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• Arnold Floyd VAN DYKEN, Lynden Whatcom County Washington U.S.A († 2020)
• Alexandra Hendrika Catherina Ernste, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriaan Maria Eeken, Alkmaar († 1990)
• Delise Josephine Plevoets, Sint-Truiden, België († 1939)
• Arie van Rijn, Katwijk († 2017)
• Frans Noorman, Sneek († 2015)
• Arie van Rijn, Katwijk († 2017)
• Hendrik Oostenbrink († 1964)
• Hendrikus Petrus Warmerdam, Hillegom († 2022)
• Be Bijl († 1956)

• Christinus Weijman (85), Maartensdijk
• Cacilia Anna Helena Maria van der Kleij, Wateringen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Johannes du Fossé (79), Sluis, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Wijnand (87)
• Ahazueros Jacobus Breman (72), Laren, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arnold Hanson (0), Cerebral Hemorhagge
• Abel Schoneveld (76), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Catharina Wilhelmina Brielsman (64), Rotterdam
• Carl Kunz (72), Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Bernardine Louise Kimmel (14)

• 1936 » Don Cherry, American trumpet player († 1995)
• 1936 » Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
• 1938 » Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop († 2012)
• 1938 » Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
• 1938 » Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
• 1939 » Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1939 » Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
• 1939 » Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic
• 1939 » Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1940 » James Welch, American novelist and poet († 2003)

• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (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.
• 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.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

The temperature on November 18, 1938 was between 5.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.