What Happened In March 1938 In History

Historical Events for March, 1938

• 3rd » Petroleum known as Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• 3rd » The 'Mallard (locomotive) known as Mallard' the fastest steam driven train on the planet, was built by LNER Doncaster Works England
• 12th » 'Anschluss:' Nazi Germany called German troops occupy Austria.
• 13th » World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
• 18th » Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned petroleum or oil properties within its borders.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1938

• 2nd » Ricardo Lagos, Chilean politician, 33rd President of Chile
• 2nd » Lawrence Payton, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
• 3rd » Patricia MacLachlan, American author
• 4th » Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator (d. 2006)
• 4th » Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
• 4th » Marshall Cooke, Australian politician
• 4th » Allan Kornblum, American judge (d. 2010)
• 4th » Roy Hazelwood, American FBI agent
• 4th » Angus MacLise, American drummer (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1979)
• 4th » Don Perkins, American football player
• 4th » Paula Prentiss, American actress
• 4th » Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland) or Minister of Foreign Affairs for Poland
• 5th » Paul Evans (musician) e.g Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 5th » Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
• 5th » Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 6th » Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician
• 7th » David Baltimore, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » Janet Guthrie, American race car driver
• 8th » Pete Dawkins, American football player
• 8th » Hans Fogh, Danish-Canadian sailor (d. 2014)
• 8th » Juris Kalniņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 2010)
• 8th » Bruno Pizzul, Italian journalist
• 9th » Lill-Babs, Swedish singer and actress
• 10th » Norman Blake (American musician) called Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 10th » Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens
• 11th » Joseph Brooks (songwriter) e.g Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2011)
• 11th » D. V. J. Harischandra, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and scholar (d. 2013)
• 12th » Lew DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Statler Brothers) (d. 1990)
• 12th » David Drew (dancer) called David Drew, English ballet dancer
• 12th » Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
• 12th » Dimitri Terzakis, Greek-German composer
• 13th » Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)
• 13th » Robert Gammage, American politician (d. 2012)
• 13th » Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 49th Makuuchi Yokozuna named Yokozuna
• 14th » Eleanor Bron, English actress
• 17th » David Dilks, English historian and academic
• 17th » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
• 17th » Izold Pustõlnik, Estonian astronomer (d. 2008)
• 17th » Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (d. 2007)
• 18th » Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
• 18th » Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
• 18th » Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 18th » Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 18th » Charley Pride, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 18th » Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (d. 2006)
• 20th » Sergei Novikov (mathematician) e.g Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician
• 21st » Michael Foreman (author/illustrator) known as Michael Foreman, English author and illustrator
• 22nd » Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Irwin Levine, American songwriter (d. 1997)
• 23rd » Dave Pike, American vibraphone player
• 24th » Holger Czukay, German bass player (Can (band) named Can)
• 24th » David Irving, English historian and author
• 25th » Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 25th » Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
• 26th » Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
• 26th » Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate
• 27th » Aloizs Tumiņš, Latvian boxer (d. 2009)
• 28th » Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002)
• 29th » Barry Jackson (actor) or Barry Jackson, English actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
• 30th » John Barnhill (basketball) e.g John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 30th » Klaus Schwab, German economist, founded the World Economic Forum
• 31st » Patrick Bateson, English biologist
• 31st » Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Delhi
• 31st » Joel Godard, American television announcer
• 31st » Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2005)
• 31st » Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (d. 2005)
• 31st » Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actress
• 31st » Arthur B. Rubinstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (The Beepers)
• 31st » David Steel, Scottish academic and politician

Famous Deaths for March 1938

• 2nd » William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (b. 1886)
• 2nd » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 4th » George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
• 4th » Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher) known as Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 7th » Henry Jameson, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 7th » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 13th » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (b. 1857)
• 15th » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian politician (b. 1888)

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