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• Henricus Gerardus Johannes Hakvoort, Bathmen († 1990)
• Annie Golsteijn, Echt, Netherlands († 2007)
• Henricus Gerhardus Johannes Hakvoort, Bathmen
• Carolina Wilhelmina Willemsen, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2009)
• Etienne CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2021)
• Donald Harvey Barrell, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States of America († 2016)
• Gerdina Johanna Petronella van Iersel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• gerarda petronella (nelly) van der sterren, maasbree († 2020)
• Howard Warren Hales, Salt Lake City, Santa Barbara County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Ad de Hoon, Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)

• Christina Elisabeth van Beekum (68), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Loenen (70), Geldermalsen
• Anna Hendrika ten Broeke (42), Arnhem
• Adam van den Nouweland (81), tilburg
• Adrianus Johannes Maria van der Maat (1), Tilburg
• Antje van Riezen (67), Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Jacobs (78), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agie Hoogervorst (1931)
• Cornelia Ricken (78), Lingewaard (Bemmel)
• Cornelia Rijcken (78), Bemmel, Nederland

• 1937 » Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman († 2019)
• 1937 » Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic († 2012)
• 1938 » Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• 1938 » Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1938 » Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author († 1988)
• 1938 » Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic († 2011)
• 1939 » Robert Miller, American art dealer († 2011)
• 1940 » Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter († 1983)
• 1940 » Eric Dancer, English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
• 1940 » John McCririck, English journalist († 2019)

• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)

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.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• 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.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• 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 April 17, 1938 was between -0.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.