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• Gerarda Sonneveld, Maassluis († 2003)
• Jaan Mobach, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Ineke Hielema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Bouwe Wierdsma († 2014)
• Alan John Gibson, Southampton, Hampshire, Berkshire († 1996)
• Jan Gerardus Andriessen, Rotterdam († 1996)
• Geert Egbert Boering, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Daan Simons, Oude Pekela († 1943)
• Hans Bookelman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Henkdrikus jacobus Houwen, Ellecom († 2016)

• Antonius Aerts (68), Princenhage
• Catherine Andrea Thode (70), Lester, Lyon County, Iowa
• Anna Catharina Meerman (84), Rotterdam
• Aukje Glashouwer (65), Oudehaske
• Afko Lubberts van Dellen (50), Olmsted, Minnesota
• Arend Jan Wargerink (89), Enschede
• Bouktje Balk (72), Den Andel
• Afko Lubberts (Alfred) VAN DELLEN (50), Rochester Olmsted County Minnesota U.S.A
• Adriana van Rooijen (31), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Helena TIEMENS (48), Schaarsbergen Gelderland Netherlands

• 1935 » Larry McDonald, American physician and politician († 1983)
• 1936 » Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer
• 1936 » Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1998)
• 1936 » Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer († 1980)
• 1936 » Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam
• 1937 » Jordan Charney, American actor
• 1939 » Ali MacGraw, American model and actress
• 1939 » Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager
• 1940 » Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1941 » Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician († 2012)

• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)

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.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.

The temperature on April 1, 1938 was between 6.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.