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• Hendrika Maria (Riky) Langeveld, Almelo, 7601, Nederland († 2020)
• Jilt Marchienus Akkerman, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 2005)
• Hilda Corneillie, Roesbrugge-Haringe,8972,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2012)
• Leendert de Hond, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Betty Butler, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States († 1966)
• Geertruida Koudijs († 2015)
• Gerrit Sjirk Joustra, Easterein († 2023)
• Hendrika Theodora Gerritsen, Deventer
• Jan Anske Johannes Johan Kuipers, Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) († 1938)
• Jacobus Wilhelmus Maria Grootscholten († 2017)

• Catarina van Rijn (81), den haag
• Adah "Ada" Coats **** (78), Geneva, Ashtabula, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Koning (6), Hoorn
• Anna Maria Weterings (86), Geertruidenberg
• Anne van der Hoff (59), Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Anne van der Hoff (59), Gaasterland
• Albert Woestenenk (72), Markelo,Gemeente Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland
• adriaan TIMMERS (32), Vught
• Anna Carolina Hoogkamer (25), Batavia
• Catharina Gijsberdina Maria Smeels (59), Nijmegen

• 1935 » Edward Said, Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic († 2003)
• 1935 » Gary Player, South African golfer and sportscaster
• 1936 » Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1936 » Shizuka Kamei, Japanese lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Bill Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1938 » Nicholasa Mohr, Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer
• 1940 » Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter († 1989)
• 1940 » Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician
• 1940 » Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India
• 1940 » Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer

• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)

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.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

The temperature on November 1, 1938 was between 2.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.