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• Antonius Matheus ter Horst, Uden († 1996)
• Christine Elise Garland, Knobsville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 1996)
• Dirk Vermeer, Kesteren († 1945)
• Elisabeth Maria (Bep) HULST, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Earl Edward Danz, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Canada († 2006)
• Alphons Maria Sijben († 1977)
• Dina Tien, Ihrhove, Niedersachsen, DLD († 1985)
• Alida Christina Opdam, Lisse († 2020)
• Antoinette Rosalia Everaert, Sint Gillis Dendermonde († 1978)
• Egbert Westphal, Soekoredjo (Indonesie) († 2015)

• Adrianus Beverlo (62), Est en Opijnen (GL)
• Augusto Adão Kons (71), São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Clasina Vlug (40), Amersfoort
• ARIJ MOERMAN (29), MAASLAND
• anna maria van soest (66), neer
• Aris Pieter Krab (1914), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Adriana BASTIAANSE (58), Domburg
• Arnoldus Gerardus van Westerlaak (11), Amersfoort
• Adriaan Terlouw (66), Noordeloos
• Berend Kwint (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1936 » A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet
• 1936 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1936 » Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada († 2010)
• 1937 » Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1937 » Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 » David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
• 1938 » Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Keith Savage, English rugby player
• 1940 » Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute

• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on August 24, 1938 was between 7.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.