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• Agatha Theodora Maria Koekenbier, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Helena Jacoba (Leneke) Heijbroek, Bilthoven, Utr, Nederland († 2013)
• Catharina Edens, Bellingwolde († 1939)
• Herman Cromheecke, Maldegem († 1991)
• Germen Mathijssen, Leeuwarden
• Clara Patton, Noxen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania († 2010)
• Henry Adriaan van Opstall, Londen (Verenigd Koninkrijk) († 2001)
• Berend Mooibroek, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Frits Esser, Stolberg
• Georges Plevoets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2009)

• Agatha Petronella Fredriks (76), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Touw (50), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Nusmann (81), Franeker
• Aaltje Eikenaar (74), IJsselmuiden, Nederland
• Allen Austin Seal (56), Glenmora, Rapides, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Cornelis van de Repe (41)
• Achilles Clauw (54), east moline, IL
• Albertus Pijnenburg (60), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• André BUR (70), SIERSTHAL, Moselle, France
• Aaltje Menger (81), Weststellingwerf, De Hoeve

• 1934 » John Critchinson, English pianist and composer († 2017)
• 1934 » Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
• 1936 » Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
• 1937 » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1937 » John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Northern Irish politician, Irish Minister of Home Affairs
• 1938 » Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
• 1938 » Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
• 1940 » Anthony Fauci, American physician, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984
• 1940 » Janet Carroll, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1941 » Mike Hazlewood, English singer-songwriter († 2001)

• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)

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.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• 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 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.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on December 24, 1938 was between -6.4 °C and -3.8 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.