1938

Year 1938 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January-February
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 * – New of  enters into force.
 * - The is established by.
 * - is named the first female president of a U.S. national bank.
 * - and his orchestra become the first jazz musicians to headline a concert at  in.
 * - Wedding of King and Queen  in.
 * - 's play  is performed for the first time in . It premieres in  on.
 * - The Niagara Bridge at collapses due to an ice jam.
 * - The first in America begins operation in.
 * - Crown princess is born in.
 * : collapses in ice.]]
 * - creates the  (High Command of the Armed Forces), giving him direct control of the German military, and sacks political and military leaders considered unsympathetic to his philosophy or policies.
 * - Black Sunday at, , : 300 swimmers dragged out to sea in three freak ; 80 save all but 5.
 * - takes dictatorial powers.
 * - Chancellor of  meets  at  and, under threat of invasion, is forced to yield to German demands for greater  participation in the Austrian government.
 * - The British naval base at begins operations.
 * - resigns as foreign minister of, and is succeeded by.
 * - A bristle  becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn.

March-April

 * March - Italian mathematician disappears.
 * - is discovered in.
 * - : troops occupy ; annexation declared the following day.
 * - announces officially that  has been executed.
 * - nationalizes all foreign-owned  properties within its borders.
 * - becomes prime minister of France.
 * - issue 1 published, the first appearance of, considered the first.
 * – becomes.
 * - delivers opinion in  and overturns a century of federal common law.
 * - The towns of, , , and in  are disincorporated to make way for the.

May-June

 * - recognizes 's government in
 * - becomes prime minister of
 * - withdraws from the
 * -  debuts on Radio.
 * - orders a partial mobilization of its armed forces along the German border.
 * - Bombing of, , in the , with 313 dead.
 * - Fire destroys 212 buildings in ,
 * - - and  in  and  are rounded up, beaten up and jailed.
 * - patents the  in Britain.
 * - beat  4-2 to win the
 * -  champion  knocks out  in the first round of their rematch at  in.
 * The is signed into law, forming the  in the.
 * opens near.
 * - A 450  strikes the earth in an empty field near.
 * - Dr. is elected the first.
 * - Dr. is elected the first.

July-August

 * July - Building of the
 * - "" sets the world speed record for steam by reaching 126 mph.
 * - The last reunion of the Blue and commemorates the 75th anniversary of the  in.
 * - sets a new record by completing a 91 hour  flight around the world.
 * - takes off from New York, ostensibly heading for California.  He lands in Ireland instead.
 * - A revolt against the dictatorship is put down in ,
 * - The first ever issue of


 * - The, connecting the with , is dedicated by US President.

September-October

 * September - an crisis over German demand for annexation of borderland of.
 * - A large (the ) strikes  and southern New England, killing over 300 along the Rhode Island shoreline and 600 altogether.
 * of German, Italian, British and French leaders agrees to German demands regarding annexation of.
 * declared in
 * - Neville Chamberlain returns to Britain from meeting with Adolf Hitler and declares "Peace In Our Time"
 * - German troops march into
 * - : Arabs murder 20 Jews.
 * -, president of , resigns.
 * - The opens, connecting  and
 * -, in a broadcast address to the , condemns the as a defeat and calls upon America and western Europe to prepare for armed resistance against Hitler.
 * - 's government begins in Czechoslovakia
 * - established by law in the
 * - announced a name for its new synthetic yarn: "".
 * - 's radio adaptation of  is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the.
 * - : In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
 * - : In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

November-December

 * - : defeats  by four lengths in their famous match race at  in.
 * - : begins - In, the "night of broken glass" begins as  troops and sympathizers loot and burn ish businesses (the all night affair saw 7,500 Jewish businesses destroyed, 267 s burned, 91 Jews killed, and at least 25,000 Jewish men arrested).
 * - On the eve of, sings 's  for the first time on her weekly radio show.
 * - The people of New York City held a fruit tasting contest held by managers.
 * - members elect  as the first president of the.
 * - Czech parliament elects as the new president of Czechoslovakia.
 * - The  opens near.
 * - releases its successful film version of 's . The film was originally intended to star  as, but Barrymore, ill with arthritis, is replaced by.
 * - A, a fish thought to have been , is caught off the coast of near.

Undated

 * In, Daeng Soetigna tunes the  to play the.
 * is 's "Man of the Year", an award that usually goes to the most influential person of the year.
 * is introduced.
 * The first cartoon to feature a prototypical, , is released.
 * The becames extinct by this date.

January-February

 * , British coachbuilder (d. )
 * , American actor
 * -, Norwegian author
 * -, British serial killer
 * - King
 * -, French illustrator (d. )
 * -, American game show host
 * , American mathematician and computer scientist
 * , baseball player
 * -, American economist (d. )
 * -, Australian justice campaigner and commentator
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, American disc-jockey and actor (d. )
 * -, German painter and sculptor
 * , American singer
 * , Russian singer-songwriter, poet, actor (d. )
 * - Queen
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American football player
 * , New Zealand cricketer
 * , Portuguese actress and singer
 * , Panamanian general and dictator
 * -, American author
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, African-American film and television actress
 * -, Hungarian director
 * , American actor
 * , American sportswear entrepreneur
 * -, Australian runner
 * -, Hungarian director
 * , American actor
 * , American sportswear entrepreneur
 * -, Australian runner
 * -, Australian runner

March-April

 * , American football player
 * , American percussionist, composer, mystic, shaman, poet, occultist, calligrapher and original drummer for the (d. )
 * , American biologist, recipient of the
 * , American race car driver
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * , Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. )
 * , Northern Irish clergyman
 * -, American baseball player and musician
 * -, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (d. )
 * -, American musician and actor (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, American actor
 * -, the 17th General of
 * -, American record producer and songwriter
 * -, American president of Yale University and baseball commissioner (d. )
 * -, jazz trumpeter
 * -, Ghanaian , recipient of the
 * , Russian politician
 * , American football player and broadcaster
 * , Reagan Administration (d. )
 * , German bass
 * -, Canadian author
 * -, Tunisian-born, Italian actress
 * -, American counterculture figure, writer, and co-founder of
 * - was born in Jaffa.
 * , American musician
 * , American musician
 * -, American author
 * -, American counterculture figure, writer, and co-founder of
 * - was born in Jaffa.
 * , American musician
 * , American musician
 * -, American author
 * -, American author

May-June

 * - Paramount Chief (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * , American composer
 * , Canadian soprano
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, German athlete
 * -, American football player
 * -, Australian actor
 * -, baseball player
 * , American football player and professional wrestler (d. )
 * , Australian actor
 * -, Chinese martial artist
 * , Australian actor
 * -, Chinese martial artist

July-August

 * -, Hong Kong actor
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, Dutch swimmer
 * -, Dutch film director
 * -, Indian astrophysicist
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, English actress
 * , American actress
 * , Australian actor and television show host
 * -, American painter, artist
 * -, American author
 * -, Canadian-born television news reporter (d. )
 * -, British/Irish TV and radio broadcaster
 * -, American actress and singer
 * , Australian tennis player
 * -, Polish writer
 * -, Canadian hockey player (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, French politician
 * -, American country singer
 * -, American football player
 * , Icelandic politician
 * , American musician ( and )
 * , Italian television news reporter
 * -, American banker who served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * -, British journalist and politician
 * , Icelandic politician
 * , American musician ( and )
 * , Italian television news reporter
 * -, American banker who served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * -, British journalist and politician
 * -, American banker who served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * -, British journalist and politician

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese chemist, laureate
 * , radio and TV personality
 * , German fashion designer and photographer
 * -, Scottish politician (d. )
 * -, Kannada writer (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor and evangelist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Swiss chemist, laureate
 * -, Austrian politician
 * , Empress of Iran
 * , Canadian Football League quarterback and coach
 * -, Nigerian musician and activist (d. )
 * -, Louisiana State Representative (d. )
 * -,  photographer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, U.S. Senator (d. )
 * -, English-born novelist
 * , Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer
 * -, American actor
 * -, U.S. Senator (d. )
 * -, English-born novelist
 * , Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer
 * , Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer

November-December

 * -, American journalist and Presidential candidate
 * , French singer (d. )
 * , Brazilian politician (d. )
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , Romanian painter
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American philosopher (d. )
 * -, Canadian folk singer
 * -, American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director
 * , U.S. Presidential candidate
 * , Australian soprano
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer, 
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, Norwegian actress
 * , New Zealand athlete
 * , British drummer (d.)
 * -, American composer
 * -, American Internet pioneer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American composer
 * -, American Internet pioneer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor

Date unknown

 * , Singaporean classical Indian dancer, choreographer and instructor

January - June

 * -, American cartoonist and children's book author (b. )
 * -, French caricaturist and animator (b. )
 * -, French film director (b. )
 * -, German racing driver (b. )


 * -, American railway magnate (b. )
 * -, American manufacturer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )


 * -, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. )
 * -, American composer and pianist (b. )
 * -, Soviet politician (b. )
 * -, American attorney (b. )


 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Russian bass (b. )
 * -, English footballer (b. )
 * -, Indian philosopher and poet (b. )
 * - - Polish writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian philosopher (b. )


 * -, German pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Danish industrialist (b. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American pharmacologist (b. )

July - December

 * -, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, Russian actor (b. )
 * -, Australian test cricketer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances (b. )
 * -, Polish poet (b. )


 * -, Romanian soldier and politician (b. )
 * -, Marxist theoretician (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress and singer (b. )
 * -, German sculptor and poet (b. )
 * -, English poet and critic (b. )


 * -, Soviet military commander (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * -, Romanian fascist, leader of the (executed along other Guard activists) (b. )


 * -, Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Czech author (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress (b. )