1938
John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (born 1907)
John Stuart Hindmarsh was an English racing driver and aviator.
John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (born 1907)
The 1930s
Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
1938
Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (born 1852)
Charles Alfred Cruft was a British showman who founded the Crufts dog show. Cruft first became involved with dogs when he began to work at Spratt's, a manufacturer of dog biscuits.…
Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (born 1852)
1938
Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (born 1900)
Thomas Clayton Wolfe was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared …
Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (born 1900)
1938
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (born 1901)
Bruno Jasieński was a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, Catastrophist, and leader of the Polish Futurist movement in the interwar period. Jasieński was also a communist activist i…
Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (born 1901)
1938
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (born 1874)
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, also spelled Ivana Berlic-Mazuranic in English, was a Croatian writer. She has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children.
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (born 1874)
1938
Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900)
Lev Genrikhovich Schnirelmann was a Soviet mathematician who worked on number theory, topology and differential geometry.
Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900)
1938
Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893)
Lev Mykolaiovych Zadov, also known by his nom de guerre Lev Zinkovskyi, was chief of military intelligence of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) and later an operat…
Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893)
1938
Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (born 1861)
Charles Edgar Duryea was an American engineer. He was the engineer of the second working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company. He was born nea…
Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (born 1861)
1938
Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (born 1905)
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus C…
Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (born 1905)
1938
Alexandru Averescu, Romanian military leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1859)
Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal, diplomat and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cab…
Alexandru Averescu, Romanian military leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1859)
1938
Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (born 1858)
Albert Adam Ranft was a Swedish theatre director and actor.
Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (born 1858)
1938
E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (born 1894)
Elzie Crisler Segar, known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.
E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (born 1894)
1938
Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
Karl Johann Kautsky was an Austrian-born Marxist theorist. One of the most authoritative promulgators of orthodox Marxism, he was for decades the leading theorist of the Social Dem…
Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)
1938
Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
Dorothy Hale was an American socialite and aspiring actress who died by suicide by jumping off of the Hampshire House building in New York City. Her husband's death, followed by se…
Dorothy Hale, American actress (born 1905)
1938
Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
Ernst Heinrich Barlach was a German expressionist sculptor, medallist, printmaker and writer. Although he was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, his partic…
Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)
1938
Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892)
Alfonsina Carolina Storni was a Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period.
Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892)
1938
Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true super
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, first appearing in issue #1 of Action Comics, published in the United States on April 18, 1938. Super…
Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true super
1938
During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an in…
During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean
1938
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities b
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Repr…
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities b
1938
On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the…
The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering inclu…
On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the…
1938
The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential…
The Essential Commodities Reserves Act 1938 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed in anticipation of the Second World War and allowed the Board of Trade …
The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential…
1938
The Great New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island, New York, killing an estimated 682 people and injuring…
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 New England Hurricane made landfall on Long Island, New York, killing an estimated 682 people and injuring…
1938
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating…
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, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating…
1938
CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into…
CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westingh…
CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into…