WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1938
Find out what all happened February to October 1938

The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End. (30. April 1938)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place. (27. March 1938)

The Douglas DC-4E made its first test flight. (7. June 1938)

Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. (24. June 1938)

Germany annexes the Sudetenland. (1. October 1938)

The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins. (7. August 1938)

In Nazi Germany Jews' passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew). (5. October 1938)

Mexico nationalized all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders. (18. March 1938)

During the Nanking Massacre tha Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee" and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart. (18. February 1938)

Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan. (17. July 1938)

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield. (3. July 1938)

Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis. (23. September 1938)

Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are assassinated in the Seguro Obrero massacre. (5. September 1938)

First ascent of the Eiger north face. (24. July 1938)

Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service. (28. July 1938)

The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people. (21. September 1938)

Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow. (27. September 1938)

The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany. (10. October 1938)

In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session. (26. May 1938)

Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria. (12. March 1938)

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