Historical Events In 1938

Jul 08   In the year 1938 would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout  

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

Jul 12   Mickey Stratton, Meriden Ct, softball catcher (Hall of Fame 1969) in the year 1938.  

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

Jul 14   In the year 1938 mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest  

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

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

Jul 17   On this day in history stan Bronstein, rocker  

Jul 18   Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1938 vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35  

Jul 19   Richard Jordan, NYC, actor (Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors) in the year 1938.  

Jul 20   On this day in history finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws  

Jul 20   The birth of Dianna Rigg, English actress on this day in history.  

Jul 21   On this day in history anton Emil Kuerti, composer  

Jul 21   In the year 1938 paul Hindemith & Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London  

Jul 22   Opening of Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France on this day in history.  

Jul 23   On this day in history 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   Instant coffee invented on this day in history.  

Jul 25   Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1938 comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears  

Jul 29   In the year 1938 olympic National Park established  

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

Jul 30   On this day in history gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece  

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

Jul 31   NY Yanks suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" 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 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   On this day in history birth of ian Brady, British serial killer  

Jan 02   In the year 1938 birth of hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author  

Jan 04   Louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open) was born in the year 1938.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)  

Jan 05   In the year 1938 birth of jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- )  

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   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   Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 28   On this day in history bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28  

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

Feb 06   In the year 1938 marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77