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• Harm Bollema, Steenwijk († 2021)
• Maria Cornelia Hendrina van Staalduinen, 's-Gravenzande († 1946)
• Jannetje Verkerke, den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Dirk Willem Klein Klouwenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Leendert Jan Hoek († 2002)
• Bernardus Franciscus (Bennie) Tanke, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 2020)
• Franciscus Strating, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Jennigje Makkinga, Ommen († 2018)
• Levenloos van Wordragen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Johannes Gerardus Lestrade, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)

• Adrianus Houtepen (72), Gilze en Rijen
• Carolus Egbertus (Bertus) Zwaneveld (65), Amsterdam
• Cornelis de Wijn (76), Amsterdam
• Arie den Hartog (68), Rotterdam
• Adriana van den Berg (73), Amerongen
• Adrianus Hendricus van der Sluis (61), utrecht
• Elizabeth Grootenboer (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Egbertus Zwaneveld (65), Amsterdam
• Aagje Arnoldusd. van Minnen (88), Utrecht (UT Nederland)
• Anna Maria Catharina Post (65), Rotterdam

• 1935 » John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1935 » Peter Clarke, English cartoonist († 2012)
• 1936 » Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2018)
• 1937 » Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician († 2009)
• 1937 » Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 » Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer († 2014)
• 1939 » Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 » Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist († 2013)
• 1939 » Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1940 » Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor

• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)

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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 18, 1938 was between 7.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.