About the day » Thursday February 25, 1943Calender converter

• Bernardus Ignatius Swuste, Den Haag († 1943)
• Bernadette Marie Léa MARGUET, Les Combes,25,F († 1991)
• Anthonia BUSINK († 2010)
• Hendrika Zaalberg, Leiden († 2007)
• Marinus Mattheus van der Jagt († 2010)
• Netty Moerkens († 2000)
• Josephus Maria Joosen, Brecht († 2021)
• Johan Alkema, Leeuwarden, 8911, Nederland († 1983)
• N.N. Schijff, Uithoorn
• Anna Maria Kadiks, Schiedam († 2018)

• Adriana van Oort (63), Brakel
• Antonia de Vries (98), Hummelo en Keppel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abram van der Schaar (54), Naarden
• Angelique BASTAERTS (87), Pamel, 1760, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Anna Visser (46), Wassenaar
• Adriana Hoogeland (71), Deventer
• Angus Ewan McGlashan (71), Missouri, United States
• Adrianus Thijs (54), Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Faassen (74), Haarlem
• Alexander Joseph Reggers (58), Maastricht

• 1937 » Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
• 1937 » Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor
• 1938 » Farokh Engineer, Indian international cricketer; successful as batsman and wicketkeeper
• 1938 » Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner; 1960 Olympic champion and world record holder
• 1940 » Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1941 » David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
• 1943 » George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer; lead guitarist of The Beatles († 2001)
• 1944 » François Cevert, French racing driver († 1973)
• 1946 » Jean Todt, French racing driver and team manager; FIA President, 2009–2021
• 1947 » Lee Evans, American sprinter and athletics coach; two gold medals and world 400m record at 1968 Olympics

• 1928 » William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
• 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
• March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
• May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
• July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
• December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
• December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

The temperature on February 25, 1943 was between -0.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.