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• Cecile Maria Vanhooren, Bovekerke,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2010)
• Christiaan Anthonius de Boer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Egbert Jan Eshuis, Wierden († 1951)
• Antje Mol, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Arina van Houttum, Baarn († 2020)
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Zwet, Lisse († 2022)
• André Knippenberg († 1940)
• Carl (Karel) Verhaaren, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Frans Saillart, Leopoldsburg († 1992)
• Bertie Moes, Hoensbroek († 2010)

• Anna Josephina Carolina van IERSEL (37), Voorburg
• Anna Catharina Sintenie (71), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stravers (84), Roosendaal
• Charles A. Newhall (74), Palermo, Waldo County, Maine, United States of America
• van Nistelrooij (43), Batavia
• Abraham van West (21), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bregtje Groeneveld (79), Tzummarum
• Alexander Johannes van der Linden (55), Utrecht
• Berend Kleefman (80), Almelo
• Claude de Choiseul-Praslin (54), Lausanne, Vaud, Suisse

• 1937 » Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer († 2013)
• 1937 » Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
• 1938 » Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1938 » Romano Fogli, Italian footballer
• 1938 » Sandy Barr, American wrestler and referee († 2007)
• 1938 » Wolfman Jack, American radio host († 1995)
• 1939 » Friedel Lutz, German footballer
• 1939 » Paul Genevay, French sprinter
• 1939 » Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer
• 1939 » Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach († 2005)

• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
• 1950 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)

• 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.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on January 21, 1938 was between 3.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.