What Happened In November 1938 In History

Historical Events for November, 1938

• 1st » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• 9th » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from the fatal gunshot wounds of Jewish resistance fighter Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night).
• 16th » Lysergic acid diethylamide LSD is first synthesized by Swiss people Swiss Chemistry chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
• 18th » Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1938

• 2nd » Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
• 2nd » Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
• 2nd » Queen Sofía of Spain
• 3rd » Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic
• 3rd » Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer
• 3rd » Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 4th » Jorge Manicera, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2012)
• 5th » Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
• 5th » César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 5th » Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator
• 6th » Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 6th » Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian journalist and scholar
• 6th » P.J. Proby, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 6th » Diana E. H. Russell, South African activist and author
• 7th » Ian Balding American-English horse trainer
• 7th » Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 7th » Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
• 7th » Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 7th » Barry Newman, American actor
• 8th » Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (d. 2007)
• 8th » Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
• 9th » Ti-Grace Atkinson, American author and critic
• 11th » Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater
• 11th » Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast
• 12th » Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 12th » Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
• 13th » Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1994)
• 13th » Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
• 16th » Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2002)
• 17th » Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general
• 17th » Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 18th » Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012)
• 18th » Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
• 19th » Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System
• 21st » Helen (actress) e.g Helen, Burmese-Indian actress and dancer
• 22nd » John Eleuthère du Pont, American businessman, founded Delaware Museum of Natural History (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Henry Lee (forensic scientist) or Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic
• 23rd » Patrick Kelly (Archbishop of Liverpool) called Patrick Kelly, English archbishop
• 23rd » Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 24th » Willy Claes, Belgian politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO
• 24th » Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 24th » Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (d. 1959)
• 25th » Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
• 26th » Porter Goss, American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA
• 26th » Rodney Jory, Australian physicist and academic
• 26th » Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
• 27th » John Ashworth (biologist) named John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
• 27th » Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda
• 29th » Gene Okerlund, American ring announcer and journalist
• 29th » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna (d. 1996)
• 30th » Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 30th » John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for November 1938

• 1st » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 9th » Vasily Blyukher, Russian marshal (b. 1889)
• 10th » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 11th » Typhoid Mary, Irish-American carrier of typhoid fever (b. 1869)
• 17th » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 20th » Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese author (b. 1895)
• 20th » Maud of Wales (b. 1869)
• 21st » Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)
• 26th » Flora Call Disney, American mother of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1868)

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