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• Alice Boets, Lommel († 2008)
• Douwe Miedema, Sexbierum (Franekeradeel-Fr) († 1999)
• Friedhelm Wilhelm Leo de Schmidt († 2010)
• Aaltje van Ginkel, Amersfoort, Utr, NL († 2015)
• Anna Pront, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Schaap, Den Haag († 1943)
• Charles Wright Page, Framingham M, Massachusetts († 2004)
• Frederik Hendrik (Frits) Westerholt, Warnsveld († 2009)
• Elisa Maria Nys, Vrasene (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 2010)
• Cornelis Marijt, Noordwijk († 1983)

• Adrianus van Zanen (68), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonie Evegaars (70), Rotterdam
• Bertha van de Pavert (53), Schiedam
• Adrianus Teunisz van Zanen (68), Amsterdam
• Bernardus van Aken (45), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne Marie Bengtsson (11)
• Anna Clementina Maria Theresia Schepers (86), Susteren
• Antonie Haverkamp (60), Vorden
• Antonie Evergaars (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Gijsberdina Johanna van Nistelrooij (3), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1931 » Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1933 » Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1935 » Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 1980)
• 1937 » Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower
• 1938 » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1940 » Wayne Dyer, American author and educator († 2015)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)

• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• 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.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on May 10, 1938 was between 0.5 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.