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• Haverink, HOONHORST GEMEENTE DALFSEN († 1944)
• Beatrix Meersschaut, Gent († 1999)
• Hubertus Johannes Keijdener, Hulsberg († 2013)
• Gerritje van Staalduinen, Monster († 1982)
• Leon J. Sorensen, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho († 1986)
• Bernard Frenk, Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Jan Overweg († 2021)
• Gerardina Antoinetta Drieskes, Bocholt († 2011)
• Emmet Kline Detzler, Vanderbilt, Otsego Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Maurilourdes Freire Botelho, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2005)

• Aaltje van de Vlekkert (91), Epe,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Geesje Koster (52), Zierikzee
• Christiaan van Stiphout (29), Bergen op Zoom (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Catharina de Gier (47), Rotterdam
• Bernardina Cornelia van Galen (40), Leimuiden
• Anton Dobler (85), Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország
• Aldegonda Hendrika Kasteel (48), Hillegom
• Christiaan van Stiphout (29), Bergen op Zoom
• Antoinetta Johanna Susanna Hulsman (56), Den Haag
• Barend Wamsteeker (37), Velsen

• 1936 » Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic († 2011)
• 1937 » Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
• 1937 » Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer († 2016)
• 1938 » Johnny Duncan, American country singer († 2006)
• 1938 » Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1939 » A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1939 » Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 1939 » Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
• 1939 » Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
• 1940 » Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1995)

• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
• 1936 » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1938 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1941 » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)

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.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on October 5, 1938 was between 7.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 18.3 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.