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• Glynn Edward Lang, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Henri-Bernard Marie Joseph de L'ESTOURBEILLON, Marrakesh, Marrakech, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Marokko († 2005)
• Arlene Ruth van Gorp, Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA) († 2002)
• Alida Cornelia van der Wiel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Bernardus Maria Verbeek, 's-Gravenhage († 1938)
• Gerdina Vollmuller, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Geesje Dobben, Groningen († 2016)
• Arlene Ruth van Gorp, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 2002)
• Brian Thomas Clay, Biloela, Queensland, Australia († 2005)
• Gary Earl Starkweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan († 2006)

• Adrianus Merkx (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Arjen Wytzes Boersma (92), Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Moors (81), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonetta Susanna Fredrika Nagel (79), Wassenaar, Holland (South), Nederland
• Douven (0), Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Pieters de VRIES (56), Westergeest, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Noardeast-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Arie Palsgraaf (23), Capelle aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Maria Holland (65), Zandvoort, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie van Hoorn (32), Rijswijk
• Albertha Dijkhuizen (19), 's-Gravenhage

• 1936 » Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer
• 1936 » "TV" Tommy Ivo, American actor and drag racer
• 1936 » Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher († 1997)
• 1937 » Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building († 2009)
• 1937 » Tatyana Shchelkanova, Russian long jumper and heptathlete († 2011)
• 1937 » Teddy Taylor, Scottish journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1939 » Glen Hardin, American pianist and arranger
• 1939 » Thomas J. Moyer, American lawyer and judge († 2010)
• 1940 » Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)

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.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
• September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• 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.

The temperature on April 18, 1938 was between -2.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.