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Born on Friday January 7, 1938
- Georges CASTELEIN (Castelain) († 1965)
- Adrianus Rietveld, ijsselmonde (zuid holland) († 2013)
- Jantine Orsel, fortasse, Niedersachsen († 2009)
- gertruda maria jacoba steeghs, helden-beringe
- Hendrik Petter († 2022)
- Johannes Brink, Groningen († 2014)
- Allen Joe Aswegan, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 1998)
- gerardus hendrikus van knippenberg, helden-grashoek
- Frederica Arnolda VAN DER KAAIJ, Rossum († 1999)
- * Levenloos kind Baars, Putten, Gelderland, NL († 1938)
Died on Friday January 7, 1938
- Adrianus Driessen (48), Leiden
- Adrianus Driessen (48), Leiden
- Albert Grundy Moore (77), Clay County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
- * Willemina Blijleven (60), Gouda
- Adriana Wouterina Boomaars (11), Ginneken en Bavel, Nederland
- * Levenloos kind Baars (0), Putten, Gelderland, NL
- Albert Bos (64), Grootegast
- Adolfo Carneiro de Moraes Campelo (70)
- Albert Alberts Bos (64), Grootegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
- Adrianus Mattheus Droog (60), Hoek van Holland,, Zuid Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 7, 1938 at Delpher
Born on January 7
- 1933 » Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer († 2010)
- 1934 » Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour († 2002)
- 1934 » Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus († 2008)
- 1935 » Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist († 2006)
- 1935 » Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist († 2017)
- 1935 » Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut († 2014)
- 1941 » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor († 2004)
- 1941 » John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 » Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach († 2011)
- 1943 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes († 1955)
Died on January 7
- 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
- 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
- 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
- 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
- 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
- 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
- 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
- 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
- 1951 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
- 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
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.
- 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".
- May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
- July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
- October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Weather January 7, 1938
The temperature on January 7, 1938 was between 1.5 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.