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• Gerard Potappel, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2002)
• Ceciel Brands († 1991)
• Esther Mae Klinghagen († 1963)
• David Nathan Slater, Muskegon (Muskegon County) (Michigan) († 2013)
• Franciscus Theodorus Maria van Stokkom, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2016)
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Hopmans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Anna Jacoba Lanfermeijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Carol June Chrystaline, Wallington B, New Jersey († 1997)
• Barbara Grace Saylor, New Paris, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 2005)
• Greet Ellerkamp, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2015)

• Arie Bambacht (11), HAAFTEN (West-Betuwe), GD, NL
• Bartha Jalving (25), Kampen
• Ariana van Dijk (59), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Bastiaantje Tukker (70), Giessendam
• Adrianus (Arie) Olsthoorn (77), Den Haag, Nederland
• Bernardus Vanbergen (84), Wellen, België
• Antje Jelkes Haalsma (76), Drachten
• Arie BAMBACHT (11), Haaften (Gld.)
• Albert Vries de gehuwd (59), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Albert Eelkes de Vries (59), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 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)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• 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.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

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.