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• Earl Crable Bohannon, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Antonius Bernardus Louis Wermerbol, Breda († 2003)
• George Edward Stockner, Brooklyn, New York († 1956)
• Gratianus Wilhelmus Janssen, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Doodgeboren kind Obbens, Tilburg († 1938)
• Anthony (10Th Earl Of Shaftesbury) ASHLEY-COOPER († 2004)
• Cornelia Johanna van der Kaa, Gilze en Rijen († 1986)
• Gerdina Zuur, De Lier, Nederland († 1998)
• Guido Edmond De Cock, Brugge († 1990)
• Cornelis van den Beemd, Kruisland († 2006)

• Antonius Hendrikus DOLPHIJN (59), Zutphen
• Arie Houthuis (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carrie Mioma Bolton (46), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Hendriks (5), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Nagelkerken (78), Steenbergen, NB, Nederland
• Bartholomeus van der Wal (79), Schermerhorn
• Catherina Hendrika Frederiks (46)
• Bastiaan Boef, den (68), Voorschoten
• Anna Catharina Korsten (73), Meerlo
• Barhtolomeus Jurjen van der Wal (79), Schermerhorn, North Holland, Netherlands

• 1936 » George H. Heilmeier, American engineer († 2014)
• 1937 » Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 2011)
• 1938 » Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
• 1938 » Susan Strasberg, American actress († 1999)
• 1939 » Paul Winfield, American actor († 2004)
• 1940 » Bernard Shaw, American journalist
• 1940 » Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
• 1940 » Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Mick Tingelhoff, American Pro Football Hall of Famer
• 1941 » Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician

• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

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.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• 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).
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

The temperature on May 22, 1938 was between 6.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.