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• Henrika Ettema, Utrecht († 1989)
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA, Godlinze (Bierum) Groningen Netherlands († 1938)
• Johanna Braasem, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1940)
• Anita Müller, Seelbach Dtsl († 2016)
• Job Jansen († 2007)
• Elisabeth Geertruda Francisca Maria van der Plas, Rosmalen († 2001)
• Hendrik Cornelis Mouw, Apeldoorn († 1938)
• Dirkje ten Brink, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Frans van Antwerpen, Monster († 2023)
• Betty Joyce Lusk, Basin, Wyoming Co., West Virginia († 1991)

• Albertus Veeneboer Smit (23)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Julliams (71), Oorderen
• Aart Christinus Donker (87), Gameren (GL)
• Keijzer (0), Edam Volendam (Nederland)
• Aafke Koning (61), Michigan (USA)
• Aleida Gezina Steenbeke (26), Denekamp
• Anna Maria den Daas (50), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaantje Adriana Van der Waal (86), Poortugaal
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA (0), Godlinze (Bierum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Plaggenborg (65), Wieste

• 1936 » Bobby Ross, American football player and coach
• 1936 » Willie Wood, American football player
• 1937 » Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
• 1937 » Nelson Shanks, American painter, historian, and educator († 2015)
• 1938 » Bob Kahn, American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol
• 1939 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter († 1995)
• 1940 » Jeanie Lambe, Scottish jazz singer
• 1940 » Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 » Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan
• 1940 » Robert Labine, Canadian politician

• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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.
• January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on December 23, 1938 was between -14.7 °C and -5.9 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.