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• Bobby D Munsell, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Arie Janse Hazendonk († 1952)
• Geertruida Maria Jong, Wognum († 2018)
• Gerard Adrianus van Klooster, Baarn († 2010)
• Engbert (Bert) Kloosterman, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Hubert Leo (Albert) Driessen, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands († 1996)
• Evert Gerrit Schuppers, Vorden († 2014)
• Jeanette McCarthy, Titonka, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2004)
• johanna godefrida steeghs, helden-panningen
• Hendrik de Wolde († 2019)

• Antje Baaij (79), Hilversum
• Augusta Octavia Carruth (77)
• Antje de WIT (54), Wijdenes(Nh)
• Antonetta Elisabeth Verstijnen (63), Tilburg
• Anwyn Adah Mary Jane Roesch (85), Ouderbokfontein, Karoo
• Charles Bent (78), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Binne Jans Hoogstins (70), Garijp
• Abe Lieuwes Hiemstra (80)
• "Jean" Marie Fortuné Ernest Alexandre d'Andigné (74), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Anna Cornelia van Gastel (80), Zundert (NL)

• 1938 » Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Ukraine
• 1938 » Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager
• 1938 » Rod Laver, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1939 » Billy Henderson, American singer († 2007)
• 1939 » Bulle Ogier, French actress and screenwriter
• 1939 » Butch Warren, American bassist († 2013)
• 1939 » Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer
• 1939 » Romano Prodi, Italian academic and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy
• 1939 » The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2014)
• 1939 » Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish journalist († 1997)

• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)

• 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.
• January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on August 9, 1938 was between 15.8 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.