WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1938
Find out what all happened February to November 1938

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

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

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world. (10. 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)

Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez. (20. August 1938)

The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny). (30. April 1938)

World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States. (13. March 1938)

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

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

English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia. (23. August 1938)

Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. (1. November 1938)

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

Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public. (31. October 1938)

The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States. (23. June 1938)

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

The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from the fatal gunshot wounds of Jewish resistance fighter Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night). (9. November 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)

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

Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis. (31. July 1938)