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• Eleanor May Prince, canada († 1984)
• Anna van Zomeren, Wedde († 1938)
• Gerrit Brouwer, Leerdam († 2009)
• Augustijn Brants, Mechelen († 2006)
• Adele Ruth DE VRIES († 1989)
• Emanuel de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Henriëtte Alida van Heezik, Amsterdam († 2019)
• Everhardus Nicolaas Goris († 2011)
• Anna Johanna Maria Bos, Zandvoort († 2018)
• Edwin B Wheeler, Milburn, Sanpete, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2011)

• Aleida Alink (94), Denekamp
• Annette Carter Bowie (75)
• Agatha Verlaan (66), Oss
• Aaltje Remken (40), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Josephina SEGHERS (81), Duffel,2570,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaffien Mandema (69), Farmsum, Delfzijl
• Aaltje Scheffer (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van der End (87), Maassluis
• Anne Johannes Boonstra (83), Wijnjeterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Angenietje Freerks Bosch (90), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1935 » Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler († 2018)
• 1935 » Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician († 2004)
• 1936 » Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1973)
• 1936 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1938 » Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 » Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian († 2016)
• 1939 » Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1940 » Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 » George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1940 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 1982)

• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on May 14, 1938 was between 8.1 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.