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• Anthonius van Meurs († 2013)
• Darla Jean Todd ****, Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• hetty therisia karamoy loho, bandung indonesie
• Bruining maria (bruin) Schilder († 2020)
• Gerardus Johannes Martinus Pelders, Tilburg, Nederland († 1999)
• Alfons De Busser, Olen, Antwerpen, België († 2006)
• Catharina Hendrika van Heeringen, Heiloo, Heiloo, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adri Karst († 2008)
• Hendrikje Klaver, Sint Jansklooster († 2009)
• Cornelius Maria Roovers, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• Adriana Klaasje Slagter (5), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Stassen (71), Gulpen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Andreas, Heinrich Brockmeijer (85), Beckerode, Hagen a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Sweens (84), Berkel-Enschot, Nederland
• Alfred Constant Auguste POTIER (32), Saint Pierre Eglise
• Arendina Tuinman (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pellis (60), Ginneken en Bavel
• Albert Dionysius Maria Aelen (55), Weiswampach, Luxemburg
• Adolph LEWISOHN (89), Upper saranac
• Albertus Hensen (74), Waalwijk

• 1934 » João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1934 » Ron Henry, English footballer († 2014)
• 1936 » Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
• 1936 » Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1938 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1939 » Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer († 1997)
• 1940 » Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
• 1940 » Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1941 » Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1941 » Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician († 2013)

• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)

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.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on August 17, 1938 was between 13.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.