About the day » Thursday August 25, 1955Calender converter

• Deborah D Engle († 1989)
• Ad Stuijts, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Hubert Jan Maria Lahaye, Lahaije, Houthem, Limburg, Netherlands († 2018)
• Cynthia Ann Roelse, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 1955)
• Jacob Hendrik Huisman, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)
• Douglas Kathmann, USA († 1976)
• Petrus Cornelis franciscus appel († 2017)
• Pieter den Harder, 's Gravenzande, Nederland
• James Systma, Tokyo, Japan
• Marcia J Baker, USA († 2018)

• Cornelis Adrianus (Kees) Cornelisz Blokland (61), Mantyluoto, Finland
• Cornelia Ommering (84), Vlaardingen
• Anthonia van Zijl (77), Amsterdam
• Bird Judson Humphreys (61), Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
• Christina Cornelia Olthuis (38), Zutphen
• Antonetta van Oers (80), Etten-Leur
• Antonie van de Beek (70), Amersfoort
• Christiaan Zuijdwegt (79), SOEST (Utrechtse Heuvelrug), Utrecht, Nederland
• Benjamin Chester Barsness (41), Scott, Minnesota, United States
• Catharina Petronella Houkes (65)

• 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)
• 1956 » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver († 1986)
• 1956 » Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer (Stock Aitken Waterman)
• 1956 » Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1957 » Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 » Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Simon McBurney, English actor and director

• 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)
• 1968 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

The temperature on August 25, 1955 was between 13.0 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.