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• Elvire Ghislaine Maria Goossens, Alken, België († 1942)
• Albert HESTA, Oosteeklo,Oost Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1996)
• Jan Wicher de Wit, Oud Schoten en Spaarndam, Haarlem, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelis Josef Maria Teurlings, Bladel en Netersel, NB Netherlands († 1989)
• Antonetta Maria Lemmen, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Aleida Maria (Lies) Kokkeler, Denekamp, 7591, Nederland († 2019)
• Jacob Hendrik Willem van Dasselaar, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Jan Breure, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Gerrit Mol († 2022)
• Jan Dries Kroneman, Kampen († 2000)

• Antonia Maria Maddalena Ciolina (81), Toceno
• Antonius Adrianus Gommeren (15), Teteringen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Ellen Tickner (63), Buffalo, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Franklin (69), Kansas City, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie Barkel (63), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Benedictus Benes (81), Sappemeer, Nederland
• ARIëNOLDUS DE VOS (76), PUTTERSHOEK
• Anna Maria van der Bijl (81), Sir Lowry'spas (Zuid-Afrika)
• Antje Janson (72), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna BRAUTIGAM (63), Eilendorf/Aachen (D) 63y3m

• 1938 » Antje Gleichfeld, German runner
• 1938 » Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2018)
• 1938 » Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2005)
• 1938 » David Steel, Scottish academic and politician
• 1938 » Patrick Bateson, English biologist and academic († 2017)
• 1938 » Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 22nd Governor of Kerala († 2019)
• 1938 » Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player († 2005)
• 1939 » Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1939 » Walker David Miller, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1939 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia († 1993)

• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)

• 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".
• 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.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

The temperature on March 31, 1938 was between 7.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.