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• Herman Juliaan Bulten, Doetinchem († 1947)
• Gerrit Willem Klein Velderman, markelo († 2013)
• Geert Gritter († 2024)
• Herman Gijsbers († 2006)
• André BALLIAUW, Verrebroek († 2000)
• Geertruida Lubertine Siegers, Den Helder, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2007)
• Gertrude Sibilla Jongen, Ubach over Worms,, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• Arendje Alberdina Schonewille, Noord, Hoogeveen († 2025)
• Andreas Gerardus Joannes (Andre) van Wijk, Rijswijk, Nederland († 2022)
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• Alphonsus Cornelis Bergmans (15), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aleida Meulenbeld (50), Hengelo
• Anna Maria Krott, Maastricht
• Alexander Meiboom (68), Emmen, The Netherlands
• Alle Veen, van der (86)
• Alphonsus Cornelis Bergmans (16), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Aletta Beijnders (61), Hillegersberg
• Anna Bosman (45), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij de BOED (78), Oude-Tonge (Oostflakkee), NL-ZH
• Aarjaantje Koeman (80), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher († 2020)
• 1935 » Corrado Augias, Italian journalist and politician
• 1935 » Henry Jordan, American football player († 1977)
• 1935 » Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist
• 1936 » Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1937 » Francisco Gonzales, former 1960 Summer Olympics yachting team member and murderer
• 1937 » Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone († 2003)
• 1938 » Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter
• 1940 » Frank Large, English footballer, centre forward and cricketer († 2003)
• 1940 » Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop

• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

• 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.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on January 26, 1938 was between 1.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.