Kristallnacht — pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938

EuroBasket 1938 Women — 1938 edition of Eurobasket Women

Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan

Canadian kid's gravity-powered racing program

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

1938 European Athletics Championships — 1938 edition of the European Athletics Championships

Earthquake in Indonesia

10th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1937