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• David Johan Littooij, Fort de Kock (Sumatra) (NOI) († 2015)
• Bal († 1938)
• Clara Prins, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Connie McDaugale († 1988)
• Gerardus Petrus (Gerard) Stokman, Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Arie De RUITER, Ridderkerk († 1938)
• Aaltje van Stralen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Grada van Dodewaard, Beneden-Leeuwen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Hendrik Nijenhuis († 1987)
• Gerritdina Beuving, Sibculo, Hardenberg († 2017)

• Anna Maria van Rouwendaal (geb Koenders) (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agathe Elisabeth Crommelin (85), Amersfoort
• Bal (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Jacobsen Almås (69), Almås, Høylandet
• Romkje Spijksma (66), Wonseradeel
• Adrianus Vis (53), Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Vermeulen (75), Sint-Oedenrode
• Anna_Catharina_Leonie PEROUGS (71), Roermond,L
• Anna Maria van Gorp (74), Reusel
• Antonia Maria Cornelia Zuidgeest (73), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1934 » Pamela Allen, New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
• 1936 » Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player († 1987)
• 1936 » Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader († 2008)
• 1938 » Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1938 » Phil Rodgers, American golfer († 2018)
• 1939 » François de Roubaix, French composer († 1975)
• 1939 » Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach († 2012)
• 1939 » Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and politician
• 1941 » Jan Berry, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1941 » Philippé Wynne, American soul singer († 1984)

• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)

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.
• 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".
• February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on April 3, 1938 was between 1.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.