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• Evert Schuit, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Carol Louise Treise, Ramsey Co., MN († 1999)
• David Curtis, Aston Tirrold (GB) († 2013)
• Delia Delgado, San Diego, Duval, Texas, United States († 2008)
• Jacobus Cornelis van Breemen, Bussum († 2003)
• Cornelis Johannes Feith, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Evert Schuit, Hilversum († 1943)
• Abraham Anthonis van Diejen, Buurmalsen († 1938)
• Abram Storm, 's Gravenzande († 1994)
• Jannetje Kruijt, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• clazina BOUMAN (68), maassluis
• Catharina Elisabeth Loesberg (71), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Grooters (69), Emmen
• Agnes Clara Bohnen (0), Freeport, Stearns Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Eksteen (87), Meppel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Poulussen (60), Breda
• Carola Maria Theresia Elisabeth Baeten (10), Breda
• Arsen Karađorđević (of Yugoslavia) (79), Pariz, Francija
• Arsen van Servie (79), Parijs
• Amelia Wacker (60), Florin, Sacramento, California, United States

• 1935 » Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2014)
• 1936 » James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister († 2008)
• 1937 » Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer
• 1937 » Peter Max, German-American illustrator
• 1937 » Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician († 2018)
• 1938 » Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician
• 1939 » David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1940 » Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor
• 1940 » Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti

• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on October 19, 1938 was between 5.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.