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• Beppie Philips, Hilversum († 1943)
• Helene VROONEN, (LOOSE-END) Hasselt (B) († 2004)
• Beppie Philips, Hilversum († 1943)
• Alise Stein, Tandjon Emin, Indonesië
• Antje Wellner, Geldermalsen († 2004)
• Bernardus Johannes (Ben) van den Dam, Renkum († 2014)
• Else Janssen, Germany († 1938)
• Ines Koperberg, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alice Theresa Ellender, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States of America († 2012)
• Gerrit William Boerefijn, Tracy, Iowa, Nrd Amerika († 1938)

• Sukkel (0), Veenendaal, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje Nieland (34), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Brune Riemeijer (82), Veendam
• Antonia Maria Franken (84), Tilburg
• Aletta Elisabeth Antoinette FEITH (18), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August William Fredrich Radig (80), Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Jacoba van Bodegom (60), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Wilhelmina Heiligers (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Visser (80), Luinjeberd
• Antonius Albertus Zonneveld (46), Geleen

• 1935 » Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1936 » Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1938 » Jet Black, English drummer
• 1939 » Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
• 1939 » Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician († 2007)
• 1940 » Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1940 » Michael Cockerell, English journalist
• 1940 » Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter
• 1940 » Vic Dana, American dancer and singer

• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacobus
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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• 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 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

The temperature on August 26, 1938 was between 9.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.