About the day » Saturday May 25, 2002Calender converter

• Martin HERINCKX, Atlanta (USA) († 2024)

• Catharina Maria van Lierop (76), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus de Vente
• Beitske Raap (57), Dongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Wijkniet (76), Dubbeldam
• Albertus Johannes (Bertus) Harmsen (92), Beuningen
• Adele MAria (Déle) Kerst (70), Tolkamer
• Anna Bastings, Maastricht
• Bernard Johan Scholten (82), Haaksbergen
• Albertina Johanna Taminiau (87), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cheryl McNellis (26), fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten

• 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)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 26 » Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
• May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
• September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
• November 13 » During the Prestige oil spill a storm burst a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002 off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

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.