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• Godelieve (Lieve) WARLOP, Poperinge (B) († 1997)
• Catharina Maria Slootweg, Rijswijk († 1989)
• Cornelis Grootenboer († 1996)
• Donald Raymond Przybylo, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Eileen Teresa Lowstad, Bremerton Ki, Washington († 2002)
• Gerardus de Ree, Den Haag († 1948)
• Auri Johanna Stibbe († 1984)
• Alkiene Hummel, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• Inse Daalder, De Koog (Texel, NH) († 2021)
• bernardus peter johannes (ben) wilms, helden-panningen († 1994)

• Adrianus Klein (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• (l.l.) Post (0), Harlingen
• Adriana Hagen (82), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Swaaij (72), Bemmel, Nederland
• Adriana van Hagen (82), Monster
• Abraham Louwerse (72), Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jillissen (48), Makassar
• Barendina Glaudemans (66), Den Haag
• Broer Soolsma (49), Harlingen
• Bernard Lucas Valke (73), Zwartemeer, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1936 » Andrew Davies, Welsh author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1936 » Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1937 » Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for the Environment
• 1937 » Garry Johnson, English general
• 1937 » Geoffrey Dear, Baron Dear, English police officer
• 1937 » Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer († 2005)
• 1937 » Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
• 1938 » Eric Gale, American guitarist and producer († 1994)
• 1938 » Jane Manning, English soprano and educator
• 1940 » Tarō Asō, Japanese target shooter and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan

• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Eduard Wirths, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)

• 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 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• 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 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

The temperature on September 20, 1938 was between 6.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.