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• Gerhard Clemens von Husen, Oldenburg (du) († 2004)
• Adrianus Petrus van Ginneken, Etten-Leur
• Jacoba Wilhelmina (Coosje) Goudzwaard († 2022)
• Auke Westra, Apeldoorn (Gelderland) († 1938)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Maria van Haaren, Loon op Zand, Nederland († 1939)
• Frida Blondina Juliana den Exter, Terneuzen († 1938)
• Cornelius Carel Korte, Woden, Hancock County, Iowa († 1943)
• Antonius Marinus Uijtdehaag, Roosendaal († 1961)
• Gerritje ROGIER, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerritje Rogier, Deventer († 2018)

• Arie Ewijk (76), Numansdorp
• Arnold Krabbenbos (76), Almelo, Ned
• Aleida Visscher (71), Oldenzaal
• Abraham Kunz (60), Barneveld
• Albartus Henricus Elisen (73), Borculo, Gelderland, NL
• Antonia Teunissen (81), Bemmel
• Antje Mulder (83), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Klerk (87), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Ella van den Berg (65), Sioux Center (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham (70), Rotterdam

• 1934 » Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1935 » Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist
• 1935 » Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician
• 1936 » James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1938 » J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1940 » Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1940 » Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2012)
• 1940 » Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
• 1940 » Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
• 1942 » Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach († 2017)

• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• 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 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

The temperature on December 5, 1938 was between 2.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.