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• Hanna Rusbach, ,, Haarlem, Nederland († 2007)
• Francisca Anna Maria Muijs, Roosendaal († 1994)
• Hans Moorlag, Onstwedde († 2018)
• Jan Schipper, Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde) († 2018)
• Jan Willem Joseph (jean) Jetten († 1997)
• David Jacques Andre Gokkes = de Bock, Breda, Nederland († 2016)
• Gijsbertus (Bert) Olivier, Schiedam († 2000)
• Frederik Jan ten Have, Gorssel († 2016)
• Elisabeth Lugina Ordelman, Hengelo († 2013)
• Annie Jane Chadwell, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1989)

• Arend Booi (55), Genemuiden, Ov, The Netherlands
• Arend Booi (55), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Geerts van Schepen (68), Stevens County, Minnesota
• angela marie louise FOULON (67), Vendin la Vieil (F-62)
• Alice Herbert (77), Edmonton, Middlesex
• Adrianus, Antonius Kouters (59), Hoeven
• Arend Jan Bijsterbosch (16), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Sinnema (59), Heerenveen
• August MEIJER (79), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vos (78), Den Haag

• 1935 » Michael Ballhaus, German director and cinematographer († 2017)
• 1936 » John Saxon, American actor († 2020)
• 1936 » Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright
• 1937 » Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic († 2010)
• 1937 » Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach († 2003)
• 1939 » Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician
• 1939 » Roger Clark, English race car driver († 1998)
• 1940 » Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1940 » Rick Huxley, English bass player († 2013)
• 1940 » Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor

• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)

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 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 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• 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.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 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.

The temperature on August 5, 1938 was between 18.4 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.