About the day » Friday March 4, 1938Calender converter

• Enno Stufkens, Bandung, West Java, Republic of Indonesia († 1948)
• Adriana Johanna Josepha Verboven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Cornelius Bakers, Eindhoven († 1942)
• Jannetje Jacoba Boesaard, Katwijk († 2004)
• Jansje Schreuder, Asschat (Leusden), Nederland († 2019)
• Gerrit VAN DE HAAR († 2004)
• Dora Faye Landrum, Kemper County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Frederik Marinus (Freek) van Es († 2014)
• Clara Wilhelmina de Bouter, Zeist († 1993)
• Jean Darlene van Kooten, Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa († 1979)

• Barendina Zandbergen (74), Voorburg
• Albert Jans HOLLANDER (62), Leeuwarderadeel Friesland Netherlands
• Anne BEST (SOUTHALL) (83)
• Albert James SELBY (75), Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
• Albert (Fred) Samuel BOTT (47), Road Accident, Luton-Dunstable Road, Bedfordshire
• Annigje Bouter (68), Schoonhoven
• Anna Maria van Lahnen (64), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• ? Christiaan van der Hoek (0), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Jalink (81), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alagonda Aletta Burghgraef (87), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1937 » Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
• 1937 » José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer
• 1937 » William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
• 1938 » Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1938 » Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge († 2010)
• 1938 » Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
• 1938 » Angus MacLise, American drummer and composer († 1979)
• 1938 » Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator († 2006)
• 1938 » Don Perkins, American football player and sportscaster
• 1938 » Paula Prentiss, American actress

• 1938 » George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1944 » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
• 1944 » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

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 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• 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 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

The temperature on March 4, 1938 was between -1.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.