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• Johanna Maria Pietersen, Noorden († 2018)
• Cornelis van Dijk, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Catharina Anna Doornbos, Winschoten, The Netherlands († 2010)
• Harmen Bobbink, Zutphen († 1941)
• Gerrit Keen († 2016)
• Johanna Emma Petronella Lammerts, Buitenzorg (Java), Java (Jv) († 1979)
• Harmanna Hiltje Dijkstra, Oudeschip
• Van Schaardenburg, Dordrecht
• Anita Grissom-Trout, Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, United States († 2021)
• Christiaan Hendrik Gartner, Djambi, Indonesië († 2002)

• Anthonia Ursem (66), Heerhugowaard
• Andries Klazes Andrae (64), Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Vervelde (9), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Audra Overton (43), Athens, Henderson, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Cornelis de Graaf (32), Rotterdam
• Arie van Buuren (63), Benschop
• Bastiaan Oosthoek (85), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adele Rosenfeld (82), La Rochelle, 17000, Frankrijk
• Cecil Vivian Combs, Knox County, Illinois
• Albert Minkjan (79), Stad Hardenberg

• 1937 » John Daly, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1937 » Richard Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada
• 1938 » Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic
• 1938 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player († 2003)
• 1939 » Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
• 1939 » Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2018)
• 1939 » Lido Vieri, Italian football manager and football player
• 1939 » Ruth Perry, president of Liberia († 2017)
• 1939 » Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer († 2013)
• 1939 » William Bell, American singer-songwriter

• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)

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 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• 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 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.

The temperature on July 16, 1938 was between 11.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.