About the day » Friday May 25, 2001Calender converter

• Charles F Jolidon (89), Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Prins (83), Hellevoetsluis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cobie de Graaf (56), Sint Oedenrode
• Agnes van der Burgt (86), Veghel
• Bruce Leonard EDWARDS (32), Birmingham, In A Fire In His Flat)
• Afina Sibelina Luise Tappmeier (91), Bielefeld (Dld)
• Jantje Slottje (92), Losser
• Berta Elisabeth Glock (86), Goirle
• Armandus Theofiel Wijne (82), Philippine (Z)
• Catharina Tonkes (90), Assen

• 1987 » Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1988 » Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
• 1988 » Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
• 1990 » Bo Dallas, American wrestler
• 1990 » Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1993 » James Porter, English cricketer
• 1994 » Aly Raisman, American gymnast
• 1994 » Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
• 1996 » David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player

• 1995 » Élie Bayol, French racing driver (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)
• 1996 » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)
• 2003 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2004 » Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishing Company (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Ismail Merchant, Indian-born film producer and director (b. 1936)
• 2005 » Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
• 2005 » Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (b. 1909)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Lucas
4. Robin
5. Daan
6. Lars
7. Max
8. Bram
9. Tim
10. Ruben
11. Jasper
12. Thijs
13. Jacob
14. Sander
15. Niels
16. Stijn

1. Emma
2. Britt
3. Femke
4. Julia
5. Ilse
6. Sophie
7. Amber
8. Sanne
9. Anna
10. Laura
11. Lisa
12. Fleur
13. Anne
14. Charlotte
15. Maria
16. Anastasia

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
• January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
• March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
• April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• June 1 » Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother.
• September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
• December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.

The temperature on May 25, 2001 was between 7.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (94%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.