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• Gerard van den Bogaard, Wamel († 1998)
• Jan Derks († 2006)
• Hortense “Cusi” Mesa, Key West, Monroe Co.,, Flevoland, Nederland († 2017)
• Hannelore Cords, Kirchdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel († 2020)
• Athol Francis LOCKETT († 2018)
• Jannetje Rodenburg († 2018)
• Grietje van Rosmalen, Onna († 2023)
• François Terlinden, Schaerbeek, 21015, Belgique († 2007)
• Doodgeboren kind van Biljouw, Vught († 1938)
• Kuiken, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1938)

• Bernardina Theodora Verweij (43), Nijmegen
• Alida van Duuren (75), Leiden
• Camille-Jan Peeters (54)
• Aart de Kock (59)
• Bote Bruinsma (81), Cornjum-Leeuwarderadeel
• Barend Koolhaas (83)
• Aleida Koenders (71), Bemmel
• Aart de Bruin (50), Warnsveld
• Barbera Alberta van Ommen (60), Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Joseph Wachters (50), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België

• 1937 » Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist († 1974)
• 1937 » Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
• 1938 » Anne Perry, English author
• 1938 » Dave Budd, American basketball player
• 1938 » David Dimbleby, English journalist
• 1938 » Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
• 1938 » Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
• 1938 » Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach
• 1938 » Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
• 1939 » Jane Alexander, American actress and producer

• 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)

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.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

The temperature on October 28, 1938 was between 3.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.