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• Agatha Johanna Hermina Evertzen, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2023)
• Arnoldus (Arnold) VAN DEN BERK, Eindhoven (NL/NB) († 2001)
• Anna Maria Gulickx, Gilze
• Aloysius Cornelis Jean-Marie van Tuijl, Eindhoven († 2001)
• Eland Adrianusz Durieux, Katwijk († 2015)
• Karssing, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Donald Patrick "Pat" Sherren, Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada († 1989)
• - Groten, Zwolle († 1938)
• Doodgeboren Van Aart, Roosendaal en Nispen (Nl) († 1938)
• Hendrika Tamminga, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Mulukom (74), Afferden, Provincie Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Krijtenberg (45), Breukelen, U
• Anna Duivenvoorde (82), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Oorlog (68), Nieuwolda gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Aletta Wilhelmina Jansen (70), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria Jansen (65), Rotterdam
• - Groten (0), Zwolle
• Theodora Peters (75), Bekveld (Hengelo)
• Catharina Jandr de Groot (78), Katwijk
• Antonia Maria van der Horden (76), Rotterdam

• 1936 » Billy Guy, American singer († 2002)
• 1936 » Enn Vetemaa, Estonian author and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1937 » Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter
• 1937 » Stafford Dean, English actor and singer
• 1938 » Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria († 2015)
• 1938 » Mickie Most, English music producer († 2003)
• 1939 » Budge Rogers, English rugby player and manager
• 1939 » Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer († 1998)
• 1940 » Eugen Drewermann, German priest and theologian
• 1940 » John Mahoney, English actor († 2018)

• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 1952 » Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1898)
• 1965 » Bernard Baruch, American financier and politician (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1894)

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.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• 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 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on June 20, 1938 was between 8.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.