About the day » Wednesday November 23, 1938Calender converter

• Elsje Slok, Veenendaal, Nederland († 1994)
• alberdina g klaassen († 2001)
• Elgersma, Harlingen
• Jan Nijenhuis († 2021)
• Elly Janssen, Stokkem (B), België († 1976)
• Gerard Heijmans, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Jacques Philemon Antoon Vossius, Sint-Truiden, België († 1939)
• Dennis Dean Renken, Ìowa († 2017)
• István Toth, Budapest († 2021)
• Ancky Georgine Emeline Abraham Louiszoon, Paramaribo Suriname († 2001)

• Albertus Engelen (45), Diest, 3290, België
• antonius adrianus josephus maria van ewijk (0), loon op zand
• Visser (0), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• (71), Baarle Hertog
• Albert Freriks
• Catharina Wilhelmina van der Zeeuw (61), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tekkelenburg (34), Hardenberg
• Aaltje de Vries (76), Dokkum
• Adriana van Empel (85), Deil
• Anthony Lansing larroway│Laraway (82), unbekannt

• 1935 » Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer
• 1936 » Frank Caprio, American judge
• 1936 » Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author
• 1936 » Robert Barnard, English author, critic, and educator († 2013)
• 1936 » Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1937 » Graham Hearne, English lawyer and businessman
• 1938 » Donald Roller Wilson, American artist
• 1938 » Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
• 1939 » Betty Everett, American singer and pianist († 2001)
• 1940 » Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach

• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)

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.
• 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).
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on November 23, 1938 was between 1.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.