About the day » Tuesday January 25, 1938Calender converter

• Dorothy A. Fletchic, Whiteside County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Agnes Malek, Heerlen, LI, Netherlands († 2004)
• Gretha Finsij († 1942)
• Dorothea Aldegonda Cornelia Anna Wilhelmina van Loon, Tilburg († 2005)
• Doodgeboren kind Poppe, Epe, Gld, Nederland († 1938)
• Antje Jans Zijlstra († 1992)
• Christiaan Knaap, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1973)
• Gerardus Hendricus Maria Schneider, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Gerardus Johannes Hubertus Bernardus Smits, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Gaby HUART († 1938)

• Andries Hendriksz van RenSen (35), Arnhem
• Adalbert Bela Alfons Markgraaf Pallavicino (79), Wenen
• Arnoldus Ottevanger (86), Klundert, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Sophia van REIJSEN (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika Eetgerink (86), Apeldoorn
• Anne Dijkstra (55), Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Tilstra (54), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Gietema (77), Bolsward, Friesl
• Arie van der Kolff (83), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Molendijk (80), Rotterdam

• 1935 » António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician, 16th President of Portugal
• 1935 » Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician († 2016)
• 1936 » Diana Hyland, American actress († 1977)
• 1936 » Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet († 1995)
• 1937 » Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, President of the Central African Republic († 2011)
• 1938 » Etta James, American singer († 2012)
• 1938 » Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator
• 1938 » Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1938 » Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet († 1980)
• 1941 » Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster († 2015)

• 1912 » Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816)
• 1925 » Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)
• 1939 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
• 1957 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1958 » Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)

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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

The temperature on January 25, 1938 was between 5.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.