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• Aaltje Franke, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Jan Johannes Bleeker, Heerenveen († 1993)
• Billie Jane Thompson, Horry County,South Carolina († 1984)
• Elsje (Els) van Heertum, amsterdam, Nederland († 2013)
• Geertje Lyklema, Sneek, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Jan MOESBERGEN († 1948)
• Jan Herman Roderick Hovenberg, Amsterdam († 1946)
• Gabrielle Rachel Raman, Wetteren († 1938)
• Gerhardus Johannes Maria Koldeweij, Winterswijk-Meddo († 2021)
• Doodgeboren dochter Pelders, Heusden († 1938)

• Adriaan Gerrit Bax (77), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van Biljouw (80), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Adriana van den Broek (21), 's Hertogenbosch
• Alice Viola Swartzendruber (56), Sharon, Johnson, Iowa
• Antje Heedzes Rinzema (61), Bergum
• Anna Sterenberg (75)
• Aaltje Uneken (82), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Archibald Kennedy (90)
• Adriana Jennie de Graaf (68), Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida (Alie) Boots (75), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1935 » Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic
• 1936 » Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1936 » Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist author, attempted murderer († 1988)
• 1937 » Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer
• 1937 » Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
• 1937 » Valerie Singleton, English television and radio host
• 1938 » Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia († 2010)
• 1939 » Michael Learned, American actress
• 1940 » Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter
• 1940 » Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2015)

• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)

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.
• 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 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

The temperature on April 9, 1938 was between 1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.