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• Franklin Roy Fuller, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 1938)
• Freddy Roger Segaert, Zedelgem († 1986)
• Godfrey Louis Lotter († 1939)
• Hendrik Benjamins, Elim, Hoogeveen († 2022)
• Hendrik ten Ham († 1998)
• Erwin Glen van Beek, Carmel, Sioux County Iowa († 2023)
• Elaine Margaret BASSETT, Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia († 2003)
• Jannt T. Klock, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Berend Jan Louis (Bennie) van der Laan, Den Haag
• Hilda Florencia Gaens, Wellen, België († 1965)

• Cornelis Ofman (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus van Beek, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Johannes Gerritz Dazler (73), Beilen
• Cornelis van Tulden (63), Nederweert, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Betje Hofmann (61), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika Groothuis (54), Goor, Nederland
• Anna van Schaik (43), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Anna Pfeiffer (79), Rotterdam(Kralingen)
• Annechiena Jansen (35), Castricum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Snoeij (0), Rotterdam

• 1936 » Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral
• 1936 » Louis Gossett, Jr., American actor and producer
• 1936 » Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2014)
• 1937 » Allan Carr, American playwright and producer († 1999)
• 1939 » Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1939 » Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1939 » Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive
• 1939 » Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman
• 1939 » Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
• 1939 » Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician

• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on May 27, 1938 was between 9.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.