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• , Helmond († 1938)
• Gerardus Lodewijk de Vré, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam († 1976)
• Bernard Ticheloven, Doetinchem († 2000)
• Klaske Machtilda Makken, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• levenloos Schaftenaar, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Bernard Cornelis Koolhaas, Hengelo († 2012)
• Barbara Vivian Martins, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Hans Boogaard, Geleen († 2014)
• Grietje RENKEMA, Appingedam († 2012)
• HANS Ulrich DREWES, Commondale, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, South Africa († 1992)

• Albert van Bon (84), Midlaren (Zuidlaren), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Spanjaard, later Kemink (64), Beverwijk
• Aleida Alberdina Coemans (70), Arnhem
• Abraham Pont (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Kemmink (64), Beverwijk
• * Theodora (Twin) van de Laar (77), Gemert
• Amelia Catherine Mankedick (78), Indianapolis, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Broeren (77), Heesch
• Anna Elisabeth Kemmink (64), Beverwijk
• Adolf Stoppelman (58), Groningen

• 1936 » Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
• 1936 » Trevor Taylor, English race car driver († 2010)
• 1937 » John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life († 2020)
• 1938 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1938 » Bahram Beyzai, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 » Mirko Kovač, Yugoslav-Croatian author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1938 » Robert Hamerton-Kelly, South African-American pastor, scholar, and author († 2013)
• 1939 » Fred Schepisi, Australian director and screenwriter
• 1939 » Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1940 » Edward C. Prescott, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on December 26, 1938 was between -9.9 °C and -4.6 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.