January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of marriage December 21, 1938
The temperature on December 21, 1938 was between -11.6 °C and -8.6 °C and averaged -9.7 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
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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