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April 3, 1938Born on Monday April 4, 1938
- Gondus (Gon) de Lange, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 2014)
- Henriette Johanna (Hetty) Eijsman, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2011)
- Gondus de Lange, NL
- Conny Fredriksz, Pati/Kebupaten, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië († 2007)
- Elisabeth Trompetter, Vledder († 2007)
- Catharina Petronella Hendriks, Drunen († 1944)
- Albert Edmon Padgett, North Carolina († 1938)
- Henriette Johanna Eijsman, 's Hertogenbosch († 2011)
- Antonia Hendrika Brem († 2022)
- Gunther van Hinüber, Celle, Nedersaksen († 2023)
Died on Monday April 4, 1938
- Arie Kasius (85), Woerden, Nederland
- Beletje NAT (88), Alkmaar
- Anna Maria Niessen (75), Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland
- Adriana Griekspoor (66), Leimuiden (Kaag en Braassem), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Charles William Frits Paine Stricker (75), Baarn
- Anna Clara Christina Drewes (41), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alexander Bloebaum (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelia Maria van Lierop (62), Hillegom-Zuid-Holland-Nederland
- Cornelia Maria van Lierop (62), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arie Dalenberg (78), South Holland Illinois, Verenigde Staten
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 4, 1938 at Delpher
- Zaans volksblad : sociaal-democratisch dagblad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië
- Het Vaderland : staat- en letterkundig nieuwsblad
- Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant
- De Sumatra post
- Leeuwarder nieuwsblad : goedkoop advertentieblad
- Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant
- Keesings historisch archief : geïllustreerd dagboek van het hedendaagsch wereldgebeuren met voortdurend bijgewerkten alphabetischen index
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
Born on April 4
- 1934 » Helen Hanft, American actress († 2013)
- 1935 » Geoff Braybrooke, English-New Zealand soldier and politician († 2013)
- 1935 » Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian († 2011)
- 1935 » Trevor Griffiths, English playwright and educator
- 1938 » A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic († 1989)
- 1939 » Darlene Hooley, American educator and politician
- 1939 » Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer († 2018)
- 1939 » JoAnne Carner, American golfer
- 1940 » Richard Attwood, English race car driver
- 1940 » Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter († 2002)
Died on April 4
- 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
- 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
- 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
- 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
- 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
- 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
- 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)
- 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
- 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
- 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
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.
- 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 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
- 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.
- October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
Weather April 4, 1938
The temperature on April 4, 1938 was between -0.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.