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• Aukje Geeske Minke Schuitmaker, Franeker († 2015)
• Geertruida Adriana (Truus) Konijn, Wassenaar († 2008)
• Albertina Johanna Pieterse, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Janell Blanche Blackburn, Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon († 2005)
• Ferdinand Wilhelm (Ferry) Dietz, Rotterdam-Schiebroek († 2006)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Maria Simons, Kranenburg (D) († 1938)
• Jan Bontes, Den Helder († 2014)
• Angenietus Marius Pannekoek, Schiedam († 2005)
• Evert Jan Makkinga († 2000)
• Engelina Peeks, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1999)

• Andrew Oostra (15), Doon, Lyon, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Stötzer (58), Amsterdam
• Aartje de Bruijn (79)
• Anna Maria Braeken (84), Gerdingen, Provincie Limburg, België
• "François" Henri Laurent Marie de Cours de Saint-Gervasy (54), Clermont-Pouyguillès, Gers, France
• Afien Lugtenborg (95), Leegkerk
• Albertus Buikema (71), Ulrum
• Arendina Berendina Willemina Muijderman (72), Amersfoort
• Aafien Lugtenborg (95), Hoogkerk
• Aleida te PAS (71), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Silvolde

• 1936 » Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host
• 1937 » Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author
• 1938 » Frank Misson, Australian cricketer
• 1938 » Len Killeen, South African rugby league player († 2011)
• 1938 » Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System
• 1939 » Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania
• 1939 » Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist and academic
• 1939 » Richard Zare, American chemist and academic
• 1939 » Tom Harkin, American commander, lawyer, and politician
• 1939 » Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer († 2017)

• 1924 » Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1928 » Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
• 1931 » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
• 1949 » James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
• 1954 » Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)

• 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 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• 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.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on November 19, 1938 was between 4.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.