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• Jannes Bron, Niebert (gemeente Marum) († 1960)
• Hendrikus Petrus Geijsels, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland († 2021)
• Charles Dumont, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Doodgeboren Kind van den Heuvel, Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten († 1938)
• Bastiaan Gijsbert de Mol, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Inez Erdine Trigg, Kansas († 2010)
• Elisabeth Sealtiel, 's Gravenhage († 1943)
• Claude John Huisman, Alton, Sioux-County, Iowa, VS († 1976)
• Evert Servatius Yntema, Huizum, Nederland († 2003)
• Maarten van der Vies, Heerenveen († 2012)

• Abigail Weir (80), Peebles, Peebleshire, Scotland
• Betje Pool (63), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Doodgeboren Kind van den Heuvel (0), Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
• Catharina MUITJENS (27), Kanne (Limburg) (B)
• Camilla Crombez (21), Le tucquet France
• Anna Catharina Kampman (72), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Coleta WEEMAES (76), Sint Jansteen, Nederland
• Cornelis Kempenaar (74), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Camilla Crombez (21), Le Touquet, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Lengton (88), Zwijndrecht

• 1936 » Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1937 » Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1994)
• 1937 » Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
• 1937 » Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
• 1938 » Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1939 » Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 1939 » Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic († 2019)
• 1939 » Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)
• 1939 » John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 1939 » Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal

• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)

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 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• 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.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• 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 October 7, 1938 was between 6.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 18.7 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.