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• Jacob Kroon, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Ans M C Deelen, Rotterdam
• Jack Henry Hoogeveen, Lester, Lyon County, Iowa († 2021)
• Jan Brands, Winsum († 2021)
• ELMER DARRELL Maxfield († 2014)
• Anna Maria (Annie) Assinck, Groenlo († 2022)
• Gerrit van Dompseler, Putten († 1988)
• Godefridus Moorsel van († 1987)
• Gerrie Janni van Mourik, Buurmalsen († 2009)
• Annigje Schonewille, Helenaveen, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)

• Arend Jan Markerink (77), Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Ebus (69), Tegelen
• Anthonie Jacob Stelt van der (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Geerts (84), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Arend Arends van der Weide (75), Hoogeveen
• Abraham Bavelaar (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Markerink (77), Neede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend van der Weide (75), Hoogeveen nederland
• Adriana Pieternella de Lege (54), Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Amelia Medora EVANS (90), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1937 » Bruno Mealli, Italian cyclist
• 1937 » Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier († 2013)
• 1937 » René Kollo, German tenor
• 1937 » Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1937 » Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter
• 1938 » Colin Fox, Canadian actor
• 1939 » Copi, Argentine writer and artist († 1987)
• 1939 » Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian
• 1939 » Jan Szczepański, Polish boxer († 2017)
• 1939 » Jerry Colangelo, American businessman

• 1934 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
• 1935 » John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (b. 1859)
• 1936 » Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Edwin Hall, American physicist (b. 1855)
• 1938 » Maud of Wales, queen of Norway (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Arturo Bocchini, Chief of Police under the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Robert Lane, Canadian footballer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Tim Coleman, English footballer (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)

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 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.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• 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.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.

The temperature on November 20, 1938 was between 2.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.