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• Johan Ernst Frowein, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 2010)
• Jantje WOUDSMA, Holwerd (Westdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 2010)
• Jan Doemges, Echt, Netherlands († 2000)
• Cornelis Adrianus Antonius Houtepen, Goirle († 1938)
• Adriana Anna Erkeland, Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus Machiel Pullen, Vlijmen († 2011)
• Hendrika Hordijk († 1997)
• Hendrika Clasina Jacoba Courbois, Nijmegen, Ned
• Catharina Petronella Maria Goossens, Moerstraten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Annigje Kolsters, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Apolonia Lauret (68), Lamswaarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia van Bragt (82), Vught
• Aaltje Jonkers (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Hubertina Dreessen (59), Heerlen
• Ate Faber (28), Paesens
• Antje Willemsen (59), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Booij (16), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annie Alexandrine Lebrun (88)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria de Leeuw (0), Ginneken en Bavel
• Albert John GIBBS (63), Whakatane, New Zealand

• 1935 » Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman († 2017)
• 1935 » Barbara Harris, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1935 » Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada († 2009)
• 1935 » John Robinson, American football player and coach
• 1935 » Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach († 2006)
• 1935 » Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1936 » Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
• 1936 » Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
• 1937 » Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic
• 1940 » Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author († 2013)

• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)
• 1966 » Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 1967 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (b. 1878)

• 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 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on July 25, 1938 was between 14.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.