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• Elisabeth Hendrika Schreuder, Rotterdam († 1979)
• Gerardus Engelmundus de Haas, Lisse († 1993)
• Christina van der Leek, Leiden († 1938)
• Elisabeth Lieverst, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Christianne Celina Vercruysse, Maldegem († 2023)
• Bertha Senster, Kerkrade (L († 1998)
• Clara Adriana Maria Stokman, Zandvoort († 2012)
• Elisabeth van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk († 2015)
• Harmen van der Heide, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Helena Elisabeth Johanna Dongelmans, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Aaltje Kamman (15), Enschede
• Alphonse Joannes DAVUS (0), Lommel
• Antonius Arnoldus Jacobus Hendriks (41), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina den Boef (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijkerk (51), Zwolle
• Andries Annes Groenewoud (57), Drachten
• Alberta Johanna Liskamp (65), Elst
• Berend Wolters (36), Groningen
• Aaltje Bijkerk (51), Zwolle
• Anthonia van der VELDE Wdr (71)

• 1936 » Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 » Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 » Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist († 2009)
• 1937 » Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer
• 1938 » Alain Vivien, French politician
• 1938 » Peter Day, English chemist and academic
• 1939 » Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician († 2004)
• 1939 » Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader
• 1940 » Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1940 » Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician

• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

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.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• 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.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

The temperature on August 20, 1938 was between 12.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.