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• Bertha Dillen, Nijlen († 1995)
• Edward Huisman, Alton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2006)
• Egbert Veen, Steenwijk († 1938)
• Everdina Johanna Gijsbers, Deurne († 1992)
• Arend Barelds, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1944)
• Elisabeth Lena van der Linden, Leiden († 1994)
• Albert Vedelaar, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Doodgeboren kind Krielaart, 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland († 1938)
• Gerrige Hermina Boer († 1990)
• Bernarda Cornelia van Delzen († 2016)

• Antje van der Neut (37), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• August Leonard Gadeyne (89), Langemark
• Adriana de Klerk (75), Rucphen
• Anna SCHUTTER (91), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje SCHELLEVIS (57), Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Augustus Leonardus Gadeyne (90), Langemark
• Adriana Anna Maria Mutsaers (15)
• Albert Minkjan (79), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agatha Catharina 't Hart (60), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Josephus Peijs (57), Tilburg

• 1936 » George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio († 2016)
• 1937 » Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist († 2009)
• 1938 » Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 1938 » Bill Alsup, American racing driver († 2016)
• 1938 » Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press
• 1938 » Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter († 2009)
• 1939 » Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
• 1940 » Chris Cord, American racing driver
• 1940 » Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer († 2015)
• 1940 » Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and convicted murderer († 1990)

• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)
• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)

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).
• 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 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• 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 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.

The temperature on July 15, 1938 was between 14.6 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.