About the day » Sunday June 12, 1938Calender converter

• Annie van Beelen, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Hendrik Noordhuis, Spijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• (Stillborn) VOS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1938)
• Bernardus Roelofsen († 1997)
• Annie Marie Louise Vervaet, IJzendijke, ZL.NL
• Arnoldus Johannes van der SCHANS, Sprang-Capelle († 1981)
• Hendrika Struving, Beemster († 1938)
• Hans Castelein, Leeuwarden († 1986)
• Cornelis Johannes Van Hilten, Rhoon († 2006)
• Agatha Martha Koedooder, Amsterdam († 1991)

• Arien Langedijk (82), Nibbixwoud
• Bartus Vels (78), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bonne Jager (63), Groningen
• Alderic Dulac (66), Saint-Zénon (Québec, Canada)
• Adrianus Johannes Pfenninger (44), Noordwijkerhout, Sint Bavo
• Adriana Drunen van (73), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonio Francisco dos Santos Bretanha (70), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Imkje Ybeles van der Veer (80), Barradeel
• Albarta Theodora Baars (75), Tiel, Gelderland, NL
• Adriana Drunen (73), Oudenbosch, NL

• 1935 » Ian Craig, Australian cricketer († 2014)
• 1937 » Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
• 1937 » Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter († 2016)
• 1937 » Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1937 » Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic († 2010)
• 1938 » Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea († 2016)
• 1938 » Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
• 1939 » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician († 2003)
• 1939 » Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1940 » Jacques Brassard, Canadian educator and politician

• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
• 1962 » John Ireland, English composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (b. 1925)

• 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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• 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".
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• 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.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The temperature on June 12, 1938 was between 5.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.