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• Freriksen, Wierden († 1938)
• Hinke Jikke Venema († 1938)
• Albert Lambertus Klaassen, Zwinderen, Oosterhesselen († 2024)
• Elsje Catharina Jansen, Nijmegen, GL, Nederland († 2023)
• Alie IJssel, Ijsselmuiden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2010)
• Korlina Kazius, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Hendrik van Dorland, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Jacob Puffay († 1993)
• Herman van Ginkel († 2009)
• Cornelis Gerardus olthof, Amsterdam († 2003)

• Freriksen (0), Wierden
• Alida Molenaar (18), Edam, Nederland
• Clarence Hungerford Mackay (64), New York City
• Antonius Tehaat (52), Ottersum
• Caroline Wilhelmine Friedrike Winter (78), Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
• Arjen Groeneveld (75), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, The Netherlands
• Alida Nordanus (78), Utrecht
• Aart van Gijtenbeek (73)
• Christiaan ter Stege (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Dongen (66), Waspik

• 1934 » Charles Manson, American cult leader († 2017)
• 1934 » John McGahern, Irish author and educator († 2006)
• 1934 » Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2002)
• 1938 » Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
• 1938 » Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1991)
• 1939 » Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano († 1993)
• 1940 » Amjad Khan, Indian actor & director († 1992)
• 1940 » Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician
• 1940 » Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician

• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (b. 1878)
• 1955 » Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1891)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacobus
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.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• 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).
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.

The temperature on November 12, 1938 was between 9.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.