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• Lardi Snippe, Zwolle, Nederland († 1999)
• Lodewijk Gerardus Leonardus Brassé, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 1996)
• Farial Prinses van Egypte, Montazah Palace, Alexandrië († 2009)
• Hendrika Smit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Maria Magdalena "Sophie" Walburga Elisabeth Notburga Monika von Waldburg-Zeil († 2016)
• Adriaan VAN GILS († 1957)
• Anna Minke Oosterhof, Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Franciscus Geervliet, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Jan van der Kooi († 1938)
• Carla Drent, Groningen († 2023)

• Adriana van den Biggelaar (85), Boxtel
• Aloysius De Vliegher (63), Stekene
• Anne Sytses (Owen) Andrae (Andree) (56), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Geertruida Wassink (49), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Smit (87), Odoorn
• Aloysius De Vliegher (63), Stekene
• Anne Klazesz Rijpma (45), Leeuwarden, fr.nld
• Anna Maria Helena Fincken (70), Linne
• Anne Klazes Rijpma (45), Leeuwarden
• Adam Cornelis van den Nouweland (82), Tilburg

• 1934 » Anthony King, Canadian-English psephologist and academic († 2017)
• 1934 » Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma
• 1935 » Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 » Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor († 2009)
• 1936 » Crispian Hollis, English Roman Catholic bishop
• 1937 » Peter Cook, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1938 » Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general
• 1938 » Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 » Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author († 2001)
• 1940 » Luke Kelly, Irish singer, folk musician and actor († 1984)

• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)

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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on November 17, 1938 was between 2.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.