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• Harman Esselink, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Hubertus Maria Hövelings, Tegelen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland († 1971)
• Dirk Kranenburg, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonia Jacoba Aerts, Etten en Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1938)
• Cornelia Hendrika Drost, Barneveld († 1990)
• George Gustaaf Adolf de Wilde, Kertosari, Dutch East Indies († 1991)
• Antonia Antonetta van Ginneken, Princenhage
• Hendrika Fukkink, Brummen {GE} († 1939)
• Bernhard Niesse, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Donald Dean Wielenga, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)

• Adriana Verweij (93), Beusichem
• Anna van Oosterhout (80), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arian Blokdijk (71), Heiloo
• Aaltje Evink (70), Kampen
• Berend Scheffer (88), Rheden
• Aafke Jemkes van der Veen (68), Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Wielen (65), Cothen
• Maria Kikkert (67), Utrecht
• de Groot (40), Bergen op Zoom, NL
• Anton Knetemann (81), Voorburg

• 1933 » Faramarz Payvar, Iranian santur player and composer († 2009)
• 1933 » Richard Schickel, American journalist, author, and critic († 2017)
• 1935 » Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor († 2018)
• 1937 » Anne Anderson, Scottish physiologist and academic († 1983)
• 1937 » Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1939 » Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada
• 1939 » Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida, Angolan nationalist († 1967)
• 1940 » Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1940 » Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper
• 1941 » Michael Apted, English director and producer

• 1920 » Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1928 » José Sánchez del Río, Mexican martyr and saint (b. 1913)
• 1932 » Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)

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 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on February 10, 1938 was between 3.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.