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• Bernardus Johannes OVERBEEK, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Adrianus Christianus Cooijmans, Den Dungen († 2017)
• Dedie Moesker, Alkmaar († 2018)
• Alberta Josephina Maria van den Bogaert, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Hermans, Hasselt († 1990)
• Gerrit de Gruyter, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1997)
• Albertus Smit, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• aldegonda petronella dorothea verheijen, helden
• Bauke Roorda, Drachten († 2019)
• Garvin Richard DeJonghe, Park City, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1938)

• Anna Dorothea Arnold (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Arthur Lebegge (67), Outgaarden
• Anje Poppens (74), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Augusta Petersdatter Stokbak (60), Hommelvik, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
• Albertus Smeman (86), Enschede
• Genee (0), Sneek, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Meertens (70), Bocholtz
• Aafke Andries Cazemier (73), Zevenhuizen
• Aleida Bod (66), WEhl
• Anna Maria Mechtilde ROEX (55), Opoeteren, Limburg, België

• 1936 » Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager
• 1937 » Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1987)
• 1937 » Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
• 1937 » Sheila Varian, American horse breeder († 2016)
• 1938 » Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
• 1938 » Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic († 2020)
• 1938 » Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1939 » Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
• 1939 » Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina
• 1939 » Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper

• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)

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).
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• 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 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.

The temperature on August 8, 1938 was between 17.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.