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• Gerda Agatha Hekelaar († 2003)
• Arvil Lester Holland, Macon County, North Carolina († 1982)
• Potharst, gouda († 1943)
• Laurentius C. van Loon, Gilze en Rijen († 1987)
• * Hendrika Verseijden, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Gerarda Adriana van Zuijlen, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Jacob Hendrik (Jaap) van Riessen, Dordrecht († 1979)
• hubertus gerardus van diepen, helden-koningslust
• Hitje Reinders, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Johannes Lute, Amsterdam († 1967)

• Arthur Farnsworth (34), Hollywood, California, Verenigde Staten
• Clasina de Wit (82), Den Haag
• Aaldert Vos (55), Zwolle
• Christiaan Alexander Bernard Fickel (41), Thai POW Camp, Kuye village
• Anna Frederika Maria van der Vlag (60)
• Arthur van de Walle (28), Antwerpen, Anvers, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arie Van Vlijmen (82), Krimpen aan de Lek,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis BIJL (72), Rotterdam
• Potharst (0), gouda
• Annette Christine Johanne Villumsdatter, Andersen (80), Vestvatn, Misvær, Bodø, Nordland, Norway

• 1941 » Ludwig Müller, German footballer
• 1941 » Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 1941 » Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 » Nathan Deal, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
• 1944 » Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Anthony Heald, American actor
• 1944 » Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
• 1944 » Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1945 » Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist († 2011)
• 1945 » Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer

• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)

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

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

• 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.
• February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
• April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
• July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
• August 28 » Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
• October 31 » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.

The temperature on August 25, 1943 was between 10.2 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.