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• Bernardus Hendricus Pieters, Tilburg († 1996)
• Edith Leonoor Jansen († 1969)
• ?????? Groeneveld, Haarlem († 1938)
• Hylsky, Ubach over Worms († 1938)
• Anna Keuter, Urk († 2023)
• Gerard Keuter, Voorburg († 2005)
• Jantje van den Born, Renkum († 1990)
• George Desiderius Verstraeten, Graauw,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)
• Jacoba Maria van Werkhoven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Joseph George Anzalone († 1988)

• Albertus Huizing (57)
• Bertram Andrew Augustus James RUDD (54), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Antonia van den Aker (68), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albertus Huizing (57), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Driessen (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Abraham Pieter Nicolaas Bonte (87), Amsterdam
• Catharina Schouten (76), Haarlem
• Christiaan Bouter (78), Rotterdam
• Bernhard ZEPPENFELD (57), Attendorn (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Deutschland
• Aleida Hendrika Joosten (54), Oud Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1935 » Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist
• 1935 » Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director
• 1937 » Al Geiberger, American golfer
• 1937 » Allen Jones, English sculptor and painter
• 1937 » Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic († 2015)
• 1937 » Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author
• 1938 » Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet († 2018)
• 1939 » Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
• 1940 » Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general († 2019)

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

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. 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.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on September 1, 1938 was between 3.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.