About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1938Calender converter

• Henderikus M.A. Schlimback, Eindhoven († 1957)
• Arie Verhagen, Rijnsburg († 1997)
• Eli Wolff, Meppel († 1943)
• Dingeman Bal, Bruinisse
• Guido Antoon Emiel Geets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2000)
• Frederika Marina van der Vegte, Almelo, Nederland († 2005)
• Hendricus Johannes Ten Bosch, Leiden († 1999)
• Deanna Rae Jacobs, Pomona-California (USA) († 2011)
• Christina Johanna Lodewijks, Hilligersberg (Rotterdam) († 1945)
• Arie van de Griend, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)

• Barend Koot (75), Utrecht
• Albert Waninge (54), Armweide (Ruinen)
• Anibal Requião (63)
• Alida Geertruida van der Snoek (62), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Arie van Wieringen (82), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Antonius Johannes Neijs (14), Rotterdam
• Carolina Wettah Betach (78), Junin, Buenos Aires, Argentinie
• Arij Zevenbergen (84), Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Algernon Walter STICKLAND (47)
• Bruin Kornelis Oosterhof (69), Terwispel

• 1937 » Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist († 2018)
• 1937 » Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1937 » María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
• 1937 » Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
• 1938 » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1938 » Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1938 » Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier († 2006)
• 1939 » Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic († 2017)
• 1939 » John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 » Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)

• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)

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.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
• October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on August 2, 1938 was between 17.5 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 22.1 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.