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• Adrianus Johannes Leemans, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Betje Vos, Bussum († 1990)
• Alyse Jean Dykstra, Holland, MI
• Baars, Zeist († 1938)
• Hester Van Kranenburg, Geldermalsen († 2022)
• Aafke van der Poel, Arnhem († 2015)
• E.J. Verbruggen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Anthonia Lucia Maria Lensink, Schiedam († 2003)
• Gretha Penina Sluijser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Cornelis Mantel, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Achiel Jerome Segaert (0), Zerkegem
• Anna Maria Hendrica Hendriks (0), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Hoopes (0), Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States
• Andries Gerardus BOSMAN (42), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Kemp (47), Breukelen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartel Foppes van der Ploeg (83), Kooten
• Antje Oostveen (89), Utrecht
• Bartholomeus Ruigrok (80), De Zilk
• Antonius Petrus WILLEMS, Boxmeer, 3373, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Ursinus (56), Rheden, Nederland

• 1936 » Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker
• 1937 » Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
• 1937 » Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter († 2012)
• 1937 » Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
• 1937 » Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
• 1937 » Sally Kellerman, American actress
• 1938 » George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1938 » Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
• 1939 » Charles Miller, American musician († 1980)
• 1939 » John Schlee, American golfer († 2000)

• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 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.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on June 2, 1938 was between 7.8 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.