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• Cornelis Henricus Johannes van Dartel, Etten-Leur († 1939)
• Ainsley St. Clair Coke, Black River, St. Elizabeth, St.Elizabeth, Jamaica († 2014)
• Huberta de BOER, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Isabella H J C HEKKEMA, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Gerrit Breunesse, Baarn († 2012)
• Diny van Bemmel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Cornelis Groot, Vinkeveen († 2014)
• Jan Kaars, Monnickendam († 2001)
• Etienne Francois († 1986)
• Geertruida (gaartje) Smit, Volendam († 2023)

• Degens (72)
• Andries Jonker (77), Harderwijk
• Anna Visscher (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Elizabeth Featherstone (80), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Adrianus van der Linden (74), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Ane Bakker (74), Terschelling
• Roelfien Post (74), Emmen
• Adriana Johanna BROUWER (75), Delft
• Bernardus van den Brink (70)
• Albert Bruins (35), Borger

• 1934 » Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1935 » David Lodge, English author and critic
• 1936 » Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
• 1937 » Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host († 2013)
• 1938 » Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach († 2016)
• 1938 » Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 » John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1940 » Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
• 1942 » Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
• 1942 » Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater

• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)

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 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

The temperature on January 28, 1938 was between -0.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.