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• Anna Geertruida Johanna Scheerman, Castricum
• Hendrik Loosman, Urk († 2014)
• Albertus Joachim Gerardus Arts, Helenaveen († 1998)
• Gerrit Anne de Roos, Leeuwarden († 2022)
• Gerard Schulten († 2018)
• Douwe Dam, Beetgum († 1993)
• Franciscus Johannes van Gils, Made, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Albert Willem Pasman († 2010)
• Graeme Albert William (Snowball) PARKER, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia († 2003)
• gertruda wilhelmina antonia muijsers, maasbree

• Albert Hidding (11), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Mechtilda van der Donk (89), Tilburg Nederland
• Aaltje Gratama (82), Gemeente Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Bertha Jacoba Oosterholt (71)
• Catharina Mechtilda van der Donk (89), Tilburg
• Antonius Petrus Riswick (34), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Devroye (70), Mettekoven, België
• Aaltje Tjibbes Gratama (82), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Fooij (70), Waalwijk
• Anna Maria van Lier (72), Beesel, Nederland

• 1934 » Alan Arkin, American actor
• 1937 » Barbara Jones, American sprinter
• 1937 » James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 1937 » Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
• 1938 » Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 » Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 1940 » James Caan, American actor and singer
• 1940 » Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1941 » Lella Lombardi, Italian racing driver († 1992)
• 1941 » Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic

• 1923 » Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1934 » John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)

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.
• February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on March 26, 1938 was between 0.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.