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• Danielle Marguerite Lucie Baudry, Chaville, 92370, FRANCE († 1997)
• Alida Johanna Bloemendaal, Albergen, 7665, Nederland († 1938)
• Bertha Juliana Maria Timmermans, Gilze en Rijen († 2003)
• DOODGEBOREN DOCHTER MALESTEIN, BARNEVELD († 1938)
• Gerard Brüning
• Geertruida Johanna BOS, Oosterhout
• Cornelis Keizer, Steenwijk († 1953)
• Elizabeth Cornelia Tiggelman, dirksland (goeree overflakkee) († 1950)
• Faye McFARLANE († 2010)
• Agnetia Maria de Bie, Haarlem († 2001)

• adriana GROENENBERG (94), den bommel
• Berendina Geertruida Dekker (72), Zwollerkerspel
• Catharina Maria Hendrika Emons (van der Molen) (69), Den Bosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Van De Sande (74), Herentals, 2200, België
• Anna Hubertina Franssen (62), Veldwezelt
• Bernardus Antonie Harteveld (74), Leiden
• Auke Arjens van der Wal (73), Berlikum
• Berendina Geertruida Dekker (72), Zwollerkerspel
• Anna BOUMENDIL (61), Alger, Algérie
• Adriana GROENENBERG (94), Den Bommel, 5997, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Bob Denver, American actor († 2005)
• 1935 » Brian Harradine, Australian politician († 2014)
• 1935 » Dick Enberg, American sportscaster († 2017)
• 1935 » John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator († 2017)
• 1936 » Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1936 » Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician († 2017)
• 1938 » Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician († 2013)
• 1939 » Susannah York, English actress and activist († 2011)
• 1940 » Barbara Buczek, Polish composer († 1993)
• 1940 » Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation

• 1930 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 » John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1939 » Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)

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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

The temperature on January 9, 1938 was between 2.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.