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• Jeannine Baldewijns, Gutschoven, België († 2019)
• Hendrik (Hennie) Kleine, Nieuw-Balinge, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• joseph louis (puk) van nienhuijs, venlo
• Jeanette Elaine White, Ross († 2005)
• Henny Johannes Ludovicus Compiet († 2011)
• Goudriaan, langerak (zuid holland)
• Ben de Waal († 2013)
• John Charles Watson, Middlesbrough Yorkshire England († 2005)
• Louis Nathaniel Kittrell Jr. <K USS ObPq> "Son", Greene County, Mississippi ac († 2015)
• Jan Moeskops, Den Helder († 2011)

• Alexis Maria Otto Haemers (56), Heerlen
• Arie Blom (74), Velsen
• Adrianus Hendricus Antonius van Engelen (35), Tilburg
• Alexandre Sim (87), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adele Fanie Deman (71), Westrozebeke
• Abeltje Hendriks Noorda (84), Haren
• Adrianus Hendricus Antonius van Engelen (35), Tilburg
• Bertha {Campbell} Hill (63), East Worcester, Otsego County, New York, United States of America
• Adriana Cornelia VERHAAR (62)
• Anke Damhoff (16), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1940 » Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
• 1941 » Rudolf Adler, Czech filmmaker
• 1941 » Uta Frith, German developmental psychologist
• 1941 » Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan economist and politician, 3rd President of Moldova
• 1943 » Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1943 » John Palmer, English keyboard player
• 1943 » Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
• 1944 » Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1944 » Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
• 1944 » Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter († 2005)

• 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)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
• May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
• August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
• October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.

The temperature on May 25, 1942 was between 8.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.