About the day » Friday July 8, 1938Calender converter

• Donna Lou Depree, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA) († 2008)
• Henny Saenen, Breda, 4811, Nederland († 2002)
• Floris Bonifatius Andringa, Leeuwarden († 2022)
• Geert Bremer, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Henrika Petronella van Riemsdijk, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Beerens, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geert Som, Didam Montferland Gelderland Nederland († 2014)
• Hendrikus Johannes Bouwman, 's Gravenhage († 1999)
• Menting († 1939)
• Dina Cornelia Bal, Ovezande, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)

• Berend Jan Elbert (78), delden
• Antje Jacobina Leutscher (76), 't Zandt
• Bernice Lee Whipple (45), Lansing, Ingham Co., MI
• Albertus Wilhelmus Josephus Huisman (1)
• Adrianus Jonkers (35), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Arend de WILDE (65), Kampen
• Alice Brothers (18), Akron, Summit, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Rogers, Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Arend de Wilde (65), Kampen, Nederland
• Aukje de Roos (65), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1934 » Edward D. DiPrete, American politician
• 1934 » Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1934 » Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist († 2012)
• 1935 » John David Crow, American football player and coach († 2015)
• 1935 » Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer
• 1935 » Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2010)
• 1938 » Diane Clare, English actress († 2013)
• 1939 » Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications
• 1940 » Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter († 2015)
• 1941 » Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager

• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• 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".
• 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.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• 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.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on July 8, 1938 was between 10.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.