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• James Ernest (Jamie) Ingram, Hattiesburg († 1976)
• Jan Volleberg, Oostrum († 2019)
• Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Morskieft, Hengelo, 7550, Nederland († 1987)
• Ate Harke Pijpker, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendrik van Viegen, Pijnacker († 1998)
• Jacoba Hendrika Mol, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Frans Alois Juul Hoornaert, Harelbeke, 8530, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 2002)
• Hendrik Opdam, Zwolle († 1951)
• Elisabeth Johanna de Vet, Tilburg († 1983)
• Jan Linde, Westerborg, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1938)

• Charles Hays (87)
• Arent Koekkoek (17), Hoogezand
• Cornelis Sint Maartensdijk (38), IJsselmonde
• Amelia Christina Bouwmeester (61), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Gastel (79), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Christina Wilhelmina van der Tas (76), Amsterdam
• Camillus Ferdinandus Buijsse (61), Hulst
• Alfons Leo De Wit (0), Vorst, Antwerpen, België
• Clarrabell Crane (52), St. Marys Hospital, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
• Antonius van Gastel (79), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)

• 1934 » Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1935 » Lee Remick, American actress († 1991)
• 1935 » Lewis Arquette, American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1938 » Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer
• 1938 » Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author
• 1939 » Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Ernie Davis, American football player († 1963)
• 1940 » Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
• 1941 » Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic († 2006)
• 1941 » Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress

• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• 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.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on December 14, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.