27 events found for 1938
Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the Kweilin, a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the…
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after…
Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of…
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".