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• Albert Hendrik Willem Pellen († 1998)
• Gerrit van Klooster († 2001)
• Elisabeth G. van Voorthuijzen, Leiden († 2013)
• Akke Geertje Heidstra († 1992)
• Alie Visser († 2015)
• Aaltje VISSER, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis(Cock) Arend Schat, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 2007)
• Carole S Finefrock, Piqua, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Hedzer Corneliszn. de Koe, Hemelum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Hendrik Kramer, Bolsward († 2011)

• Aart van Berkel (28), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Wals (87), Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Dijkhuis (78), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bouke Jagt (76), Emmen Drenthe
• Adrianus Muilwijk (76), Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aartje Hogervorst (70), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Paijmans (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Kunst (89), Tholen
• Adrianus Cornelis Christiaan Verdoorn (0), Amsterdam
• anna Maria TIMMERS (80), Made

• 1936 » El Cordobés, Spanish bullfighter
• 1937 » Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter († 2019)
• 1937 » Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
• 1937 » Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic († 2010)
• 1938 » Gillian Tindall, English historian and author
• 1938 » Tyrone Davis, American blues and soul singer († 2005)
• 1939 » Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author († 2018)
• 1939 » Leon Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 » Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach

• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (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. 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.
• June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 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 4, 1938 was between 3.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.