1938
Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 - 1938 - 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Births
- January 31 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- February 11 - Boris Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
- February 11 - Yevgeniy Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
- February 11 - Bevan Congdon,New Zealand cricket player.
- February 11 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer.
- February 11 - Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator.
- May 31 - Peter Yarrow (singer)
- April 29 - Larry Niven, author
- September 29 - Wim Kok, prime minister of The Netherlands (1994- )
- November 16 - Robert Nozick -- (philosopher)
Deaths
- August 16 - Robert Johnson, blues musician
Events
- March 12 - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day.
- June - Superman first published in comic book form.
- September - European crisis over German demand for annexation of Sudeten borderland of Czecholslovakia.
- September 29 Munich conference of German, Italian, British and French leaders agrees to German demands.
- October 30 - Orson Welles's radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing mass panic in the eastern United States.
- November 9 - Kristallnacht ("crystal night"): widespread anti-semitic pogrom in Germany.
- December 23 - Coelacanth caught off the coast of South Africa.
Sport
- February - British Empire Games held in Sydney, Australia
- June - Italy wins Football World Cup in France