About the day » Monday May 25, 1959Calender converter

• Maarten Maria KOPS, Salisbury,Rh,RHO († 1996)
• Elisabeth Klazina Smids, Driel († 1998)
• Marianne Frishert († 2004)
• Brian Keith Ledeboer
• Mark Alan AESCHLIMAN, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Saskia Henderina Hefting († 1972)
• Patricia (Patsy) Harkema, Muskegon heights Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Waldison de Campos, Votorantim, São Paulo, Brasil († 2015)
• Cees van Dongen († 2011)
• Femmigje (Femmie) Booij, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Bastiaan Visser (83), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aris van Hardeveld (70), Rhenen (Utrecht)
• Alberto Novaes Armando (51), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• BASTIAAN VISSER (83), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Anna Philomena Janse (81), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Vernooij (57), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonetta, Huberta Vermeulen (79), Blitterswijck, Limburg, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jansen (55), Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Klepper (67), Amsterdam
• Arie Timmer (79), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 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 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

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.