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• Geertruida (Truida) Otten, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Lelivelt, Beuningen, Nederland
• Gerrit van Loveren, Bussum, Nederland († 2009)
• Brian de Josselin, Sydney († 1940)
• Cornelia Roos, Den Haag († 1940)
• Eeltje (Elly) den Besten († 2015)
• Dirk Heijting, Beilen († 2007)
• Gerrit (Gijsbarta) Bijsterbosch, Wezep, Gelderland, Nederland (Gemeente Oldebroek) († 2001)
• Adriana Raaijmakers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2020)
• "Sabine" France Thérèse de Prunelé († 2009)

• Christina Cornelia Kroon (88), Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, NL
• Catharina Johanna Verkuil (35), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Bouman (78), Rotterdam
• Baby van Essen (0), Wapenveld, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrica Ober (39), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Christina Cornelia Kroon (90), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Hartog (92), Scherpenisse
• Catharina Bakker (70), Amsterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Pluijmaekers (63), Maastricht
• Ada Victoria Challender (72), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

• 1935 » Carol Arthur, American actress and producer
• 1936 » Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor († 2005)
• 1937 » David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor († 2011)
• 1938 » Ellen Schrecker, American historian and academic
• 1939 » Frankie Ford, American R&B/rock & roll singer († 2015)
• 1939 » Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1940 » Frances Stewart, English economist and academic
• 1940 » Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist († 2009)
• 1940 » Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician
• 1940 » Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter († 2004)

• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)

• 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.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 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.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on August 4, 1938 was between 16.3 °C and 31.3 °C and averaged 23.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.