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• Antonia Maria Johanna Jirka, Voorhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Janice Lee Stevens, Pike County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Egbert Eisses, Schoonloo († 2014)
• Dixi Stewart Samuels, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Ang√®le Roggen, Alken, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgi√´
• Jan van Etten, Zunderdorp († 2005)
• Hans MAASKANT († 2002)
• Gijsbert Pansier, Putten († 2011)
• Jacob Kostelijk, Broek op L'dijk († 1941)
• Edward van Dood, Amerika († 2001)

• Catharina Elsiena van Geuns (50), Groningen
• Berendina Eggink (25), Baarn
• Alida Geertruida van Rooijen (79), Den Haag
• Adrinus Wilhelmus Maagdenberg (73), Rotterdam
• Aukje Botes van Balen (90), Joure
• Clayton Ellison (29)
• Berend Rozenkamp (36), Hellendoorn
• Charles E. Beckers (85), Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Arie de Groot (69), Vuren
• Anna Van der Laan (63), Groningen (Gron.)

• 1936 » Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
• 1937 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1938 » Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1938 » Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer († 1961)
• 1938 » John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1939 » Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 » Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1939 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter († 1984)
• 1940 » Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1940 » Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer († 1981)

• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• 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.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.

The temperature on April 2, 1938 was between 6.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.