About the day » Thursday July 21, 1938Calender converter

• Floetta Wood, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States of America († 2013)
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus Verdaasdonk, De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Hendrik Berghuis, Leegkerk († 2014)
• Helen Lucille Neal, Doniphan County, Kansas († 2001)
• Elisabeth Theresia Kok, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Helen Sue Morris, Exeter, Wise, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Frans Bakkenes, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth (Maria) Rutten, Heerlerheide, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Hindrik Heun († 2012)
• Franz Claeys, Klerken († 2015)

• Aafje VEERMAN (69), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia de Groot (71), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Kentie (28), 's Gravendeel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Fehren (84)
• Anna Cornelia Somers (82), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Kentie (28), 's-Gravendeel, Gemeente Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham de Vos (77), Ooltgensplaat
• Berend Waldus (36), Heerenveen
• Alouisius Johannes Linders (70), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Hubertus Brouns (66), Ell

• 1934 » Chandu Borde, Indian cricketer and manager
• 1935 » Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player and coach († 2006)
• 1935 » Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician
• 1937 » Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer († 1990)
• 1938 » Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1938 » Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General († 2016)
• 1938 » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense († 1995)
• 1939 » Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator
• 1939 » John Negroponte, English-American diplomat, 23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1939 » Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager († 2015)

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

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.
• January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
• March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

The temperature on July 21, 1938 was between 13.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.