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• Annie Jans (Ans) Gootjes, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Donna Jean Hensel, Eureka, Humbolt, California, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• EILANDER, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Ferdinand Frederik (=Jochem) Slothouwer, Utrecht, Nederland († 2009)
• IJbeltje (Ipie) Draaisma, Sint Jacobaparochie, Nederland († 2008)
• Greta Soepboer, 's Gravenhage († 1993)
• Augusta Juliana van Beusichem, Wadenoijen, Nederland († 2021)
• Emerentiana Marie van Duin, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1939)
• Adrianus Hendricus Klis, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Alejandrina (Alex \ Kenita) Lopez Torrez Rojas, California († 2014)

• (57), GRONIGEN, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaantje Burggraaf (49), Hoogeveen (DR NL)
• Anthonij Hendrikus van Eerden (77), Rijssen
• Carolina Clemantina ALAERTS (87), Rillaar Vl.Brabant *
• Amand Casier de ter Beken (75), Gand (Gent), 44021, Belgique
• Antoni Vroesom De Haan (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Alexandrine d'Estampes (74)
• Anna Jacoba Wagemaker (25), Wieringen
• Bertha Sophia Loonen (32), Venray
• Adrianus van der HORDE (71), Nieuw Beijerland

• 1936 » Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
• 1936 » Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia († 2019)
• 1938 » Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
• 1938 » Liliane Ackermann, Jewish-French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer († 2007)
• 1938 » Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects († 2014)
• 1938 » Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
• 1940 » Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author († 2015)
• 1940 » Frank Duffy, English architect
• 1940 » Pauline Collins, English actress

• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)

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.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• 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.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on September 3, 1938 was between 5.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.