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Birthday April 2, 1938

• The temperature on April 2, 1938 was between 6.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
  • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1938 » Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1938 » Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer († 1961)
• 1938 » John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1939 » Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter († 1984)