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Historical Event(s)
– The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.
– Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
– U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
– World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 mph.
– The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
– The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
– Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis.
– The League of Nations unanimously outlaws “intentional bombings of civilian populations”.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
– Anton Stanislaus Balasingham, Political strategist and negotiator (d. 2006)
– Pete Dawkins, American football player
– Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2005)
– Götz George, German actor
– Sam Nunn, American politician
– Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
– Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
– Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
– Deacon Jones, American football player