About the day » Monday August 29, 1938Calender converter

• Drewel, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)
• Donovan Jacques Teffer († 2001)
• Byron David Getmatch kit A822368 Levenseller DNA1 matched, WA, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Anna Mae Fikse († 2000)
• Gerritje Buter, Putten, Gld, Nederland († 2022)
• Doodgeboren kind de Gier, Den Haag († 1938)
• Jacob van den Born († 1989)
• Joannes Baptista Maria Ludovica Van Ostade, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 2022)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Bruin, Zuid-Scharwoude († 2020)
• Anna Hubertina Elisabeth Van Lier, Herten, Limburg, Nederland († 2013)

• Adriana Maria Anna Moerman (0), 's-Gravenhage
• "Geza" Julius Alexander Johann Maria Andrássy (82), Budapest
• Alice Maud Steele (58), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Annegina Grietdina Timmer (86), 's Gravenhage
• Alida Wilhelmina Schaffer (83), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Cornelis van der Weijden (47), Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Cornelis van der Weijden (47), Zandvoort
• (82), Emmen (Drente) NL
• Catharina Margaretha van den Bosch (55), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Bernardus Hogenes (77), Bergschenhoek

• 1936 » John McCain, American captain and politician († 2018)
• 1937 » James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey
• 1938 » Angela Huth, English journalist and author
• 1938 » Christian Müller, German footballer and manager
• 1938 » Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
• 1938 » Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 » Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2020)
• 1939 » Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter
• 1940 » Gary Gabelich, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1940 » James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary († 2014)

• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

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.
• 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 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
• October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

The temperature on August 29, 1938 was between 12.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.