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• Anton Joseph (Toon) VROOMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) Lived Eijgelshoven/Landgraaf (NL/LI) († 2009)
• Dieter Nowack, Frauenhagen († 1983)
• Hendriks, Volkel († 1987)
• Jerry David BLACK, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California († 1938)
• Janke Landman, Oldelamer, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelis Snoeij, Rockanje († 1938)
• Grietje Jantje Huisman († 2003)
• Arnold Jacques Klatser († 1942)
• (Jan) Beukeveld, Coevorden († 1987)
• Jaunita Nita Elizabeth Amerman, Danvers, McLean, Illinois, United States († 2007)

• Albert Veneman (85), Modesto Stanislaus Californië, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Van Saane (100)
• Adriaan Cornelis Joseph van Gorp (61), Goirle
• Annetje Koetsier (69), Deventer
• Aartje Vogelaar (84), Nieuw-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Nollé (86), Maastricht
• Anna Maria Lemsen (84), Hulst
• Aaltje de Raad (62), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Buis (80), Vlaardingen
• Allegonda Wilhelmina Alberdina Takkenberg

• 1937 » Pat Roach, English wrestler († 2004)
• 1938 » Herbie Flowers, English musician
• 1938 » Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
• 1938 » Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician († 1989)
• 1939 » Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1939 » Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach († 2020)
• 1939 » James Fox, English actor
• 1939 » Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
• 1939 » Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
• 1940 » Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist

• 1918 » Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)

• 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 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• 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 » 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 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• 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 May 19, 1938 was between 3.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.