1938 Calendar
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1938 Historical Event(s)
- 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.
- April 25, 1938 – U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
- May 25, 1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
- July 3, 1938 – World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.
- July 24, 1938 – First ascent of the Eiger north face.
- September 21, 1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
- September 27, 1938 – Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
- November 16, 1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
- December 13, 1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Who Were Born On 1938?
- April 11, 1938 – Michael Deaver, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
- April 17, 1938 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism
- April 29, 1938 – Fred Dibnah, British television personality (d. 2004)
- May 17, 1938 – Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
- July 3, 1938 – Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
- July 9, 1938 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d.1985)
- July 14, 1938 – Jerry Rubin, American social activist and businessman (d. 1994)
- July 29, 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born American journalist (d. 2005)
- August 6, 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor
- August 29, 1938 – Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury 1995–1999