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• Alida Maria Johanna Groene, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Carola Josephina (Carla) Vijgen, Gelinden, België († 2019)
• Hendrik Jan Johan ter Boo, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2019)
• Bertha Marsman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• aldegonda gertrudis jacoba hermans, maasbree
• Cornelia Johanna Meijer, Rotterdam (ZH, NLD) († 1989)
• Hendrik van Eerten, Zuidveen († 2009)
• Abel Werkman, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2007)
• Hugo Botterweck († 2015)
• Daniël Vermès, Poperinge († 2001)

• Antje van den Berg (77), Amersfoort
• Bér Roosen (52), Amay, Luik, België
• Akke de Vrieze (59), Achtkarspelen
• Anna Maria de Kok (54), Utrecht,, Netherlands
• August Imming (64), Arnhem
• Bernardus Cornelis van Lier (66), Baarle-Nassau
• Antonia Kruis (72), Eindhoven
• Ane Veldhuis (2), Leeuwarden
• Arnoldus Hendrikus ten Asbroek (82), Haaksbergen
• Aaltje Drost (75), Nijkerk

• 1934 » George Segal, American actor
• 1937 » Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic († 1992)
• 1937 » Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian football player and wrestler
• 1938 » Oliver Reed, English actor († 1999)
• 1940 » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 » Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer († 2010)
• 1942 » Carol Lynley, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2016)
• 1942 » Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor († 2019)

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on February 13, 1938 was between -1.0 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.