About the day » Saturday December 3, 1938Calender converter

• Geert Willem Raak, Penang Malakka († 2007)
• Gerardus Johannes Thaddeus Kogelman († 2006)
• Hendrik Cornelis van der Weel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Cornelis Lodewijk Maria Kruif de, Bandung, Nederlandsch Indie († 1987)
• Elly van Neer, Echt,, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Bosman, Maartensdijk († 1938)
• Elsje van der Velde, Hilversum, Nederland († 1994)
• Dirk Bol, Voorhout († 2013)
• Bernardus Franciscus Gerardus Marie Kemme, Rijswijk,Z.H († 2001)
• Antonius Josephus Langenhuijzen, Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)

• Anna Margaretha Goldenbelt (87), Diepenveen
• Arie in 't VELD (87), Dubbeldam
• Arie Dirksz in `t Veld (87), Dubbeldam, zh.nld
• Berend Pannekoek (80), Heerde
• Alida van Luijn (87), Utrecht
• Bouwen Roest (91), Vierpolders
• Berend Jan Eijsink (72), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonie van Aartse (76), Middelburg Zeeland Nederland
• Ada TRICKEY (72), 6 Treharris Street, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
• Anne Eriksen (89), Appleton, Grant County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• 1934 » Nicolas Coster, British-American actor
• 1935 » Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
• 1937 » Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author († 2003)
• 1937 » Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman
• 1937 » Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author
• 1938 » Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1938 » Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer († 1998)
• 1939 » David Phillips, English chemist and academic
• 1939 » John Paul, Sr., Dutch-American race car driver
• 1940 » Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader

• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1937 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
• 1949 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)

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 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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.

The temperature on December 3, 1938 was between 4.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.