Historical Events In 1938

Jul 08   Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout on this day in history.  

Jul 10   In the year 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic  

Jul 12   In the year 1938 mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969)  

Jul 13   On this day in history kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland  

Jul 14   Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest in the year 1938.  

Jul 14   In the year 1938 robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies  

Jul 15   Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent on this day in history.  

Jul 16   21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa in the year 1938.  

Jul 17   Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland in the year 1938.  

Jul 17   In the year 1938 stan Bronstein, rocker  

Jul 18   Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif on this day in history.  

Jul 18   Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history richard Jordan, NYC, actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors)  

Jul 20   Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws in the year 1938.  

Jul 20   In the year 1938 the birth of Dianna Rigg, English actress  

Jul 21   Anton Emil Kuerti, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 21   On this day in history paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London  

Jul 22   Opening of Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France in the year 1938.  

Jul 23   Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test in the year 1938.  

Jul 23   C Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Instant coffee invented in the year 1938.  

Jul 25   On this day in history jewish artisans not allowed in Germany  

Jul 26   In the year 1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC  

Jul 28   34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead in the year 1938.  

Jul 28   In the year 1938 alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )  

Jul 28   In the year 1938 k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa  

Jul 29   In the year 1938 comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears  

Jul 29   On this day in history olympic National Park established  

Jul 30   On this day in history c Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona  

Jul 30   In the year 1938 gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece  

Jul 30   Vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988) on this day in history.  

Jul 31   In the year 1938 nY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club"  

Jul 31   On this day in history nY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over the head with a club"  

Aug 02   1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) in the year 1938.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of john Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World)  

Jan 02   In the year 1938 birth of ian Brady, British serial killer  

Jan 02   In the year 1938 birth of hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author  

Jan 04   In the year 1938 birth of louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)  

Jan 05   Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- ) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1938 birth of leo Avery, abbot of Quarr  

Jan 03   In the year 1938 arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54  

Jan 08   Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68  

Jan 12   In the year 1938 death of gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)  

Jan 17   William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903) died in the year 1938.  

Feb 06   In the year 1938 marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77