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• Gerard J C J Janssens, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Gijsberta Wilhelmina van Wijk, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Cornelis Simon Antonius Vliet Vlieland, Noordwijk († 1992)
• Helena Maria Barbara Tummers, Valkenburg L († 1997)
• Harm Zoetbrood, Heerlen,Heerlen,Limburg,Nederland († 1994)
• Gerharda Margaretha Soelman, Mussel, GRO, Nederland († 1983)
• Frank Witzen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Geertruida Johanna Maria Looijestijn, 's-Gravenhage ('s-Gravenhage) (Zuid-Holland) († 2018)
• Elizabeth Maria Gladon, Haarlem († 2022)
• Gerharda Margaretha Soelman, Mussel onstwedde († 1983)

• Anton Johan Adriaan van den Tol (8), Amersfoort
• Charles James Higgs (77), Isalea
• Albertus van Drunen (67)
• Albert van Drunen (67)
• Adriaan Antonie KOKKEN (42), 's Gravenhage
• Christina DONKS (73), Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Augustus GUYETTE (55), Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Tops (68), Eindhoven, NB-NL
• Alida de Vries (69), Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Nederland
• Constantinus de Kever (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1936 » H. B. Bailey, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1936 » Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher († 1998)
• 1936 » Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 » Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter († 1968)
• 1939 » Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist († 2015)
• 1939 » Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
• 1939 » Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter
• 1940 » Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
• 1940 » Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer († 2019)
• 1940 » Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter

• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
• 1922 » Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
• 1922 » Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
• 1941 » Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 » Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1951 » Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Emma Richter, German paleontologist (b. 1888)

• 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.
• January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

The temperature on November 15, 1938 was between 7.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.