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February 10, 1938
Born on Friday February 11, 1938
- Bastiaan Penning, Rotterdam
- Hermann Hackling, Aschendorf († 2015)
- Adrianus Hendricus Maria van den Berg, Anna Paulowna († 2014)
- Emma Hoffman, Amsterdam († 2017)
- Arent Kloosterman, Diever,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2006)
- Jan Platje, Klazinaveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
- Gerard Eiland, ....... († 1947)
- Bernard Nieuwenhuizen, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
- Jacobus Adrianus van Gils, Terheijden († 2002)
- Gijsberta Mur, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
Died on Friday February 11, 1938
- Arthur Arabin Lintorn TERRY (70), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Anna Klasina Schutte (23), Den Helder
- Cornelis Prenger (70), Mahaska Iowa
- Anne (Andrew) Poppes Broersma (72), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Celine Heman (69), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Catharina Johanna Kruiswijk (70), Delft, ZH Netherlands
- Berentje AARDEMA (58), Tolbert Groningen Netherlands
- Catharina Judith Cardinaal (80), Velp (Gelderland)
- Anna Veilbrief (69), Leiden
- Clarence Henry Wohlgamuth (65), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA St Vincent's Hosp., Lima Memorial Park, Lima, Ohio
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 11, 1938 at Delpher
Born on February 11
- 1935 » Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist († 1971)
- 1936 » Burt Reynolds, American actor and director († 2018)
- 1937 » Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1937 » Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1937 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA († 1990)
- 1937 » Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist († 2010)
- 1938 » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer († 2018)
- 1939 » Gerry Goffin, American songwriter († 2014)
- 1940 » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician († 2014)
- 1941 » Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
Died on February 11
- 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
- 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
- 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
- 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
- 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
- 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
- 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
- 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
- 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
- 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
Names that were popular for boys in 1938
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Adrianus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Jacobus
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Robert
- Antonius
- Arie
Names that were popular for girls in 1938
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Grietje
- Mary
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1938
- 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.
- June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
- July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
- November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
- December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Weather February 11, 1938
The temperature on February 11, 1938 was between 1.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.