Historical Events In 1938
Sunday, 13 July 2025
Jan 02 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded on this day in history.
Jan 03 In the year 1938 arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
Jan 03 In the year 1938 march of Dimes established to fight polio
Jan 03 On this day in history the March of Dimes campaign to stomp out polio is organized
Jan 05 On this day in history king Juan Carlos of Spain
Jan 05 On this day in history the birth of King Juan Carlos of Spain
Jan 06 On this day in history bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
Jan 06 In the year 1938 bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx
Jan 08 In the year 1938 bradman scores 107 for South Australia v Qld (1st innings)
Jan 08 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (1st innings) in the year 1938.
Jan 10 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall in the year 1938.
Jan 10 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's first conductor at Concert Hall on this day in history.
Jan 10 Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68 in the year 1938.
Jan 11 In the year 1938 bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st
Jan 11 In the year 1938 frances Moulton elected first woman president of a US national bank
Jan 13 On this day in history the Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.
Jan 14 On this day in history national Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
Jan 14 On this day in history national Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia formed (NY)
Jan 16 In the year 1938 1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman)
Jan 17 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman in the year 1938.
Jan 17 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 18 On this day in history bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
Jan 19 On this day in history gM began mass production of diesel engines
Jan 19 On this day in history the Spanish Nationalist air force bombed Barcelona and Valencia, killing 700 civilians and wounding hundreds more.
Jan 21 On this day in history dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance
Jan 21 In the year 1938 dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance
Jan 22 On this day in history "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
Jan 22 In the year 1938 thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, debuts in Princeton, New Jersey.
Jan 25 Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
Jan 28 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 in the year 1938.
Jan 31 In the year 1938 the birth of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands
Feb 03 On this day in history paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in NYC
Feb 04 "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway on this day in history.
Feb 04 In the year 1938 adolf Hitler takes command of the German Army
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