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• Anthonius Josephus Victorinus van Haasteren, Vlaardingen († 2000)
• Arthur Eduard Robert Veldman, 's Gravenhage († 1988)
• Hazel Arlene Moen, Tofield, Alberta, Canada († 1993)
• Franciscus Joseph Wilhelmus van der LUGT, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Henderkien de Veen († 2014)
• Elizabeth VALK, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Franciscus Leonardus Keizer, Ambt Delden († 1938)
• Dominicus Maria Gerardus Donners, Schweijkhuizen († 1996)
• Henderkien de Veen († 2014)
• Janna Maria van Goch, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)

• Alle van der Veen (31), Groningen, Netherlands
• Arend van Oosten (32), Gramsbergen
• "Johanna" Roelofs (89), Bemmel, Gemeente Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie De RUITER (0), Ridderkerk
• Adriaan Nelen (84), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van Oosterhout (70)
• Arend van Oosten (32), GGramsbergen
• Adriana Maria van Vulpen (70), Ede, Gelderland, NL
• Annie Curry (68)
• Anna Catharina Scholte (73), Vlagtwedde

• 1935 » John A. Bennett, American soldier († 1961)
• 1935 » Patrick Garland, English actor and director († 2013)
• 1935 » Peter Hollingworth, Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia
• 1936 » Bobby Smith, American singer († 2013)
• 1936 » John Howell, English long jumper
• 1936 » John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1937 » Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator († 2010)
• 1938 » Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1939 » Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator
• 1940 » Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host

• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 » King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 » Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)

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 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".
• 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.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

The temperature on April 10, 1938 was between -1.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.