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• Hermanus Frederikus Joseph Scheers, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Gilberte De Boeck, Neder-Over-Heembeek († 2023)
• Bonnie Jean Madden Yawn, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• David C. Sherren (Dr.), West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Antje Bruinsma († 2018)
• ('Jan') Cremers, Echt († 2019)
• Daniël Jules Piller, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Daniel Jules Piller, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Frank Crowest Stanley Banfield, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa († 1975)
• Durk Dam, Surhuisterveen († 2023)

• Catharina Meijer (72), Zierikzee,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arthur Foreman Johnson (61), Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
• Agatha Margaretha De Bruin (0), Rotterdam
• Aagtje Pikkaart (75), kruiningen (zeeland)
• Anna Jansen (69), Nieuwe-Wetering
• Andries de Graaf (37), Poortvliet
• Christiaan Antoon Hubert CRASBORN (68), Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Bertus Siebring (42), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Benjamin Goldsmit (60), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie Hermanus Wientjen (60), Arnhem

• 1935 » Ernie Broglio, American baseball player († 2019)
• 1936 » Joel Kovel, American scholar and author († 2018)
• 1936 » Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China
• 1937 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer († 2007)
• 1937 » Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
• 1939 » Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
• 1939 » William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
• 1940 » Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player († 2008)
• 1940 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist († 1994)

• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

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.
• February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• 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.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on August 27, 1938 was between 10.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.