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• Adrianus Henricus Josephus Arnoldus Weijters, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1978)
• Freddy Marcel Abeels, Borgloon, België († 2000)
• Adriana Maria van der Put, Ginneken, Breda († 1969)
• Betty Ann Neeley Crain [Bu], Cassville, Barry County, Missouri († 2001)
• Bertha Elisabeth Agnes Maria Louise Ritzen
• Gijsbertus van Doorn († 1983)
• Franciscus van Dinther, Deurne († 1938)
• Carolyn L. Wright, Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Catherina Helena AENDEKERK, Molenbeersel,3640,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2018)
• Bertha BEKS, Bellingwolde (NL/GR) Noorddijk (NL/GR) († 1957)

• Cornelia Jacoba Maria HALVE (64), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Elzinga (94), Oudwoude, Nederland
• Barbara Margaretha Sloesarwij (61), Utrecht-akte 1792
• Ariaantje Hagen (90), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Hendriks Hagen (90), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Hagen- (90), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alewijn (0), Amersfoort
• Anthonie Kalkman (46), IJsselmonde
• Ariaantje Hagen (90), Rotterdam
• Antonie Pieter van Zoelen (0), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)

• 1936 » John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer
• 1937 » José Larralde, Argentine singer-songwriter
• 1937 » Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer († 1982)
• 1938 » Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer
• 1938 » Derek Jacobi, English actor
• 1938 » K. Indrapala, Sri Lankan historian and academic
• 1939 » George Cohen, English footballer
• 1939 » Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic († 2013)
• 1939 » Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
• 1939 » Tony Roberts, American actor and singer

• 1917 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863)
• 1927 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
• 1928 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)

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.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on October 22, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.