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1938 Calendar

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•  January 16, 1938 – The Benny Goodman Orchestra performed the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall.
•  January 31, 1938 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  March 3, 1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
•  April 30, 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
•  May 26, 1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
•  July 10, 1938 – Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91 hour airplane flight around the world.
•  July 20, 1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
•  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.
•  September 30, 1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws “intentional bombings of civilian populations”.
•  November 16, 1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

•  January 1, 1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
•  January 8, 1938 – Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian bass-baritone
•  March 7, 1938 – Janet Guthrie, American race car driver
•  May 25, 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
•  June 18, 1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian rules footballer
•  June 21, 1938 – John W. Dower, American author and historian
•  July 30, 1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
•  September 8, 1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer
•  September 28, 1938 – Ben E. King, American r&b singer
•  December 29, 1938 – Harvey Smith, English showjumper