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Born on Monday January 10, 1938
Died on Monday January 10, 1938

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 10, 1938 at Delpher


Born on January 10

Died on January 10
  • 1926 » Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
  • 1935 » Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
  • 1935 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
  • 1941 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
  • 1941 » Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
  • 1941 » Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)
  • 1941 » John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)
  • 1949 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
  • 1951 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
  • 1951 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)

Names that were popular for boys in 1938
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1938
  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

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 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Weather January 10, 1938

The temperature on January 10, 1938 was between 1.7 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.

Source: KNMI