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• Franciscus Mathias Mans († 1939)
• Gerard Sterken, Sint-Truiden, België († 2024)
• Bertha Smits, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Hendrik Johann Gerhard Johan Krops, Musselkanaal († 1940)
• James Alton Arline <K Ob>1 "Jimmy", Cairo, Grady County, Georgia († 2005)
• Franciscus Rongen, Venray († 1991)
• Geertruida Maria Rouweler, Wierden († 2008)
• Gerardus SE Scholte, Utrecht († 1991)
• Hendrik Stuivenberg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adel Elaine Wiegmann, Butler County, Iowa († 2006)

• Aafje GOEZINNE (76), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina de Knijp (71), Rotterdam
• Annigje Brunemeijer (68), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arendje Haddeman (69), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Annegje Brunemeijer (69), Dalen
• Albertus Sterk (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dommelen (66), Eindhoven
• Bastiaantje Dullemond (14), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam van Otterloo (36), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Baukje Gjalt Wester (82), Oudwoude Friesland Nederland

• 1936 » Billy Sherrill, American record producer, songwriter, and arranger († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic († 2001)
• 1936 » Uwe Seeler, German footballer and actor
• 1937 » Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
• 1937 » Harris Yulin, American actor
• 1938 » César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1938 » Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator
• 1938 » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter († 1980)
• 1939 » Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader
• 1940 » Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon

• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
• 1942 » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)

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.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on November 5, 1938 was between 12.3 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.