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• Barbara Ann Massengill, Dallas, Texas, United States († 1991)
• Limkje de Jong, Deinum († 2019)
• Margaretha Smit, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Asbjørn Johnsen, Fjordgård, Lenvik Kommune, Troms, Norway († 2005)
• Antonius (Tonny\Ton) STRATEN, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Cornelia Poeliejoe († 2014)
• Lona Mae Dunaway, Halifax County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Albert Charel Marie Jilesen, Overasselt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1964)
• Dingenis Jacob Griep, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1976)
• Jans (Jannie) Goudswaard, van († 2008)

• Abraham Faas (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Antonia van Rijsbergen (48), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Kant (71), Almkerk
• Annie Thurman (50), Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van der Made (54), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham VanderLaan (65), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Adalaide Nabberfeld (75)
• Abraham van der Windt (72), Schiedam
• Anna Cathalina KOEIMAN (66)
• Anthonie Hill (29), Rotterdam

• 1935 » Steve Demeter, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2013)
• 1936 » Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 » Troy Donahue, American actor († 2001)
• 1937 » Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1985)
• 1940 » Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940 » James Cromwell, American actor
• 1940 » Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940 » Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1940 » Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 » Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist († 1981)

• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)

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.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on January 27, 1938 was between -0.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.