April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Day of death May 1, 1938
The temperature on May 1, 1938 was between 4.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
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