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• Earl Edward Danz, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Canada († 2006)
• Daniel Degrande, Langemark († 2000)
• Brake, te, Almelo, NL († 1938)
• Elisabeth Hermana De Werk, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Dirk ROOLVINK, Vrouwenparochie (Het Bildt) Friesland Netherlands († 1938)
• Daryl Francis Dickey, Washington († 2008)
• David Lee SCHAFER, Sterling Illinois U.S.A († 2017)
• Alice Maria Bakx, Bergen op Zoom († 1998)
• Coby Westhoff
• Cornelis Brouwer, Urk († 2018)

• Brake, te (0), Almelo, NL
• CORNELIA VAN ZOEREN (78), Nijkerk
• Charles Adrianus van Wezenberg (73), ,, den Haag, Nederland
• van Felius (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augusto Adão Kons (71), São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Adriana BASTIAANSE (58), Domburg
• Charles Henry Gregersen (40), Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Glotze (78), Den Helder, N.H, The Netherlands
• Clasina Vlug (40), Amersfoort
• Arnoldus Gerardus van Westerlaak (11), Amersfoort

• 1936 » A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet
• 1936 » Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic († 2001)
• 1936 » Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada († 2010)
• 1937 » Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician († 1998)
• 1937 » Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 » David Freiberg, American singer and bass player
• 1938 » Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician († 2014)
• 1940 » Keith Savage, English rugby player
• 1940 » Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute

• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

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.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on August 24, 1938 was between 7.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.