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
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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
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
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
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after…
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the Southern Cone of southwestern South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica,…
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after…
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
Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Part…
Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938
The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
The 1938 New England Hurricane was one of the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclones to strike the United States. The storm formed near the coast of Africa on September 9…
The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
1938
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of…
The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of…
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of…
1938
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Pea…
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1938
Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of…
The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of…
Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of…
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
Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered ar…
Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
1938
Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of…
Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
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)