What Happened In April 1938 In History

Historical Events for April, 1938

• 25th » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in 'Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins' and overturns a century of federal common law.
• 30th » The first televised 1938 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town and Preston North End F.C. Preston North End.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1938

• 1st » John Quade, American actor (d. 2009)
• 2nd » John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 2nd » Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
• 2nd » Al Weis, American baseball player
• 3rd » Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
• 4th » A. Bartlett Giamatti, American academic (d. 1989)
• 5th » Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer
• 5th » Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
• 5th » Mal Colston, Australian politician
• 6th » Paul Daniels, English magician
• 6th » Roy Thinnes, American actor
• 7th » Jerry Brown, American politician, 34th Governor of California
• 7th » Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy) (d. 2005)
• 7th » Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
• 7th » Iris Johansen, American author
• 8th » Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 8th » John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 9th » Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2010)
• 10th » Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
• 11th » Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
• 11th » Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
• 11th » Kurt Moll, German opera singer
• 13th » John Weston (diplomat) named John Weston, English diplomat
• 15th » Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-Italian actress
• 15th » Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician
• 16th » Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician) e.g Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 16th » Rich Rollins, American baseball player
• 17th » Ben Barnes (politician) called Ben Barnes, American politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• 17th » Doug Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Minister of Justice (Canada) named Canadian Minister of Justice
• 17th » Kerry Wendell Thornley, American theorist, co-founder of Discordianism (d. 1988)
• 19th » Stanley Fish, American academic and scholar
• 20th » Peter Snow, Irish historian and journalist
• 20th » Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
• 22nd » Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (d. 2009)
• 22nd » Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer
• 22nd » Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
• 23rd » S. Janaki, Indian singer
• 25th » Roger Boisjoly, American engineer (d. 2012)
• 25th » Ton Schulten, Dutch painter
• 26th » Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 26th » Willie Wood (bowler) or Willie Wood, Scottish bowler
• 27th » Earl Anthony, American bowler (d. 2001)
• 27th » Alain Caron (ice hockey) called Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 28th » Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)
• 29th » Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and engineer (d. 2004)
• 29th » Bernard Madoff, American businessman and financier
• 29th » Klaus Voormann, German bass player and producer (Manfred Mann and Plastic Ono Band)
• 30th » Gary Collins (actor) or Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)
• 30th » Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter
• 30th » Larry Niven, American author

Famous Deaths for April 1938

• 10th » Joe "King" Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 11th » Eddie Morton, American singer (b. 1870)
• 12th » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 13th » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist (b. 1888)
• 15th » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 16th » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 18th » George Bryant (archer) or George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 21st » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 24th » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 27th » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

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