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• Anna Leslie Ginn, Warkworth, New Zealand († 1998)
• Andries Bernard Baars, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1942)
• Arnoldus Josephus van Moorsel, Boerdonk († 2025)
• Gerlof, Jacobus Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jeltje Maaike Gorter, Eestrum († 1939)
• Cornelis Griffioen, Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1989)
• Geertje Antonia van Ewijk († 1945)
• Adriaan Peter Willem Marie Appels, Tilburg († 2021)
• Cornelis Cornelsz Heemskerk, Leiden († 2004)
• Catharina Maria Swolfs, Tilburg († 2007)

• Bernardus Johannes Koenderink (1), Haaksbergen
• Bernard Antonie Meuleman (66), Nijmegen
• Alice Josephine Voxland (28), Goodhue, Minnesota, United States
• Arendje van Halteren (70), Rotterdam
• Andries Blankert (77), Amsterdam
• Caroline Veenstra (55), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Stralen (70), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antonia van Leent (85), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Annichje Harms (4), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus van Iperen (71), Amsterdam Nederland

• 1937 » Billie Jo Spears, American country singer († 2011)
• 1937 » J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet († 2012)
• 1937 » Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach († 2016)
• 1937 » Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician († 1994)
• 1937 » Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1938 » Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2015)
• 1938 » Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 » Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1939 » Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam

• 1920 » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1926 » August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)

• 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.
• 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 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

The temperature on January 14, 1938 was between 4.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.