About the day » Monday May 25, 1959Calender converter

• Saskia Henderina Hefting († 1972)
• Waldison de Campos, Votorantim, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)
• Denise Adele
• Hilda Mooibroek, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2006)
• Marianne Frishert († 2004)
• Patricia (Patsy) Harkema, Muskegon heights Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Jay A Kieft, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• Brian Keith Ledeboer
• Mark Alan AESCHLIMAN, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Elisabeth Klazina Smids, Driel († 1998)

• Arnoldus Jansen (55), Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Albert C. Rohde (88), Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Olen Boyd Sr. (70), Horry County,South Carolina
• Ary Marinus Anthonie Bierens (84), Goes
• Belvie Marie Ricketts (32), Virginia, United States
• Cornelia Lourina Diepenhorst (81), Capelle aan den IJssel
• Alice Gertrude Nina PERY-KNOX-GORE (89), Hadnall Shropshire England U.K
• Arie Timmer (79), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arend van Dijk (80), Hoorn
• Berdina Stans (54), Rotterdam

• 1957 » Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
• 1957 » Edward Lee, American author
• 1957 » Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 » Dorothy Straight, American children's author
• 1958 » Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
• 1959 » Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1959 » Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
• 1959 » Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Amy Klobuchar, American lawyer and politician
• 1960 » Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host

• 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)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)
• 1977 » Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (b. 1904)

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

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

• 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

The temperature on May 25, 1959 was between 9.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.