About the day » Sunday January 16, 1938Calender converter

• Carlos van Bourbon († 2015)
• Grada Harmina Colenbrander, Zelhem († 2016)
• Dan Lewis Richardson, Howard County, Indiana († 1960)
• David Carter († 1996)
• Cornelis Jan Willemse, Maartensdijk, Urecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Annechien Dik, Smilde, Nederland († 2009)
• Charlotte Jean Metiva, Zilwaukee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Carlo Alfonso Marcello Bourbon-Two Sicilies († 2015)
• Elly Hendriks, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Alice HERINCKX, Dworp (B) († 1989)

• Anne Grealis (75), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Barta Johanna Groot Boerle (51), Hengelo (Noordink)
• Arie Cornelis Havelaar (81), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Renooij (35), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Zweers (67), Zutphen
• Aafke Smitter (69), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
• Andries van Soeren (79), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Afke SMITTER (69), Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• Alida Theodora van de Heuvel (57), Oudewater
• Anna Maria Verhoeven (78), Turnhout

• 1934 » Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player († 2009)
• 1934 » Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
• 1935 » A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
• 1935 » Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1936 » Michael White, Scottish actor and producer († 2016)
• 1937 » Francis George, American cardinal († 2015)
• 1937 » Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver († 2011)
• 1938 » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 1939 » Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1941 » Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster

• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)

• 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.
• 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).
• 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".
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.

The temperature on January 16, 1938 was between 4.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.