American director and producer

• 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
• May 1 » The 7.2 M_w  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
• June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
• October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
• November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
• December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on May 25, 1929 was between 11.9 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.