About the day » Thursday August 11, 1938Calender converter

• Jacob Vos, Termunten († 1967)
• Jaenette Bakker, West Olive (Ottawa) (Michigan) († 1938)
• Joannes Arnoldus Hendriks, Stein, Li.NL († 2010)
• Henk van der Spek, Den Hoorn, Nederland († 2020)
• Keith John Evans, Chicago Cook, Illinois († 1999)
• Jeanette I Krohn, Dodge County, Nebraska († 2017)
• Jannetje Ras, Urk († 2024)
• Eduard van Wanrooij, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1960)
• Hanna Dövner, Diepholz
• Kevin Maxwell STROCHNETTER, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1985)

• * Huibert Dazler (46), Lexmond
• Arie van der STEL (49), Dordrecht
• Antonie de Joode (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Jantina Boertien (0), Elim
• Adriaan Kraaijbeek (76), Steenbergen
• Bernard Derk de VRIES (58), Enschede, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Jacobs (67)
• Adrianus Govert Tuk (36), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Meijer (74), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Thiewes (63), Groningen

• 1934 » Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic († 2015)
• 1936 » Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist († 1999)
• 1936 » Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1936 » Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
• 1937 » Anna Massey, English actress († 2011)
• 1937 » Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group († 2014)
• 1939 » Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist († 2003)
• 1940 » Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer († 2012)
• 1941 » John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
• 1942 » Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player

• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)

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 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
• June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
• 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.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
• December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

The temperature on August 11, 1938 was between 15.9 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.