1938
Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer
Ton Schulten was a Dutch painter who mainly painted landscapes using bright blocks of colour.
Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer
The 1930s
Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
1938
Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)
Duane Eddy was an American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twa…
Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)
1938
Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs were an American doo-wop/R&B vocal group in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originally the (Royal) Charms, the band changed its name to the Gladiol…
Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
1938
Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986)
Joseph Paul Luc Alain Caron was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in various leagues from 1956 to 1976.
Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986)
1938
Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (died 1995)
Madge Dorita Sinclair CD was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), …
Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (died 1995)
1938
The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging…
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the admi…
The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging…
1938
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper…
Pan Am Flight 229 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from San Francisco to Manila, which on July 28 1938, disappeared after flying over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was op…
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper…
1938
Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west…
Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
1938
Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
Gold is a chemical element; its chemical symbol is Au and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a bright-metallic-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically,…
Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
1938
The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River,…
The Thousand Islands International Bridge is an American-maintained international bridge system over the Saint Lawrence River connecting northern New York in the United States with…
The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River,…
1938
Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)
Steven Bach was an American writer and lecturer on film and a former senior vice-president and head of worldwide productions for United Artists studios.
Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)
1938
Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)
Gary Ennis Collins was an American actor and television host. Throughout his career, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)
1938
Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)
Juraj Jakubisko was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer in his films, as well as wri…
Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)
1938
Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
Laurence van Cott Niven is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in Go…
Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
1938
Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
Henry Louis Gehrig was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was renowned for his pr…
Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
1938
Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the…
The Kweilin incident occurred on 24 August 1938 when a Douglas DC-2 airliner named Kweilin carrying 18 passengers and crew was shot down by Japanese aircraft in China. There were f…
Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the…
1938
Ronald H
Ronald H. Miller was professor of the Religion Department at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Miller earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Religions from Northwestern University, and a B.S…
Ronald H
1938
Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author (died 1988)
Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. …
Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist and author (died 1988)
1938
Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (died 2017)
Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert, was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 m…
Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (died 2017)
1938
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (died 1996)
Moshoeshoe II, previously known as Constantine Bereng Seeiso, was the Paramount Chief of Basutoland, succeeding paramount chief Seeiso from 1960 until the country gained full indep…
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (died 1996)
1938
Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist (died 2017)
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, , commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptian Islamist and jihadist militant who served a life sentence at the Federal…
Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist (died 2017)
1938
Michael Murphy, American actor
Michael George Murphy is an American film, television and stage actor. He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including executives, pol…
Michael Murphy, American actor
1938
Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 2012)
Roger Mark Boisjoly was an American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and an aerodynamicist. He is best known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space…
Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 2012)
1938
Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001)
Earl Roderick Anthony was an American professional bowler who amassed records of 43 titles and six Player of the Year awards on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. For…
Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001)