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• Carolyn Jean Welbourne ****, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Clasina Petronella Heimensen, Nijkerk († 1943)
• Adrianus W.J. Cameron, Roosendaal, Nbr.NL († 2001)
• Carl F. Yealy, New Oxford A, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Kooper, Dordrecht († 1938)
• Albert Barmentlo, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Gerrit Leendert Vierbergen († 1987)
• Harm Lambert Pol († 2014)
• André M. Pirlotte, Batsheers, België († 2002)
• David R. Horning († 1994)

• Anna Elisabeth Catharina Surendonk (57), Heiloo
• Aaltje Greelts van der Meulen (84), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Maria Joseph Crone (29), Utrecht
• Abraham Samuel Lombard (63), Gouda
• Bartelt van Swol (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham van Hanegem (9), Den Helder
• Adriana van der Mierden (78), Tilburg
• Aaltje Bruin (66), Broek op L'dijk
• Anna Gertrud Weelen (70), Ubach over Worms
• Aris Kist (55), Zuid-Scharwoude, Nederland

• 1935 » Diane Ladd, American actress
• 1937 » Jan Mangerud, Norwegian geologist and academic
• 1938 » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna († 1996)
• 1939 » Meco, American record producer and musician
• 1939 » Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1940 » Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
• 1940 » Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter († 2007)
• 1940 » Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
• 1940 » Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
• 1940 » Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist († 2013)

• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 » Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
• 1942 » Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1946 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 1954 » Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)

• 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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• 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.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on November 29, 1938 was between 5.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.