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• maria hendrika leonora (mie) vorstermans, helden-beringe
• Margaretha Hendrika de Boer († 2017)
• Jurjen Plantinga, Niawier († 2001)
• Apollonia Alberdina (Plonie) (Plo) Groeneveld († 2015)
• Adrianus Jacobus Nollen, Dongen
• Marguerite Mathilde van Berg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Abraham Dirk van Rijswijk, Waardenburg († 2022)
• Antonius Bernardus Catharina Maria Ector, Eindhoven († 2004)
• Johanna Leonarda Maria Vermunt, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 2005)
• Christiaan Johannes Nobels, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 2015)

• Cornelia ADMIRAAL Sdr (98), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Betsy Carolina van Lierop (71), 's-Gravenhage
• August Govaert (44), Kortenberg
• Carolus Josephus Maria Van Sprengel (0), Geel, België
• Annechien van der Sleen (56), Wierden
• Alicia Hopton Middleton (88), Charleston, South Carolina
• Arie de Haan (35), Rotterdam
• Berend van Panhuis (9), Ermelo
• Aquila Baker Cobb (58), Mathis, San Patricio, Texas, United States
• Aalbert Berendsen (83), Lochem Gld. Nederland

• 1937 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist († 1996)
• 1937 » George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author († 2008)
• 1937 » Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
• 1937 » Susan Hampshire, English actress
• 1938 » Millie Perkins, American actress
• 1939 » Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
• 1939 » Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens († 2011)
• 1939 » Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster († 2014)
• 1939 » Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary († 2003)

• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)

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 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• 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.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

The temperature on May 12, 1938 was between 0.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.