The temperature on April 16, 1938 was between 3.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
Day of death August 15, 1938
The temperature on August 15, 1938 was between 12.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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.
August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
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