The temperature on August 3, 1938 was between 15.8 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
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.
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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