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   Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969) on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland in the year 1938.  

Jul 14   On this day in history mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest  

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

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 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   On this day in history vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 23   In the year 1938 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba  

Jul 24   On this day in history instant coffee invented  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC  

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

Jul 28   Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- ) on this day in history.  

Jul 28   K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa in the year 1938.  

Jul 29   Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears in the year 1938.  

Jul 29   In the year 1938 olympic National Park established  

Jul 30   C Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona in the year 1938.  

Jul 30   Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece in the year 1938.  

Jul 30   Vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988) in the year 1938.  

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   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" on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1938 birth of john Considine, actor (Reginald Love-Another World)  

Jan 02   Ian Brady, British serial killer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1938 birth of leo Avery, abbot of Quarr  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)  

Jan 17   In the year 1938 william H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history death of hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)  

Feb 06   On this day in history marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77