About the day » Tuesday August 25, 1953Calender converter

• Josefi DE ROVER († 1953)
• Kenneth Bertram, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Johannes Petrus Maria Geerlings, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Hannah Hilversum, Paramaribo Suriname († 2020)
• Dorothy Josephine Todd ****, Conway, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Maria Christina Koops, Wieringen († 2011)
• Peter De Bakker, Hulst
• Jacoba Catharina Joan Goudswaard, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Leon Mark Rowenhorst, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• Johan George Streng, Hattem, Nederland († 2023)

• (2) Frans Antonius Mertens (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelis Arnoldus Bartholomeus de Bont (64), Teteringen
• Celestina Pelagia DE SAMBLANCKX (70), Pamel
• Andries Foppes de Haan (93), Oostermeer
• Antje Assman (85), Zwolle
• Antje Dirks Osinga (65), Leeuwarden
• Albertina Maria Lauret (72), Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland
• Charles Schuler (72), Kern, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bessie Jansen (51), Illinois
• Beulah Love Arline Adams (84)

• 1950 » Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter († 2009)
• 1951 » Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 1951 » Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter (Judas Priest)
• 1952 » Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1952 » Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 » Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager
• 1954 » Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1955 » Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1955 » John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist († 2004)

• 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)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

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

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

• 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
• April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

The temperature on August 25, 1953 was between 11.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.