What Happened In February 1938 In History

Historical Events for February, 1938

• 18th » During the Nanking Massacre tha Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee" and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1938

• 1st » Sherman Hemsley, American actor (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician
• 2nd » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
• 3rd » Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
• 3rd » Emile Griffith, Virgin Islander boxer (d. 2013)
• 4th » Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer
• 4th » Donald W. Riegle, Jr., American politician
• 5th » Andrew Morritt, English judge
• 5th » Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer and jurist
• 5th » Colin Semper, English priest
• 6th » Fred Mifflin, Canadian admiral and politician
• 7th » S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian politician
• 11th » Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer
• 11th » Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress and singer
• 11th » Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 12th » Judy Blume, American author
• 12th » Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, Welsh politician
• 13th » Larry Cunningham, Irish singer (d. 2012)
• 13th » Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)
• 14th » Lee Chamberlin, American actress (d. 2014)
• 16th » John Corigliano, American composer
• 16th » Barry Primus, American actor
• 17th » Martha Henry, American-Canadian actress
• 17th » Yvonne Romain, English actress
• 17th » Buck Trent, American banjo player
• 18th » Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
• 18th » Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 50th Yokozuna
• 18th » István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
• 19th » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (d. 1989)
• 19th » Dutch Mason, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 19th » René Muñoz, Cuban-Mexican actor and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 20th » Richard Beymer, American actor
• 20th » Wiley W. Hilburn, American journalist and academic (d. 2014)
• 20th » Inge Lønning, Norwegian theologian, educator, and politician (d. 2013)
• 21st » Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Barry Dennen, American actor and singer
• 22nd » Ishmael Reed, American author, poet, and playwright
• 22nd » Pierre Vallières, Canadian journalist (d. 1995)
• 23rd » Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
• 24th » James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 24th » Phil Knight, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 24th » Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, English minister and politician
• 25th » Diane Baker, American actress and producer
• 25th » Herb Elliott, Australian runner
• 25th » Farokh Engineer, Indian cricketer
• 26th » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (d. 1957)
• 26th » Tony Selby, English actor
• 27th » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2002)
• 28th » Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (d. 2009)
• 28th » Mike Wofford, American pianist and composer

Famous Deaths for February 1938

• 5th » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 6th » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 7th » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 18th » David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
• 21st » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (b. 1868)

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