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• van Amerongen, Eindhoven († 1938)
• Aloijsius Jacobus Antoon Spapens, Zundert († 1938)
• Frédéric d'Anhalt-Dessau († 1963)
• Adam Cornelis Geilings, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• François L. M. Onkelinx, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 2018)
• Gerardus Cornelis Theodorus van Amelsvoort, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Doodgeboren Dubbeld, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Johanna Gerarda Muisers († 1938)
• Gene Curtis Fountain, Hackberry, LA († 2001)
• Darlene Lou Herlein, Muskegon (Muskegon County) (Michigan) († 1938)

• Adriana Balemans (Baalemans) (50), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aafje Drees (54), De Bilt
• van Amerongen (0), Eindhoven
• Andries Gerrit Kisjes (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje van Kleij (77), Alblasserdam
• Adriana Balemans (50), Roosendaal
• Alijda Hendrika Maria Schmidt (60), Amsterdam
• Annigje van Kleij (77), Alblasserdam, Nederland
• Alida van Rossum (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Drenth (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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)

• 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".
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

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.