January 1, 1938
1938 European Athletics Championships — 1938 edition of the European Athletics Championships
Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
EuroBasket 1938 Women — 1938 edition of Eurobasket Women
1938 Soviet–Japanese border conflict
1938 FIFA World Cup qualification — qualification rounds for the 1938 FIFA World Cup
1938 World Men's Handball Championship — 1938 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1938 British Empire Games — multi-sport event in Sydney, Australia
Earthquake in Indonesia
10th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1937
Anschluss — annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938