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• Charlotte Ann Meyer, Lytton, Calhoun County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Bert van Wanrooij, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Eiske Klaaske VAN DER KLOET, Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands († 2017)
• Adriana Agatha Schaareman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Dien Jansen († 2005)
• Gerrit JANSEN († 2000)
• Betje Kalkoene, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Herman Oostendorp, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Beatrix Paulina Maria Broeren, Den Dungen († 1990)
• Cornelia Johanna Verkaik, Hekendorp († 2020)

• Antonius Hendrikus Spanjaard (26), Bodegraven, Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van de Meerakker (49), Lommel (B)
• Adriana van Amerongen (70), Utrecht
• Daniel Havinga (76), Winschoten
• Adriana Elisabeth (Adrie) Vermeij (33), Oudewater
• Adriaantje Mol (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Wilson (99), Howard County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Bendert Johannesz Fijma (86), Haarlem
• Adriaan Polak (74), Rhoon
• Angenieta Lena Lens (78), Leiden

• 1935 » Collin Wilcox, American actress († 2009)
• 1935 » Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer († 1989)
• 1935 » Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer († 1994)
• 1936 » Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival († 2013)
• 1936 » David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author († 2014)
• 1937 » David Newman, American director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1938 » Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate († 2010)
• 1939 » Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
• 1940 » George A. Romero, American director and producer († 2017)
• 1941 » Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 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 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• 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.

The temperature on February 4, 1938 was between 4.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.