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• Jeanne van Overbeek († 2013)
• Lois Elaine Harmelink, Orange City-Iowa (USA) († 1992)
• Inge Becker († 2008)
• Irene Galvan († 2010)
• Carl "Dean Wilderman, ........, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Lois E Harmelink, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1992)
• Frans Richard Maria Poelvoorde, Tielt († 2020)
• Johannes Hendriecus (Jan) Feller, Liessel,, Nederland († 2016)
• Cornelis Pluimgraaff, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Bruce Douglas DOTY, Madison Dane County Wisconsin U.S.A († 1988)

• Albert ten Hof (65), Borger
• Domingos maria vianna (62), Lanheses viana do castelo portugal
• Cornelis Gijsbertus van Egmond (41), Amsterdam
• Catherine Treeck Van (78), Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas Hendrik Maassen (81), Venray,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Wetering (68), Hattem
• Adriana Susanna Mulder (64), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk (Dick) Jans Lefebre (67), Perkins County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Middelkamp (88), Wijhe (NL)
• Anna Maria Slijters, Boxtel Nederland

• 1937 » Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate
• 1937 » Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1937 » Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist († 2001)
• 1938 » Bob Webster, American diver
• 1939 » Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer († 1972)
• 1939 » Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1939 » Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1939 » Sara Dylan, first wife of Bob Dylan
• 1939 » Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach († 2013)

• 1920 » Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)
• 1924 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1854)
• 1941 » Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1945 » Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (b. 1943)

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.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

The temperature on October 25, 1938 was between -2.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.