About the day » Wednesday May 4, 1938Calender converter

• Gerald Duane Alguire, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Aaltje VISSER, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerrit van Klooster († 2001)
• Aaltje Visser, Urk († 2015)
• Berend de Winter, Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland) († 2007)
• Elisabeth Adriana Maria van Mouwerik, Amsterdam (NH, NLD) († 2021)
• Jan Vos, Huizen († 2019)
• Hendrik (Henk) Kramer, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Hilligje (Hilly) Schubert van, Enschede, Ov, Nederland († 2000)
• Arie-Mels Smaal, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Hendrik Groote (7), Nieuweroord
• Anna Maria Timmers (80), Made/Drimmelen
• Anna Patsch (71)
• Adriana KUNST (89), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Taal (69), Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria TIMMERS (80), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Vester (77), Noordwijkerhout
• Adolf Gryspeerdt (57), Roeselare, 8800, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Dijkhuis (78), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Paijmans (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1936 » El Cordobés, Spanish bullfighter
• 1937 » Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter († 2019)
• 1937 » Ron Carter, American bassist and educator
• 1937 » Wim Verstappen, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1938 » Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist, author, and critic († 2010)
• 1938 » Gillian Tindall, English historian and author
• 1938 » Tyrone Davis, American blues and soul singer († 2005)
• 1939 » Amos Oz, Israeli journalist and author († 2018)
• 1939 » Leon Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 » Neil Fox, English rugby league player and coach

• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)

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.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on May 4, 1938 was between 3.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.