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• Arie Baars, Pernis Rotterdam († 2008)
• Eric SPILLEBEEN († 1979)
• Dawn Evelyn Hillestad, Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota († 1939)
• Hermanus George Willem Fassotte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helga Meyer, Bruchhausen-Vilsen († 2015)
• Arie Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Erna Bouwman, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Antonius Johannes Agnes Kok, Hilversum († 1994)
• James Earl Perdue, Chesapeake,Kanawha,WestVirginia, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Hubertus Johannes Oortwijn, Vaassen († 2011)

• Alzira Paias de Almeida (44)
• Akke Johannes de Wrede (88), Wymbritseradeel
• Albert Wilms (50), Purmerend
• Anna Prins (39), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Rooij (18), Goirle
• Anneke Lammerts Hilarides (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelius Worotikan (78), Menado, Celebes
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Vriezen (76), Woerden
• Aaltje Van Burgeler (61), Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Adrianus Peek (65), Utrecht

• 1934 » Judi Dench, English actress
• 1934 » Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1998)
• 1938 » David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1938 » Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor († 2013)
• 1938 » Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic († 2014)
• 1940 » Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1941 » Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1941 » Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author († 2013)
• 1942 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager († 1997)

• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)

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.
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on December 9, 1938 was between 3.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.