1938 Calendar
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1938 Historical Event(s)
- January 14, 1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
- January 28, 1938 – The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by driver Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 km/h.
- January 31, 1938 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- March 12, 1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria.
- March 18, 1938 – Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
- March 27, 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
- April 30, 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
- October 1, 1938 – Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
- October 14, 1938 – The first flight of the Curtiss Aircraft Company’s P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
- December 23, 1938 – Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa.
Who Were Born On 1938?
- January 11, 1938 – Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
- March 4, 1938 – Marshall Cooke, retired Australian politician
- March 5, 1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
- August 20, 1938 – Alain Vivien, French politician
- August 24, 1938 – David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship)
- September 17, 1938 – Bobby Wine, American Major League Baseball player
- September 25, 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (d. 2010)
- November 6, 1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian Slavist and journalist
- November 13, 1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- November 24, 1938 – Willy Claes, Belgian politician