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• August Antonius Theodorus PRUIJMBOOM, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1997)
• Auri Johanna Stibbe († 1984)
• Aleida Geziena (Hulscher) Langen, Barger Oosterveld (Emmen) († 2023)
• Cornelia Hendrika(Corrie) Zwaan, Amsterdam († 1999)
• Alkiene Hummel, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• Catharina Maria Slootweg, Rijswijk († 1989)
• Anna Maria Munckhof, van den, Horst
• Annetje (Annie) Gerritse, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• bernardus peter johannes (ben) wilms, helden-panningen († 1994)
• Frans Maria Karel MERTENS, Mol († 1941)

• Geelen (0), Brunssum
• Arthur Earnest Simpson (64), Linwood Bay County Michigan
• Anna Gertrudis TIMMERMANS (81), Waalre
• Bernhard Lukas Valke, Falke (73), Zwartemeer, Emmen
• Adolphus Eusebius Maria Meijer (30), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrew William Houston Byrd Mc Caleb (80), Fayette Co., Alabama
• Anne Lieuwes (Andrew) Westra (61), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• (l.l.) Post (0), Harlingen
• Bernhard Lukas Valke (73), Zwartemeer Emmen
• Adriana van HAGEN (82), Monster

• 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)

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. Mary
16. Grietje

• 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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

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.