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• Henny Cnudde, Eindhoven, Netherlands († 1996)
• Asuerus Westerink, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Constant Joseph Habets, Hoensbroek († 2012)
• van Amerongen, Endhoven
• François L. M. Onkelinx, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2018)
• Derk Scheephorst († 2008)
• Hans Roosnek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Hendrikus Petrus van Rijn, Katwijk († 2013)
• Antonius Scholte, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Evertje Rijksen, Woudenberg († 2023)

• Anna Maria Vanlangendonck‏ (66), Geel, België
• Drenth (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alijda Hendrika Maria Schmidt (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Visser (30), Sliedrecht
• Antonius Johannes Verkleij (0), Leiden
• Adriana Balemans (50), Roosendaal
• Abraham Wolff (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kruijmel (100), Hillegom
• Andries Gerrit Kisjes (77), Haarlem
• Antje Balvert (86), Nieuwkoop

• 1936 » Brian Noble, English bishop († 2019)
• 1937 » Jill Gascoine, English actress and author
• 1938 » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager († 2013)
• 1938 » Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff († 2007)
• 1938 » Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman
• 1939 » Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1939 » Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
• 1940 » Col Firmin, Australian politician († 2013)
• 1940 » Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor († 1998)

• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (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.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• 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.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on April 11, 1938 was between -0.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.