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March 7, 1938Born on Tuesday March 8, 1938
- Berend Jan Jongman, Vollenhove († 1958)
- Christianus Adrianus Johannes van der Meer, Noordwijk († 2021)
- Berend Jan Hendriks Jongman, Vollenhove († 1958)
- Irvin Hershman, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania († 2010)
- Barbara Ella Dowell Kittrell <sKsUSS-bPqFbPq>4, Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia († 2015)
- Beverly Jane Nuttbrock, Brainard, Crow Wing County, MN († 1938)
- Anna Engels, Meijel, Li.NL († 2013)
- Hendrikus Johannes Antonius Veeken, Klundert († 1938)
- Antonius Peter Joseph Maria Rongen, Venray, Limburg, Nederland
- Cornelia van Wijngaarden († 2012)
Died on Tuesday March 8, 1938
- Albertus Arons (78), Haarlem, Nederland
- Catharina Maria VAN DER MECHE (66), Rauwerderhem(Friesland)
- Clasina Maria Hardon (42), Amsterdam-Sloterdijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Charles Edward Heron (48), West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
- Cornelis Alettinus Dingemans (86), Kerkwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Andrew Wilson Todd (85), Oconee CO. SC
- Adriana Maria Petronella Vermeulen (58), Rotterdam
- Alida Donk (64), Leerdam
- Cornelis Alettinus Dingemans (86), Kerkwijk
- Cornelia Margaretha Dekker (76), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 8, 1938 at Delpher
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- De Sumatra post
- Leeuwarder nieuwsblad : goedkoop advertentieblad
- Keesings historisch archief : geïllustreerd dagboek van het hedendaagsch wereldgebeuren met voortdurend bijgewerkten alphabetischen index
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
Born on March 8
- 1935 » George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
- 1936 » Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist and composer († 1982)
- 1936 » Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer
- 1937 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 2nd President of Rwanda († 1994)
- 1937 » Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author († 1966)
- 1938 » Pete Dawkins, American football player, colonel, and politician
- 1939 » Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist († 2019)
- 1939 » Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach
- 1939 » Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer
- 1939 » Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor († 2011)
Died on March 8
- 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
- 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
- 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
- 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
- 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
- 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
- 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
- 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
- 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
- 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
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
- Mary
- Grietje
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.
- January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
- October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
- November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
- November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
- December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Weather March 8, 1938
The temperature on March 8, 1938 was between 0.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.