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• Anne Kuperus, Ureterp († 2004)
• Jan Ellens, Kommerzijl, NL-GR († 2017)
• Bertus Hofstede († 1943)
• Jan Stuiver, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Aaf (Afra maria clemens) Bootsman, Volendam, Nederland († 2023)
• Bernardus Gerhardus Oude Wesselink, Geesteren († 2023)
• Jacques Guido Michiel Sauerbier, Teluk Bajur (Borneo), Indonesië († 2020)
• Geertje Pompstra, Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• Harriëtte Heintje de Graaf, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Evaline Maria van der Elst († 2011)

• Adriaan Houten, van den (90), 's-Gravenhage Zhl. NL
• Aaron Stanton Vail Moore (64), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan
• Adriaan van den Houten (90), 's-Gravenhage
• Angero Angie Knowles Lawrence (89), Coryell County, Texas
• Catharina Maria van Beeck (40), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Hoogenboom (84), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria PEETERS (65), Londerzeel
• Christina Johanna de Vette (45), Overschie
• Adriaan van den Houten (90), Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Fransen (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 1936 » Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
• 1937 » Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
• 1937 » Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle († 2014)
• 1938 » Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania († 2011)
• 1938 » Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author
• 1938 » William Corlett, English author and playwright († 2005)
• 1939 » Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1939 » Harvey Pekar, American author and critic († 2010)
• 1939 » Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal

• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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.
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• 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.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on October 8, 1938 was between 8.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.