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• Albert Kleine, Hoogeveen Nederland († 1945)
• Catharina Cornelia Maria van Os († 2020)
• Antje Bruinsma († 2018)
• Funs Coemans, Schin Op Geul, Limburg, Netherlands († 2000)
• George Carlo Pijpeman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gail Frances Ankrum, Minnesota († 2006)
• Adeline Andrea Cellieé Muller, du, Driebergen († 2004)
• Durk Dam, Surhuisterveen († 2023)
• Hendrik Oorbeek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Frank Crowest Stanley Banfield, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa († 1975)

• Christian Margaret Jeanne Baarslag (0), Enschede
• Anna Maria Klaverwijden (78), Wassenaar
• Anna Rebecca James (85), Bedford, Bedford, PA
• Antonie Hermanus Wientjen (60), Arnhem
• Adriaan van Steenbergen (71), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Antonie Hermanus Wientjen (60), Arnhem
• Anna Jansen (69), Nieuwe-Wetering
• Atze Veenstra (25), Houtigehage
• Andries Cremer (66), Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Benjamin Goldsmit (60), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland

• 1935 » Ernie Broglio, American baseball player († 2019)
• 1936 » Joel Kovel, American scholar and author († 2018)
• 1936 » Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China
• 1937 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer († 2007)
• 1937 » Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
• 1939 » Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
• 1939 » William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
• 1940 » Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player († 2008)
• 1940 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist († 1994)

• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

The temperature on August 27, 1938 was between 10.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.