WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1938
Find out what all happened April to December 1938

Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia). (31. July 1938)

Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths. (25. May 1938)

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

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

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

The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York, New York against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948. (20. July 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)

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)

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

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

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)

Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world. (10. July 1938)

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

The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (18. August 1938)

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

Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States. (30. October 1938)

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

Munich Agreement: Germany is given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting takes place in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attend. (29. September 1938)