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• Catherina Adriana Maria de Jong, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2007)
• Ferdinand August van der Graaf, Den Helder († 2011)
• Corstiaan Johannes Dirk (Cors) Groen († 2022)
• Henriëtte Martina LEOPOLD, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Cornelis Antonius van Mierlo, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• A. Hage († 1980)
• Catharina de Jong († 2007)
• Bernard Adolphe Evrard Fréderic Louis François Xavier Marie Gaëtan Joseph Ghislain VAN LIMBURG STIRUM, Huldenberg Flemish Brabant Belgium († 2019)
• Adriaantje van der Steen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Hendricus Petrus Leonardus (Harry) Franken († 2019)

• Adèle Augusta Fanny GOGUEL (66)
• Cornelia Maria Heinrici (62), Rotterdam
• Catharina Johanna Kraak (59), Vlissingen
• Arie Kreuk (66)
• Adriana Philippina Leijer (53), Deventer (Overijssel)
• ANNA MARIA VERHEIJEN (92), Heel en Panheel
• Cornelia van Duijn (78), Katwijk
• Adam Lourens Hoogendorp (60), Gheel
• Catharina Petronella van der Hulst (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Ommen (0), Oldebroek

• 1936 » Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1937 » Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet († 2014)
• 1938 » Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City († 2016)
• 1939 » David King, South African chemist and academic
• 1939 » George Hamilton, American actor
• 1939 » Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete
• 1939 » Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
• 1939 » S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician, 4th Senior Minister of Singapore
• 1939 » Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal († 2016)
• 1940 » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach († 2005)

• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)

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.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• 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 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on August 12, 1938 was between 14.1 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.