December 1938 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
• 06 Dec 1938 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to the Netherlands
• 07 Dec 1938 W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch by radio.
• 08 Dec 1938 Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa, California.
• 10 Dec 1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood.
• 11 Dec 1938 New York Giants win NFL championship.
• 13 Dec 1938 The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
• 14 Dec 1938 Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League (baseball) president.
• 15 Dec 1938 Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC.
• 16 Dec 1938 Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother
• 17 Dec 1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire
• 20 Dec 1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Pennsylvania, USA) receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system.
• 23 Dec 1938 Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa.
• 27 Dec 1938 A massive avalanche of snow hits a construction worker dormitory site in Kurobe, Japan, killing 87.
• 29 Dec 1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, in Seattle, Washington, begins.
• 30 Dec 1938 Electronic television system patented
• 31 Dec 1938 The 8th International Conference of American States issues the Declaration of Lima, that the American countries agree to stand united against any threat.

Famous Birthday

• Jon Voight

  American actor who earned several Oscar nominations for films such as "Midnight Cowboy," 1969 "Deliverance" and a few minor pictures.

• Enrico Macias

  French singer, entertainer, songwriter and musician.

• Liv Ullmann

  Norwegian actress born in Tokyo who became an outstanding dramatic actress of Swedish and international films, winning a New York Film...

• Jean-Claude Drouot

  Belgian stage, film, and TV actor.

• Connie Francis

  Country Singer.

• Lucien Bouchard

  Canadian politician, leader of the Separatist Party that seeks independence of the Province of Quebec.

• Léo Andy
• Patrick Bauchau

  Belgian actor, son of Henry, psychoanalyst, widely known for his roles in "La Collectionneuse" (Eric Rohmer), the James Bond "A view to a...

• Rosalind Cash

  American actress, leading lady of the '70s on film, stage and TV.

• Heino

  German singer well known in Europe for his ballads, love songs, pop music (Schlager) and traditional Volksmusik.

• John Kufuor
• Barbara Steele
• Michael P Munkasey
• Jean-Louis Fournier

  French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2008, for "Où on va, papa?" in which he writes about his relationship with his two handicapped...

• John Harbison

  American composer and academic.

• Jean-Paul Goude

  French graphic designer, illustrator, photographer, and advertising film director, born to an American mother (former Broadway dancer).

• Deacon Jones

  Eatonville sports Champions.

• Simone Schwartz-Bart
• Ralph Inbar

  Dutch talk show host, a leading figure for over 20 years.

• Jonathan Hunt
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Famous Deaths

• Florence Lawrence

  Silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 48.

• Dina Appeldoorn

  Dutch pianist / composer, dies at 54.

• Mario Pilati

  Composer, dies at 35.

• Marie FM Emmanuel

  French Composer / musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76.

• Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn

  Pianist / composer, dies at 54.

• Bruno Taut

  German architect (Born 1880).

• Richard N Roland Holst

  Dutch artist/painter, dies at age 70.

• Anna Marie Hahn

  German-born American serial killer (Born 1906).

• O Mandelstam

  Writer.

• Christian Lous Lange

  Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist.

• Emile Vandervelde

  Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at age 72.

• Calvin Bridges

  American geneticist and academic (d. 1938).

• Osip Mandelstam

  Russian poet and translator (d. 1938).

• Annie Armstrong

  American missionary (Born 1850).

• Robert Herrick

  US writer (Chimes), dies at age 70.

• Tamanishiki San'emon

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (Born 1903).

• Stephen Warfield Gambrill

  American politician (Born 1873).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - The Umbrella Man
2. Al Donahue & His Orchestra - Jeepers Creepers
3. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Hurry Home
4. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Vocal Martha Tilton) - This Can't Be Love
5. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Vocal Martha Tilton) - You're A Sweet Little Headache