Page 7: Historical Events In 1938

Jun 21   Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit   

Jun 22   Andrew Brown, film Producer   

Jun 22   Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2 04 of inaugural round at Yankee Stadium   

Jun 22   Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium   

Jun 23   Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established.   

Jun 23   Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium   

Jun 24   "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies   

Jun 24   500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.   

Jun 25   "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1.   

Jun 25   Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40. per hour   

Jun 26   Cin Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader   

Jun 26   James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67.   

Jun 28   Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's   

Jun 29   Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)   

Jun 30   Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61.   

Jun 30   Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1   

Jul 02   51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60).   

Jul 02   In this year, Helen Wills Moody (US) claims her 8th and final Wimbeldon singles.   

Jul 03   President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.   

Jul 04   Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56   

Jul 04   Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia.   

Jul 05   Herb Caen's 1st column in SF Chronicle   

Jul 05   John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies   

Jul 06   In this year, 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL claims 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati   

Jul 06   The "Evian Conference and in France fails to provide a refuge for German Jews.   

Jul 08   Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout   

Jul 10   "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic.   

Jul 12   Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969).   

Jul 13   Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland.   

Jul 14   In this year, Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest   

Jul 14   Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies.   

Jul 15   Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent   

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

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

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Jan 02   John considine: Actor (reginald love-another world)   

Jan 02   Ian brady: British serial killer   

Jan 02   Hans herbjørnsrud: Norwegian author   

Jan 04   Louis krebs graham: Nashville tn, pga golfer (1975 us open)   

Jan 05   Edwin elliason: Washington, us archer (olympic-92)   

Jan 05   Jim otto: Nfl center (oakland raiders)   

Jan 05   Juan carlos i: King of spain (1975- )   

Jan 05   Leo avery: Abbot of quarr   

Jan 03   Arthur boon: Flemish priest/philologist,    

Jan 08   Johnny gruelle: Creator of raggedy ann and andy (b. 1880)   

Jan 10   Willem de vreese: Flemish linguist,    

Jan 12   Gösta ekman (senior): Swedish actor (b. 1890)   

Jan 17   William h pickering: Astronomer (predicted pluto),   

Jan 28   Bernd rosemeyer: German race car driver,   

Feb 05   Hans litten: German jurist (b. 1903)   

Feb 06   Marianne v von werefkin: Russ/german/swiss house painter,