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• Krul, Loosduinen († 1993)
• Henk Hubbers, Ooij († 2016)
• Gerardus Antonius Silvester, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Hendrik Johan Sonneveld, Bleiswijk († 1996)
• Hermijntje Verstegen, Rhenoy (Beesd) (GL) († 2017)
• Alfred van Beezem, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Carlos Gaston Arickx, Wontergem († 1943)
• Gosen Cornelis Johannes van Verseveld, Zoelen († 2006)
• Adrianus Antonius Overtoom, Heerhugowaard († 2001)
• Anna Velthuis († 1986)

• Dirkje Frederiks (72), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VERMAELEN (84), Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Westert (0), Pesse, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Vermeulen (72), Leiden
• Bernardus Arnoldus Franciscus Harperink (66), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Leeuwis (78), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Bossenbroek (73), Gortel
• Alida Nijman (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Abraham van der Sande (86), Krabbendijke
• Cornelia Adriana Petronella Maria Snoeren (12), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1933 » Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1935 » Alex de Renzy, American director and producer († 2001)
• 1935 » Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1938 » Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
• 1940 » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach († 2000)
• 1943 » Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
• 1943 » Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 » Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient († 1971)
• 1945 » Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (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.
• January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• 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.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

The temperature on August 13, 1938 was between 15.3 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.