About the day » Tuesday May 25, 1937Calender converter

• Annie Engels, Helden († 2002)
• Albert Colleij, Rekem, Limburg, België († 2008)
• Charles Acie Dotson, Pike Co.Kentucky († 2000)
• Isaäk Aussen, Zutphen (Gl) († 1942)
• Cornelia Jansje Constantia Schoots, Tiel († 2007)
• Boris Nicolaas Vincentius Hoogeveen, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Dirkje den Besten, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Benjamin Brandon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Ad Wilbrink († 1959)
• Aan van der Weij († 2002)

• Anna Maria Everdina Elisabeth Geuijen (42), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arie van de MERWE (76), Dubbeldam
• Andrew Querin (73), Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
• Antje RIETKERK (78), Den Haag
• Bastiaan Cornelis Hendriksd van Luijk (76), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Anna Adriana Reijnen (40), Oosterhout
• Anna Adriana Reijnen (40), Oosterhout
• Aris Kooiman (73), Den Burg
• Abundio López (61), Ostotán, Teocaltiche, Jalisco, México
• Kodde (0), Aagtekerke

• 1935 » Cookie Gilchrist, American football player († 2011)
• 1935 » John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic
• 1935 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress († 1988)
• 1935 » W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer († 2016)
• 1936 » Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer († 2013)
• 1936 » Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Tom Phillips, English painter and academic
• 1938 » Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
• 1938 » Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic († 2016)
• 1938 » Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet († 1988)

• 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)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
16. Helena

• 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
• February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
• August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
• November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
• December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
• December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

The temperature on May 25, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.