What Happened In January 1938 In History

Historical Events for January, 1938

• 3rd » The March of Dimes is established by President of the United States known as President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 9th » Paul of Greece marries Frederica of Hanover in Athens.
• 14th » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 28th » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of convert 432.7 km/h mph.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1938

• 1st » Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
• 1st » Robert Jankel, British businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (d. 2005)
• 1st » Frank Langella, American actor
• 2nd » Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
• 2nd » Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
• 2nd » Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)
• 3rd » Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English politician
• 3rd » K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2006)
• 5th » Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 5th » Jim Otto, American football player
• 6th » Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 6th » Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
• 6th » Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentinian philosopher (d. 2010)
• 6th » William E. Connolly, American political theorist
• 7th » Lou Graham, American golfer
• 7th » Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)
• 7th » Fred Whitfield, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 8th » Bob Eubanks, American game show host
• 8th » Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens, English sociologist
• 8th » Fred J. Lincoln, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2013)
• 8th » Nanda, Indian actress
• 8th » Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer
• 9th » Claudette Boyer, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 9th » Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
• 9th » Stuart Woods, American author
• 10th » Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and author
• 10th » Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 10th » Willie McCovey, American baseball player
• 11th » Fischer Black, American economist (d. 1995)
• 11th » Fred Jones (footballer born 1938) e.g Fred Jones, Welsh footballer (d. 2013)
• 11th » Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
• 11th » Gavin Millar, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » Alastair Morton, English businessman (d. 2004)
• 11th » Arthur Scargill, English politician
• 11th » John August Swanson, American painter
• 12th » Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
• 12th » Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
• 13th » Richard Anthony (singer) known as Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter
• 13th » William B. Davis, Canadian actor and director
• 13th » Dave Edwards (Wyoming politician) called Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
• 13th » Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
• 13th » Anna Home, English screenwriter and producer
• 13th » Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player and composer
• 14th » Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 14th » Jack Jones (singer) known as Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 14th » Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 15th » Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
• 15th » Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
• 15th » Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
• 16th » Michael Pataki, American actor (d. 2010)
• 16th » Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 16th » Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
• 17th » John Bellairs, American author (d. 1991)
• 17th » Percy Qoboza, South African journalist (d. 1988)
• 20th » William Berger (actor) e.g William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993)
• 20th » Liz Calder, English publisher
• 20th » Derek Dougan, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
• 21st » Sandy Barr, American wrestler and referee (d. 2007)
• 21st » Ken Maginnis, Irish politician
• 21st » Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers called Nicholas Phillips, British judge, President of The Supreme Court
• 21st » John Savident, English actor
• 21st » Wolfman Jack, American radio host and actor (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author
• 22nd » Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer
• 23rd » Shohei Baba, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
• 25th » Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 25th » Etta James, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
• 25th » Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese illustrator
• 25th » Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1980)
• 28th » Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
• 29th » Shuji Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
• 30th » Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan
• 31st » Beatrix of the Netherlands
• 31st » James G. Watt, American politician, 43rd United States Secretary of the Interior

Famous Deaths for January 1938

• 8th » Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 12th » Gösta Ekman (senior) known as Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
• 16th » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author (b. 1876)
• 19th » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 21st » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
• 23rd » Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (b. 1866)
• 28th » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)

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