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• Jan Brinkhuijsen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Bernhard George van Griethuijsen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• Charles Eugene Raine, Malvern, Mills County, Iowa, United States († 2017)
• Annegien Hidding, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Ben van der Moedt († 2011)
• Annigje Snijders, Gramsbergen († 2020)
• Ben van der Moedt († 2011)
• Helmut Jakob Peters, Frasselt (D) († 1991)
• Hilda Mirjam Arda Wokke, Laren († 2007)
• Henry Ronald Rohlfing, Marion County, Indiana, VS († 2012)

• Affien Johannes (1), Muntendam
• Antje de Vries (72), Alkmaar
• Antje Pieters Glas (46)
• Smulders, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Dirks Dorhout (37), Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Angela Anna FERINGA (1), Emmen
• Aantje de Groot (76), Goes
• Antje Glas (46), Broek op Langedijk
• Anna Smit (40), Alkmaar
• Anna Angela Feringa (2), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1936 » Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor († 2015)
• 1936 » Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 » Ron Carey, American trade union leader († 2008)
• 1937 » Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer
• 1937 » Armin Hary, German sprinter
• 1937 » Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer
• 1938 » Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player († 2012)
• 1940 » Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 » George Edward Alcorn, Jr. American physicist and inventor
• 1940 » Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author († 1996)

• 1913 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• 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.
• March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.

The temperature on March 22, 1938 was between 2.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.