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• Flora Peereboom, Vlissingen,Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anita Jewel Champ, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Gerardus Johannes Koster, Bergh, Gemeente Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Jack LaVarr Donaldson, Ogden, Weber, Utah (USA) († 2008)
• Johanna Jansen, Rotterdam († 1938)
• Juliana van EFFEREN, Dordrecht († 1942)
• Johannes Anthonius Nicolaas van Kleef, Leiden
• Johannes Wilhelmus Henneman, Haarlem († 2021)
• Jean Adelaide Joseph JEAN-CHARLES, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, France († 2018)
• Martha Gaye Golden, Verenigde Statn († 2010)

• Albert Gerrits Holkeboer (64), Jorwerd, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernard van Uem (44), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Francisca Honorina Alaers (55), Lier, België
• Andrew Jackson Andy Crace (93), Craces Branch, Letcher, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Mauriks (64), Gennep
• Albert Gotlieb Pieschke (83), Hague Twp., Clark Co., SD
• Alida Kanon (44), Amsterdam NH NL
• Alberdina Johanna Hulshoff (38), Zwolle
• Alida van der Neut (46), Ijsselstein, Gemeente Ijselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Rops (81), Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1936 » Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
• 1937 » Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
• 1937 » Joyce Bulifant, American actress
• 1938 » Frank Deford, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1938 » Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Gordon Miller, English high jumper
• 1939 » Philip Langridge, English tenor († 2010)
• 1941 » Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
• 1941 » Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
• 1942 » Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island

• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
• 1945 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)

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.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on December 16, 1938 was between -2.4 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.