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• Anne Marie Wærnes († 2010)
• Henricus Petrus Maria Janssens, Bavel (Nieuw-Ginneken) († 2022)
• Ansje Martha Dijk, Enschede († 2021)
• Antoinette CecileJohanna Emilia Haffmans, Venlo († 1941)
• Edmond Joseph van Zuylen, château d'Argenteau, Wixhou, Liège (Belgique) († 1938)
• Alberdina Rood, Eefde († 2022)
• Cornelis Fimme Calis, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Albert Gerrit Jan Leussink, Hengelo († 2004)
• Annie L.L. Koudijzer, Zierikzee († 1995)
• (l.l.) Post, Kethel (Levenloos geboren) († 1938)

• Disco (82), Haarlem
• Annigje de Olde (57), Barneveld
• Aimatus Eugenius Vandenbogaerde (75), Brighton, East Sussex, South East England, U.K
• (78), Terhagen
• Andries Nienhuis (69), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje van Rijn (90), Rijpwetering, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Schiedam (63), Hengelo
• van Daalen (0), Veenendaal
• Aloys Van den bossche (0), Weert
• Aaltje Lammerts Ruisch (90), Dantumadeel (Dantumadeel) (Friesland)

• 1935 » Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician
• 1936 » Arlene Martel, American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1936 » Bobby Nichols, American golfer
• 1936 » Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
• 1937 » Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation († 2013)
• 1937 » Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer († 2012)
• 1938 » Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic († 2001)
• 1940 » David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic
• 1940 » Julie Christie, English actress and activist
• 1940 » Richard Thompson, English physician and academic

• 1917 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (b. 1859)
• 1919 » Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1837)
• 1925 » John Singer Sargent, American painter (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1893)
• 1931 » Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1950 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)
• 1951 » Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)

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 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

The temperature on April 14, 1938 was between 7.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.