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• Frederik Hermanus Josef Swuste, Den Haag († 2014)
• Antje Post († 2017)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Johannes Hanou, Blaricum († 1991)
• Gerardus Peter Wilhelmus Renaud, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Camiel de Bakker, Boschkapelle († 2014)
• Elisabeth Barbara Josepha van Eijk, Casteren († 2010)
• * Annigje (Annie) Bikker, Meerkerk († 2012)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Johannes Hanou, Blaricum († 1991)
• Bernardus Cornelis Josephus van Wijngaarden, Lichtenvoorde, Nederland († 2013)
• Antje Kruk, Amstelveen († 1944)

• Bonne Bosma (41), gem Heerenveen
• Anna Maria Hablous (56), Rotterdam
• Charles Hay Harry '" Frampton **** (16), Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Dalfzen (70), Opperdoes
• Aaltje POT (80), Wormer
• Als dood geboren aangegeven dochter Hoogervorst (0), Leimuiden
• Aaltje Pot (80), Wormer
• Arend Aberson (76), Steenwijk
• Bernardus Hendricus Ronteltap (11), Delft
• Antoon Goedman (84), Den Haag

• 1934 » Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist († 2017)
• 1934 » Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer
• 1935 » Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
• 1936 » Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1937 » Craig Breedlove, American race car driver
• 1937 » Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
• 1937 » Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and football player († 2016)
• 1938 » Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1942 » Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician († 1994)
• 1942 » Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter

• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)

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 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on March 23, 1938 was between 4.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.