What Happened In July 1938 In History

Historical Events for July, 1938

• 3rd » World speed record for a steam engine steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the 'Mallard (locomotive) Mallard', which reaches a speed of convert 126 mph km/h.
• 3rd » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
• 10th » Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.
• 17th » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Floyd Bennett Field e.g Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• 20th » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City or 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
• 24th » First ascent of the Eiger north face.
• 28th » 'Hawaii Clipper' disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific 'China Clipper' service.
• 31st » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• 31st » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius I known as Darius the Great in Persepolis.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1938

• 1st » Craig Anderson (right-handed pitcher) called Craig Anderson, American baseball player
• 1st » Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian flute player and composer
• 2nd » David Owen, English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 3rd » Jean Aitchison, English linguist and academic
• 4th » Steven Rose, English biologist and academic
• 4th » Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 4th » John Sterling (sportscaster) e.g John Sterling, American sportscaster
• 5th » Ronnie Self, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
• 6th » Gordon Conway, English ecologist
• 6th » Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
• 8th » Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)
• 9th » Paul Chihara, American composer
• 9th » Brian Dennehy, American actor, director, and producer
• 9th » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1985)
• 10th » Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) known as National Grand Theater of China
• 10th » Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1972)
• 11th » Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American historian and scholar
• 12th » Jaishankar, Indian actor (d. 2000)
• 12th » Ron Fairly, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 12th » Wieger Mensonides, Dutch swimmer
• 13th » Richard Rust, American actor (d. 1994)
• 14th » Jerry Rubin, American activist, author, and businessman (d. 1994)
• 14th » Tommy Vig, Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
• 15th » Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (d. 2009)
• 15th » Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press
• 15th » Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician
• 16th » Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic
• 16th » Tony Jackson (bass player) known as Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (The Searchers (band) or The Searchers) (d. 2003)
• 17th » Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
• 18th » Ian Stewart (musician) known as Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player (The Rolling Stones and Rocket 88 (band) named Rocket 88) (d. 1985)
• 18th » Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Nicholas Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell, English historian and politician (d. 2007)
• 19th » Richard Jordan, American actor (d. 1993)
• 19th » Jayant Narlikar, Indian astrophysicist and astronomer
• 19th » Tom Raworth, English poet and academic
• 19th » Mary-Kay Wilmers, American-English journalist
• 20th » Roger Hunt, English footballer
• 20th » Tony Oliva, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 20th » Diana Rigg, English actress and singer
• 20th » Natalie Wood, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
• 21st » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)
• 21st » Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 21st » Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
• 23rd » Juliet Anderson, American porn actress and producer (d. 2010)
• 23rd » Ronny Cox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 23rd » Götz George, German actor and producer
• 23rd » Charles Harrelson, American murderer (d. 2007)
• 23rd » Bert Newton, Australian actor and television host
• 24th » Alexis Jacquemin, Belgian economist and academic (d. 2004)
• 24th » Eugene J. Martin, American painter
• 24th » John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer
• 27th » Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2008)
• 28th » Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 28th » Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, 90th President of Peru
• 28th » Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 28th » Ian McCaskill, Scottish meteorologist
• 29th » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 29th » Jean Rochon, Canadian politician
• 30th » Hervé de Charette, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France

Famous Deaths for July 1938

• 4th » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician (b. 1881)
• 4th » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 9th » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
• 18th » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 21st » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 26th » Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1861)
• 27th » John Exley, American rower (b. 1867)
• 29th » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1885)
• 30th » John Derbyshire (swimmer) called John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)

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