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• Godelieve Maria Ludovica SEGERS, Kontich,2550,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2014)
• Nancy McWilliams Marvin, New York, United States († 2007)
• Klaasje Oldenhuizing, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Christiaan Johannes Nobels, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 2015)
• Maria Gerda Johanna Lansing, Haaksbergen († 2013)
• Adrianus, Franciscus Helsloot, Sloterdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonius Bernardus Catharina Maria Ector, Eindhoven († 2004)
• Maria Anna Platen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1938)
• Neil Mcphail (Jack) LEES († 2001)
• (Stillborn) KUIPHOF, Blija (Ferwerderadiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1938)

• Anna Maria Nootman (76), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Aalbers (74), Weurt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Admiraal (98), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betsy Carolina van Lierop (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Henry Sellmer (62), Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Arie de Haan (35), Rotterdam
• Alida Steringa (86), Amsterdam
• Alida de Vries Steringa (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend van Panhuis (9), Ermelo
• Carolina Augustine Louise Cladder (81), Huizen

• 1937 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist († 1996)
• 1937 » George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author († 2008)
• 1937 » Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
• 1937 » Susan Hampshire, English actress
• 1938 » Millie Perkins, American actress
• 1939 » Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
• 1939 » Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens († 2011)
• 1939 » Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1939 » Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary († 2003)

• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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".
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• 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 May 12, 1938 was between 0.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.