Page 8: 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   "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest   

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 in the year 1938.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Richard Jordan, NYC, actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 20   The birth of Dianna Rigg, English actress in the year 1938.   

Jul 21   Anton Emil Kuerti, composer in the year 1938.   

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

Jul 22   On this day in history opening of Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France   

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

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

Jul 24   In the year 1938 instant coffee invented   

Jul 25   Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany in the year 1938.   

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

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

Jul 28   Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- ) in the year 1938.   

Jul 28   On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa   

Jul 29   On this day in history comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears   

Jul 29   Olympic National Park established in the year 1938.   

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   In the year 1938 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   In the year 1938 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)   

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Jan 02   John Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Ian Brady, British serial killer was born in the year 1938.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)   

Jan 05   Edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92) was born in the year 1938.   

Jan 05   Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders) was born in the year 1938.   

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

Jan 05   Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr was born in the year 1938.   

Jan 03   Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54 in the year 1938.   

Jan 08   Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880) died in the year 1938.   

Jan 10   Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68 in the year 1938.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1938 bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28   

Feb 05   Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 in the year 1938.