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What Happened in 1938

18 historical events, 30 notable births, and 2 notable deaths in 1938.

Major Events

January 1938

war

Battle of Lake Khasan — 1938 Soviet–Japanese border conflict

sports

1938 FIFA World Cup qualification — qualification rounds for the 1938 FIFA World Cup

sports

1938 World Men's Handball Championship — 1938 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship

culture

1938 in film — overview of the events of 1938 in film

sports

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

general

EuroBasket 1938 Women — 1938 edition of Eurobasket Women

sports

1938 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article

sports

1938 British Empire Games — multi-sport event in Sydney, Australia

September 1938

general

Munich agreement — 1938 cession of German-speaking Czechoslovakia to the German Reich

June 1938

sports

1938 FIFA World Cup — 3rd FIFA World Cup, held in France

sports

1938 FIFA World Cup Final — championship match of the 1938 FIFA World Cup

disaster

1938 Yellow River flood — Man-made flood in China caused by NRA

March 1938

general

Anschluss — annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938

war

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

November 1938

general

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

war

First Vienna Award — treaty signed in 1938

October 1938

war

Battle of Wuhan — large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War over 4 months in 1938