The temperature on October 9, 1938 was between 10.8 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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