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• Jasper Fillekes, Enschede
• Franciscus Michael Christiaan Jansen, Bandung († 2005)
• Franciscus Adrianus J. van Loon, Tilburg († 1945)
• Gerardina Antoinetta Drieskes, Bocholt († 2011)
• Bruce Eugene Kittrell <KB SSDI>2, Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri († 1968)
• Francine Persoons, Sint-Goriks-oudenhove († 2025)
• Gerry van Staalduinen († 1982)
• Franciscus Adrianus van Loon, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Leon J. Sorensen, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho († 1986)
• Jacob Vlam, Grootebroek († 1962)

• Catharina de Gier (47), Rotterdam
• Barend Wamsteeker (37), Velsen
• Bor van der Zande (83), Apeldoorn
• Antoinetta Johanna Susanna Huisman (56), 's Gravenhage
• Anton Dobler (85), Vaskút, 6521, Magyarország
• Charlotta Alexandrina Citroen (64), -
• Berend Alderts Piersma (57), Groningen
• Barthel Berrevoets (75), De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout
• Anna Gayken (37), Yankton County, South Dakota
• Swint (0), Vlissingen

• 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)

• 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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

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.