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• Beatrijs Froeling, Maastricht, Nederland († 2014)
• Hindrikje Tromp, Pieterburen, Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• Francisco Gomes Henriques, Câmara de Lobos, Madeira, Portugal († 2000)
• Dirkje Jacoba Pronk, Scheveningen († 1998)
• Elisabeth Hartjes († 2002)
• Elisa Beekenkamp, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Jansje Levina van den Haak, Rijnsburg († 2000)
• Gerda Mulder, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 1999)
• Anton Hubert Mertens, Süsterseel, Duitsland († 1994)
• Gerrit Hendriksen († 1988)

• Alexandrine Félonie HUBERT (75), Combray, 14171, Calvados, Normandie, France
• Antonia Antonietta (87), unbekannt
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (55)
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert von SACHSEN (55), London, England, United Kingdom
• Arthur v.Connaught (55), London GB
• Arthur d'Angleterre (55)
• Antonia van Nijkerk (57), Amersfoort
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert SAXE-COBURG und GOTHA Prince of Connaught (55), London, Middlesex, England UK
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert WINDSOR (55), London England U.K
• Vreugdenhil, Maasland

• 1937 » George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
• 1937 » Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
• 1938 » Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1938 » Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer († 2001)
• 1938 » Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano († 1993)
• 1939 » Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 » Pablo McNeil, Jamaican track and field sprinter and sprinting coach († 2011)
• 1939 » Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
• 1940 » Linda Gray, American model and actress
• 1940 » Mickey Lolich, American baseball player

• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)

• 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 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• 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.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on September 12, 1938 was between 13.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.