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• Alberts Dina Wisman, Utrecht,U († 2006)
• Hendrik Evert Brinkman, Lonneker († 2014)
• Albertha Dina Wisman, Utrecht († 2006)
• David Nathan Slater, Muskegon (Muskegon County) (Michigan) († 2013)
• Herman Hendrik ten Cate, Eibergen († 1998)
• Ceciel Brands († 1991)
• Bonnie Bootsma, Roodhuis († 2008)
• Aleida Wilbrink, Apeldoorn († 1984)
• Elisabet Willemina Nijhuis († 2023)
• Evertje van Kuilenburg, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)

• Alida Catharina Lutz (67), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Driessen (26), Heumen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Augusta Schacht (76)
• Arie Bambacht (11), HAAFTEN (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Anna Aldegonda BERGMANS (81), Achel Belgie
• Arie BAMBACHT (11), Haaften (Gld.)
• Anna Bultema (61), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Spierings (52), Sprang-Capelle
• Bertie Eugene Yeo (67), aged 67 years, Bowral, NSW, AU
• Antsje Haalsma (76), Drachten

• 1934 » Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
• 1935 » Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist († 2015)
• 1936 » James Darren, American actor
• 1936 » Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1937 » Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 1938 » Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 1939 » Herb Adderley, American football player
• 1940 » Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• 1941 » George Pell, Australian cardinal
• 1941 » Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist († 1981)

• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

• 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 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• 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.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

The temperature on June 8, 1938 was between 12.5 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.3 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.