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• Gerard Geens († 2018)
• Arend Greijdanus, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Annigje (Annie) Kuiper, Almelo Overijssel Nederland († 2015)
• Aaltje Veldhuizen († 2015)
• Domien Vermeulen, Temse († 2002)
• Gezina van Buuren, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Dick van Rhijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Bertus Johannes Voogt, Tilburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Arie Jacobus Schalk, Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Arend Stolte, Nieuwleusen († 2011)

• Antonie de Rouw (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Catharina van der Bent (76), Voorhout
• Abigail Woodmansee (71), Sabina, Clinton County, Ohio
• Antonie Lewin (80), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Betty Mae McCall (8), somewhere in IA or OR
• Antje Maria Potjewijd (39), Monster
• Arnoldina van der Veen (45)
• Arij van Lien (42), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia (Antonia) van Woensel (61), Rotterdam
• Antje Maria Potjewijd (39), Monster

• 1936 » Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
• 1937 » Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
• 1938 » John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1939 » Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator († 1993)
• 1939 » Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
• 1939 » Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
• 1939 » Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist († 2014)
• 1940 » Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 1941 » Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens

• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Jacob
14. Robert
15. Antonius
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Helena
15. Mary
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

The temperature on September 13, 1938 was between 11.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.