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Born on Thursday February 3, 1938
- Anna Jaqueline Beatrix Piree, Roosendaal († 2007)
- Cornelius Hubertus Antonius Boumans, Nuth († 1984)
- Cornelis Hendrikus Brouwer, Soest († 1992)
- Ferry Fransz, Kediri († 1959)
- (Stillborn) SWIERINGA, Doezum (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands († 1938)
- Gijsje Termaat, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
- Gijsbertus Hendrikus Johannes Maillé, Winssen († 2002)
- Edgar Martz, Duitsland († 2003)
- Johan Beijersbergen, 's Gravenhage († 2002)
- Frans Jan Van Zegbroeck, Bornem († 2022)
Died on Thursday February 3, 1938
- Adaline "Ada" English (88), New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
- Abraham de Hooge (71), Rotterdam
- Anna Maria Coenen (71), Echt
- Abraham de Hooge (71), Rotterdam
- Angelica Therese Bernardine Mähler (85), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
- Adriana Martina Van Den Berg (56), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hendrika Janssens (76), Roosendaal
- Adrianus Van Suntenmaartensdijk (74), Dussen
- Anna Zelle (89), Hennaarderadeel
- Anna Margaritha Slikboer (66), Breda, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 3, 1938 at Delpher
Born on February 3
- 1935 » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1996)
- 1936 » Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1936 » Elizabeth Peer, American journalist († 1984)
- 1937 » Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
- 1938 » Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer († 2013)
- 1938 » Victor Buono, American actor († 1982)
- 1939 » Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
- 1940 » Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
- 1941 » Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
- 1941 » Howard Phillips, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
Died on February 3
- 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
- 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
- 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
- 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
- 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
- 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
- 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
- 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
- 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
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
- Grietje
- Mary
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.
- January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
- October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
- 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.
- November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
Weather February 3, 1938
The temperature on February 3, 1938 was between 2.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.