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• Celina Weterings, Zelzate (België) († 2009)
• Adrianus Laurentius Brekelmans, Hapert († 1998)
• ARIE GIJSBERTUS FIEMAN, HAARLEMMERMEER, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Gerarda Maria Johanna Kapitein, Den Haag († 2013)
• Doodgeboren zoon de Wit, Vlijmen († 1938)
• Antonius Broeksteeg, Eindhoven († 1938)
• Antonius Josephus Haarman, Ommen († 2007)
• Benardus Johannes Schot, Woensdrecht († 2000)
• Jacobus J J van Lier († 1995)
• Jan Zwiggelaar, Amsterdam († 2018)

• Albertus Johannes Josephus Hubertus Grispen (76)
• Aaltje Amperse (60), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Willemen (24), Tilburg
• Aalbert Hoogendoorn (49), Hardinxveld
• Andries Hendriks de Klein (84), Emmen, Nederland
• Adolf Wagner (45), Wannsee, Berlin (D)
• Abraham Wilhelmus de Water (77), Soerabaja, Java
• Angenis Tjipkes van Gosliga (42), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hendriks Klein (84), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Timmermans (43), Goirle

• 1934 » Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian painter and sculptor († 2005)
• 1934 » Joan Hackett, American actress († 1983)
• 1935 » Robert Conrad, American actor, radio host and stuntman († 2020)
• 1936 » Jean-Edern Hallier, French author († 1997)
• 1939 » Leo Brouwer, Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor
• 1939 » Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author
• 1940 » Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author († 2018)
• 1940 » Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania
• 1941 » Robert Hass, American poet
• 1942 » Richard Myers, American general

• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)

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.
• March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
• 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.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on March 1, 1938 was between 3.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.