About the day » Saturday May 25, 2002Calender converter

• Catharina Potter (92), Noord-Scharwoude
• Cornelis maria (Kees) Tol (70)
• Bernard Johan Scholten (82), Haaksbergen
• Cornelis Minkema (77), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertine Johanna Taminiau (87), Amsterdam
• Alberta Johanna (Bertha) Taminiau (87), Hilversum, NH, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Lips (83), Rijsbergen
• Christina Willems Kuilman (89), Emmen
• Antonius Cornelis Johannes Wessels (85), Den Burg
• Arie Hendrikus van Mil (84), Boxtel

• 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

• 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)
• 2007 » Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1931)
• 2008 » J. R. Simplot, American businessman, founded Simplot (b. 1909)

1. Thomas
2. Lucas
3. Daan
4. Lars
5. Ruben
6. Tim
7. David
8. Thijs
9. Jan
10. Jens
11. Robin
12. Tom
13. Niels
14. Luuk
15. Rens
16. Stijn

1. Amber
2. Femke
3. Lisa
4. Anna
5. Emma
6. Sanne
7. Eloise
8. Julia
9. Eva
10. Laura
11. Sarah
12. Isabella
13. Anne
14. Fleur
15. Lotte
16. Iris

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
• March 19 » Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
• April 11 » Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
• May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
• July 15 » "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

The temperature on May 25, 2002 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.