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• Albert KOOPMAN, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Angus Alan Douglas Douglas-Hamilton († 2010)
• Domien Vermeulen, Temse († 2002)
• Arie Jacobus SCHALK, Zevenhuizen († 1982)
• Aaltje Veldhuizen († 2015)
• Charles Groninga, Glendale, California, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Arend Stolte, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2011)
• Gabriël (Gab) Tulden, van, Eisden,, Limburg, België († 1971)
• Dennis Fraser McNiece, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States († 2003)
• Antonius Coolen, Beek en Donk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2021)

• Carl Theodore Preuss (60), Yorketown, South Australia
• Aaltje Olk Cohen (64), Appingedam, Appingedam, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Meijboom, Voorburg, Gemeente Leidschendam-Voorburg, South Holland, Nederland
• Bertus Segaar (27), Leiden
• Bernardus Gerrits (73), Altforst
• Catharina Maria Meijboom (59), Voorburg
• Albert Joseph CARTON de WIART (68), Uccle (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgie
• Aaltje Stokroos (88), Kornhorn, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Cohen (64), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie de Rouw (79), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1936 » Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
• 1937 » Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
• 1938 » John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1939 » Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator († 1993)
• 1939 » Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
• 1939 » Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
• 1939 » Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist († 2014)
• 1940 » Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 1941 » Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens

• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on September 13, 1938 was between 11.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.