About the day » Monday January 3, 1938Calender converter

• van Delft, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Albert Spijker, Dedemsvaart, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Frederika van Straten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Henri Jan (Han) van Oostveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Kool, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Gina Niekel († 2020)
• Gerda Berendina Asbroek, Enschede († 1944)
• Elise Leeuwen, van, Arnhem Gld. NL († 2009)
• Antonia Carolina (Ton) Scheffers, rotterdam († 1999)
• Gerritje Jannetje Moeken, Hardenberg († 2025)

• Aartje Kabos (60), Middelharnis
• Albertus van Oostrom (82), Houten
• Adelia May Hower (66), Ossian, Wells County, Indiana
• Aaltje van der Horst (65), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje de Roos (46), Almelo
• Alida Margaretha van Rijn (62), Wassenaar
• Alfred J Wiemann (62), Fayette, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Pieters de Roos (45), Almelo
• van Delft (0), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Brok (59), Tilburg

• 1934 » Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer († 2008)
• 1935 » Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1937 » Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica († 2014)
• 1938 » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo († 2006)
• 1938 » Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician
• 1939 » Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor († 2013)
• 1939 » Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 » Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach († 2007)
• 1940 » Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director († 2008)
• 1941 » Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player

• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)

• 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 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• 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.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

The temperature on January 3, 1938 was between -11.2 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -6.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.