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• Janna Geertje Pellewever, Hengelo († 1981)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria de Leeuw, Ginneken en Bavel († 1938)
• Hendrikus Bonte, Zwolle († 1986)
• Henriette Abbink, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Ferdinant Wilhelmus (Fer) NIJSTEN, Bunde (NL/LI) († 2004)
• Jacobus de Waal, 's-Gravenhage († 1973)
• Aleida Johanna Ekkel († 2020)
• Donna Joy Hayse, Taylorville Township (Christian County), Illinois († 1982)
• Harry Duncan Cory McGowan († 2003)
• Fernanda Maria Jeanne Ballet, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 1939)

• Aebe Wigeri Van Edema (77), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• adrianus leendert jacobus ROBBERSEN (69), den haag
• Aaltje Aris' Bremer (86), Oosterend, Texel
• Andries KAMMINGA (71), Grijpskerk (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Abraham Jan Krebaum (78), Tiel
• Aaltje Aris Bremer (86)
• Albert Ritsema (61), Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Timmermans (87), Drunen
• Aaltje Bremer (86), Oosterend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Hoogendoorn (61), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector
• 1936 » Alistair MacLeod, Canadian novelist and short story writer († 2014)
• 1936 » Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician
• 1938 » Deniz Baykal, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1938 » Diana Rigg, English actress
• 1938 » Natalie Wood, American actress († 1981)
• 1938 » Roger Hunt, English footballer
• 1938 » Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1939 » Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
• 1941 » Don Chuy, American football player († 2014)

• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1932 » René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)

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.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• 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 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

The temperature on July 20, 1938 was between 12.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.