About the day » Monday March 21, 1938Calender converter

• Jacomina Maria Walthera Versteegh, Eindhoven († 1938)
• Dirk Verkuil, Stolwijk († 2002)
• Johanna van Kampen, Hilversum († 2008)
• Everhardus Jozef (Eef) Mensink, Zwollerkerspel († 2013)
• Adrianus Anthonius Vork, Haarlem († 1938)
• Harmke Willems Alberda, FR, Nederland († 2023)
• Johanna Beljaars, Harderwijk († 1975)
• Hendrikus Johannes Ipskamp, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Durk Tuinstra, Tzum, Franekeradeel († 2001)
• Jacomina M.W. Versteegh, Eindhoven († 1938)

• Anna Maria Cornelia Want (55), Tilburg
• Anna Adriana Brenders (41), Raamsdonk
• Adrianus Verschoor (89), Velsen
• Aart van Maaren (63), Gouda
• Aart van Maaren (63), Gouda
• Auke Omta (68), Groningen
• Hilberts (0), Niebert
• Alvarez Theodorus Manusama (60), Batavia, Nederlandsch Indie
• Anna Hendrika du Chatinier (33), Den Haag
• Albert Siebers (81), Wissel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• 1936 » Ed Broadbent, Canadian pilot and politician
• 1936 » Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer
• 1937 » Ann Clwyd, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
• 1937 » Pierre-Jean Rémy, French diplomat and author († 2010)
• 1937 » Tom Flores, American football player and coach
• 1938 » Grahame Thomas, Australian cricketer
• 1938 » Michael Foreman, English author and illustrator
• 1939 » Kathleen Widdoes, American actress
• 1940 » Andrea Elle, German bicyclist
• 1940 » Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter († 2010)

• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
• 1934 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)

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.
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.

The temperature on March 21, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.