About the day » Friday October 14, 1938Calender converter

• Edwin M Mitchell, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1938)
• Ferry van den Brand, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Heino Beneke, Ohrwegerfeld, Bad Zwischenahn, Ni., DE († 1939)
• Geraldine Joan van 't Hul, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Christina Martina Maria van der Meijden, Boxtel († 1957)
• Dora GEERAERT († 1938)
• Gerrit Jan Meulenkamp, Hardenberg († 2021)
• Antoon van Beek, Putten († 2012)
• Frederick Christ Trump II, Queens, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Girbe de Jonge († 1994)

• Arent Maarten de Bruijn (70), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Joseph Connolly (52), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Berendina Reinders (33), Hardenberg
• Adrianus Johannes Backx (81), Roosendaal
• Christiaan de Vente (77), Arnhem
• Carl Joseph Wilberz (61), Hamm, Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duitsland
• Aaltien WOLTING (74), Witten (Assen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van den Broek (27), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Carmen PEREZ AYAN
• Antoni Knigge (81), Exloërmond Odoorn

• 1936 » Hans Kraay Sr., Dutch footballer and manager († 2017)
• 1936 » Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author († 2014)
• 1938 » Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, English curator and academic
• 1938 » Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran
• 1938 » John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel
• 1938 » Melba Montgomery, American country music singer
• 1938 » Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach († 2008)
• 1938 » Shula Marks, South African historian and academic
• 1939 » Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
• 1939 » Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician

• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)

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 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.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

The temperature on October 14, 1938 was between 7.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.