About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1938Calender converter

• Cornelis Kuijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelis de Haan, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Cornelius Francis Maria Teunissen, Oeffelt († 1999)
• Gerardus Augustinus (Gerard) Venhorst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Harmina Thea Luberti, 's Gravenhage († 1939)
• Cornelis Gerardus Petrus Maria Pels, Beverwijk († 2012)
• Anneliese Vermond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Douwe Scholte († 1981)
• Ietje Frans, Usquert Het Hogeland Groningen Nederland († 2012)
• Annelies Vermond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)

• Cornelia Alida van Teijlingen (72), Delft, Nederland
• Aarden, Nieuw Vossemeer,N-Br, NL
• Cecilia Petronella den Biggelaar (68), Zevenbergen
• Agnes Rosier (78), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Dykema (54), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Adrianus Timmers (1), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Boukje van der VLUGHT (67), Pretoria (ZA)
• Christina Banning (66), Opwierde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Leer (73), Koudekerke
• Carrie Jane Gosney (56), Palisade, Nebraska

• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
• 1934 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1934 » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 2014)
• 1935 » Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1937 » Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer
• 1938 » Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician
• 1941 » Eric Burdon, English musician
• 1941 » Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1943 » Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician

• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

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.
• February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• 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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• 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.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

The temperature on May 11, 1938 was between 0.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.