June 1938 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1938.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on June 1938: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of June 1938?
Events
- 01 Jun 1938 Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
- 03 Jun 1938 German law on Entartete Art legalizes art robbery
- 04 Jun 1938 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
- 06 Jun 1938 Sigmund Freud arrives in London
- 07 Jun 1938 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, Susan & God
- 09 Jun 1938 Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to Nazi-Germany
- 10 Jun 1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
- 11 Jun 1938 42nd US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver
- 12 Jun 1938 June 18 ampndash The Roma and Sinti peoples in Germany and Austria are rounded up, beaten up and jailed.
- 13 Jun 1938 Jews injured and property destroyed in Przemyal Poland
- 14 Jun 1938 Dorothy Lathrop wins the first Caldecott Medal (kid books author).
- 15 Jun 1938 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter
- 16 Jun 1938 Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns
- 17 Jun 1938 Japan declares war on China
- 18 Jun 1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
- 19 Jun 1938 Olympian Flyer express train crashes in Montana, USA, killing 47.
- 22 Jun 1938 Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling at 2:04 of first round at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain heavyweight championship.
- 23 Jun 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established
- 24 Jun 1938 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 25 Jun 1938 A Tisket A Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
- 26 Jun 1938 Cin Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader
- 28 Jun 1938 Queen Victoria ascends to British throne
- 30 Jun 1938 ''Action Comics #1'' is published, which is the first publication featuring the comic book character ''Superman''.
- 07 Jun 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
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