1938 Calendar
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1938 Historical Event(s)
- January 31, 1938 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- April 25, 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
- April 30, 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
- May 25, 1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
- June 7, 1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
- August 23, 1938 – English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.
- October 10, 1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.
- November 18, 1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- December 16, 1938 – Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother
- December 23, 1938 – Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa.
Who Were Born On 1938?
- March 31, 1938 – Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- April 29, 1938 – Bernard Madoff, American convict, Ponzi scheme operator
- April 30, 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor
- May 25, 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
- June 7, 1938 – Ian St. John, Scottish footballer
- July 5, 1938 – Ronnie Self, American rock singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
- July 23, 1938 – Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson (d. 2007)
- August 25, 1938 – David Canary, American actor
- September 3, 1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright
- November 6, 1938 – Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter