About the day » Monday September 12, 1938Calender converter

• Jan Aalders, Roden († 2002)
• Johannes Adrianus Franciscus Vermetten, Tilburg († 2008)
• Beatrijs Froeling, Maastricht, Nederland († 2014)
• Anton Hubert Mertens, Süsterseel, Duitsland († 1994)
• Joseph van Tijn, Jakarta, Jawa Barat, Indonesia († 1997)
• Hendrikje Koffeman († 2021)
• Gerritje Hendrikusdr. van de Lageweg, Greonterp, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Jacoba Maria Duineveld († 2005)
• Jan Kikkert, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Bernhard Feldhaus, Alstatte (DU) († 1939)

• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert SAXE-COBURG und GOTHA Prince of Connaught (55), London, Middlesex, England UK
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Duke CONNAUGHT (55), London, England
• "Jean" Laurent Fréderick Longuet (62), Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France
• Arida de Groot (83), Bergambacht
• Aaltje Hemrika (15), Amsterdam
• Anna Margretha de Hond (66), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert van CONNAUGHT (55), Belgrave Square, Westminster, London, Verenigd Koninkrijk
• Boudewijns Augustinus (77), Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
• Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert WINDSOR (55), London England U.K
• van Iterson (0), Deil West Betuwe (GL)

• 1937 » George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
• 1937 » Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
• 1938 » Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1938 » Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer († 2001)
• 1938 » Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano († 1993)
• 1939 » Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 » Pablo McNeil, Jamaican track and field sprinter and sprinting coach († 2011)
• 1939 » Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
• 1940 » Linda Gray, American model and actress
• 1940 » Mickey Lolich, American baseball player

• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)

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.
• 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 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 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.
• September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.

The temperature on September 12, 1938 was between 13.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.