Rulers:
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)
Events:
• Kröller-Müller Museum opened in Otterlo.
Births:
• Baker, Diane (1938)
• Cardinale, Claudia (1938)
• Collins, Gary (1938-2012)
• Dennehy, Brian (1938-2020)
• Dor, Karin (1938-2017)
• Farentino, James (1938-2012)
• Fertis, Giannis (1938)
• Gemma, Giuliano (1938-2013)
• Gibson, Alan (1938-1987)
• Langella, Frank (1938)
• Reed, Oliver (1938-1999)
• Rigg, Diana (1938-2020)
• Schneider, Romy (1938-1982)
• Seberg, Jean (1938-1979)
• Ullmann, Liv (1938)
• Vlady, Marina (1938)
Deaths:
• Storni, Alfonsina (1892-1938)
• Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938)
Literature:
• Camus, Albert (1913-1960): Caligula (1938)
Art:
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Crucifixion blanche (1938)
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): La Madone du village (1938-42)
• Derain, André (1880-1954): Nature morte (1938-43)
• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Autorretrato con mono (1938)
• Magritte, René (1898-1967): La Durée poignardée (1938)
Film:
• Pygmalion (1938)