About the day » Sunday April 17, 1938Calender converter

• Gerhard Taphorn (born Frerichs), St. Gregor, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1959)
• Don Harvey (Donny) TARWATER, Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico († 1946)
• Gerrit DIKSCHEI, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland,NL († 1938)
• Callie Lucille Dell, Tampa, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Hendrik Adriaan Landman, Ventersburg Oranje vrijstaat Zuid Afrika († 2003)
• Etienne CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2021)
• Henricus Johannes Maria Broers, Ginneken en Bavel († 1975)
• Donald BERWICK, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia († 1987)
• Gerard Vanoosterhout, Grote Brogel 3990 († 2008)
• Carolus Ludovicus Dimphna Laenen, Geel, België († 1942)

• Annechien KOMDUUR (78), Odoorn
• Andrace(Andrew) Dodde (19), Cadillac, Wexford Cty., Michigan
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Loenen (70), Geldermalsen
• Adriaan Blakenburg (73), Dongen
• Antje van Riezen (67), Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Annechien Komduur (78), Exloermond, Odoorn
• Cornelia Rijcken (78), Bemmel, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Josephus van den Berg (32), Haarlem
• Alida Andriese (26), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Ippel (51), raamsdonk

• 1937 » Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman († 2019)
• 1937 » Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic († 2012)
• 1938 » Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• 1938 » Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice
• 1938 » Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author († 1988)
• 1938 » Ronald H. Miller, American theologian, author, and academic († 2011)
• 1939 » Robert Miller, American art dealer († 2011)
• 1940 » Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter († 1983)
• 1940 » Eric Dancer, English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
• 1940 » John McCririck, English journalist († 2019)

• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (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. Grietje
16. Mary

• 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.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• 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 17, 1938 was between -0.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.