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• Cornelis Antonius Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 2012)
• Gerritdinus Johannes Blom, Almelo († 2007)
• Derkje Johanna Trekop, Gorssel {GE} († 1940)
• Anna Jacoba van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 2020)
• Frederik ReinrJac van der Meij, Oegstgeest († 2003)
• Gerarda Godefrida van Haaren, Nijmegen († 2003)
• Antonius Woortman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Cornelia Jeanne Elise Willemsen, Havelte († 2013)
• Godefridus Jacobus Hendriks, Venray († 2020)
• Hubertina wilhelmina johanna (mien) engelen, helden-beringe

• Adelaide Anne Goodman (71), Molong, NSW, AU
• Allegonda Verbeek (48), Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Geerdsema (71), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina van STEENBERGEN (78), Vught, 4366, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Johanna Cornelia Sindram (64), Amsterdam-N., Nederland
• Beatrix Duckers (75), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Bartha van Buerink (66), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beatrix Duckers (75), Urmond, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van den Ham (70), Culemborg
• Augustin Franz Marie Brattinga (35), Doorwerth

• 1936 » Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
• 1938 » Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1938 » Rich Rollins, American baseball player
• 1939 » Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer († 1999)
• 1939 » John Amabile, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1940 » Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1940 » David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
• 1940 » Joan Snyder, American painter
• 1940 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)

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 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 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• 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 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.

The temperature on April 16, 1938 was between 3.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.