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• Gerard Wilbrink († 2006)
• Cornelis Johannes Oostveen, Barwoutswaarder (UT, NLD) († 1944)
• Gerarda Maria Melicia Cents, Lettele († 2019)
• Earl Trenton Gruber Sr. († 1997)
• Harry Crooijmans, Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van der Ven, Linschoten († 1989)
• Georg John van den Heuvel, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Derk Willem Tolkamp, De Wogt (Corle) († 2020)
• francina maria (francien) hendriks, meijel
• Hendrika Stuurman, Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)

• Aaltje Boertjes (74), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Gertrude Ahler (Fischer) Fisher (73), Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie Smith (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hendrika Beksvoort (65), Bloemendaal
• Adrienne Pauline De Ridder (68), Lawang, Malang
• Adrienne_Pauline de Ridder (68), Lawang, Malang, Ned.-Indie
• Auguste Josephine Jeanne Marie Lenglet (42), Soerabaya, Indonesië
• Antonius Johanna van de Snepscheut (1), Oisterwijk
• Antonie Rudolf Wijbrand Basseleur (61)
• Antoon Florentijn Doemen (77), Oirsbeek

• 1933 » Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician († 2007)
• 1934 » Alan Bates, English actor († 2003)
• 1934 » Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, and author
• 1935 » Christina Pickles, English-American actress
• 1936 » Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 1937 » Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 († 2014)
• 1940 » Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
• 1941 » Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
• 1942 » Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party († 1989)

• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)

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.
• 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.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

The temperature on February 17, 1938 was between -2.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.