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• Gerard Schimmel († 2006)
• Antonia Alberta Carola Maria Ketelaars, Tilburg
• Jan Hamberg, Hardenberg († 1985)
• Geertruida Suzanna (Trudi) Klijn, West-Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Antonius Franciscus (Anton) van Melsen († 2022)
• Hooghiemstra, Joure
• Herman Vijge, ....... († 1989)
• Ingetje den Otter, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Gerard Bosman, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• Anneke Kooren, Nieuwe-Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)

• Albert Pannekoek (88), Hall.GLD
• Barend van der Plas (76), Steenwijk
• Arendina Roetgerink (65), Markelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina van Duivenbode (52), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ghijsen (64), Mal
• Anna Judith Julie Auguste von Linsingen (77), Paarl, South Africa
• Adriaan Griffioen (18), Kamerik
• Abigail Pereira Barbosa (62), Itaju, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abram Cebol (68), Leiden
• Adriaan Griffioen (18), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1935 » Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
• 1935 » Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1936 » Al Casey, American guitarist († 2006)
• 1936 » Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet and singer
• 1936 » György Pauk, Hungarian violinist and educator
• 1936 » Shelley Morrison, American actress († 2019)
• 1940 » Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
• 1940 » John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
• 1941 » Charlie Landsborough, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 » Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator

• 1931 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)

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.
• January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on October 26, 1938 was between -3.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.