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• Gerard van Egten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Immigje Aaltje Snijders, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrikus Lahuis, Gramsbergen († 2019)
• Anna van Arnhem, Montfoort († 2006)
• Allegonda Johanna van Dortmont, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Annetje Willemina van Velzen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Egbert Arend Tienkamp, Kettleby († 1990)
• Gijsbert Bokhorst, Putten († 1938)
• Cornelis Verbaan, "s Gravenhage († 2017)
• Christina van der Togt, Leeuwarden († 2020)

• Antonie Martinus van Zee (69)
• Bernardus Melgers (77), Ede
• Antonius Jansen Holleboom (78), Raalte
• Antonius Klerks (83), Vlijmen
• Cathalina Buijze, Hoek, Nederland
• Alida Maria Schenkel (60), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Niele (82), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Arthur Jones (69), 11 Rednal Fields
• ADRIANA GOEDHART (59), DELFT
• Alida Maria Schinkel (59), Gouda

• 1937 » Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic († 2012)
• 1938 » Anna Home, English screenwriter and producer
• 1938 » Cabu, French cartoonist († 2015)
• 1938 » Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1938 » Dave Edwards, American captain and politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1938 » Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1939 » Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 » Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 » Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach

• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 » A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)

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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

The temperature on January 13, 1938 was between 2.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.