Historical Events In 1938

Jul 08   Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout in the year 1938.  

Jul 10   On this day in history "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic  

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   In the year 1938 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   On this day in history arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent  

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

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

Jul 17   In the year 1938 stan Bronstein, rocker  

Jul 18   On this day in history douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif  

Jul 18   Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 in the year 1938.  

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

Jul 20   In the year 1938 finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws  

Jul 20   On this day in history the birth of Dianna Rigg, English actress  

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

Jul 21   Paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London on this day in history.  

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

Jul 23   Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test on this day in history.  

Jul 23   On this day in history c Jackson discovers asteroid #1468 Zomba  

Jul 24   Instant coffee invented in the year 1938.  

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

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

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

Jul 28   On this day in history alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )  

Jul 28   K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa on this day in history.  

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

Jul 30   Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1938 vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988)  

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   1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author was born in the year 1938.  

Jan 04   In the year 1938 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   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   Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr was born in the year 1938.  

Jan 03   On this day in history arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54  

Jan 08   In the year 1938 death of johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)  

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

Jan 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.