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• Harrie Krijnen, Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Bernardina Theodora Maria Haukes, Ubbergen Nederland († 2006)
• Dickie Klop († 1988)
• Martinus de Hoogt, Utrecht, Nederland († 1968)
• Galen Jay Ledeboer
• Albert Bakker, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2006)
• Jane Madeleine Cole, Victoria
• Aleida (Leida) Geertruida Koning, Haarlem († 1982)
• Michele Christine Burgers, Caracas (Venezuela) († 2013)
• Liduina Maria Wessels, Utrecht († 1952)

• Donker (2), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertus Leopoldus Servatius SEGERS (34), Rotem,3650,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrienne Mourlon (71), Watermaal-Bosvoorde,1170,Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest,België
• Cornelia Hendrika Dissel (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Driessen (77), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• AUGUST ERIKSSON (87), VÄSTERÅS
• Anna Antonia Maria Van Valkenburg (60)
• Elmer Raymond COOLIDGE (53), Overton, Rusk County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Edwin Todd (0), Henderson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Aagtje Bruinooge (76), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland

• 1949 » Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
• 1949 » Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1950 » Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer
• 1951 » Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
• 1952 » David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
• 1952 » Gordon H. Smith, American businessman and politician
• 1952 » Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
• 1952 » Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1953 » Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer

• 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)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
• February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
• March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
• March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
• July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 25, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.