WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1938
Find out what all happened February to December 1938

The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations". (30. September 1938)

The first flight of the Curtiss Aircraft Company's P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. (14. October 1938)

The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany. (13. December 1938)

At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. (30. September 1938)

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. (3. March 1938)

Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. (18. November 1938)

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

LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland. (16. November 1938)

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

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

Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. (12. September 1938)

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

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

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

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts. (11. June 1938)

Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland. (25. June 1938)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed. (11. June 1938)

U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law. (25. April 1938)

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

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