What Happened In June 1938 In History

Historical Events for June, 1938

• 7th » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
• 7th » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Kuomintang called Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Imperial Japanese Army named Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
• 11th » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• 23rd » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
• 25th » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1938

• 1st » Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (d. 1981)
• 2nd » Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
• 2nd » Cliff Cushman, American hurdler (d. 1966)
• 2nd » Ron Ely, American actor
• 2nd » Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
• 2nd » George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 3rd » David L. Mills, American computer scientist and engineer
• 4th » Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
• 5th » Moira Anderson, Scottish singer
• 5th » Karin Balzer, German hurdler
• 6th » Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
• 6th » Ryuchi Matsuda, Japanese author (d. 2013)
• 7th » Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (d. 2014)
• 7th » Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and politician (d. 2010)
• 7th » Ian St. John, Scottish footballer and manager
• 8th » Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 9th » Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman
• 9th » Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright
• 9th » Charles Wuorinen, American composer
• 10th » Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician
• 10th » Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
• 12th » Anne Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries of Terregles, Scottish horse trainer
• 12th » Tom Oliver, English-Australian actor
• 12th » Ian Partridge, English tenor
• 13th » Gwynne Howell, Welsh opera singer
• 14th » Julie Felix, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 15th » Tony Oxley, English drummer (Joseph Holbrooke (band) named Joseph Holbrooke)
• 15th » Billy Williams (left fielder) known as Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach
• 16th » Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, English general
• 16th » Torgny Lindgren, Swedish author and poet
• 16th » Joyce Carol Oates, American author
• 16th » Charles B. Pierce, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 18th » Eddie Jones (American football executive) called Eddie Jones, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 18th » Kevin Murray (Australian footballer) named Kevin Murray, Australian footballer and coach
• 19th » Jean-Claude Labrecque, Canadian director and cinematographer
• 19th » Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (d. 2002)
• 19th » John Sheil, English lawyer and judge
• 19th » Ian Smith (actor) e.g Ian Smith, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 20th » Mickie Most, English singer and producer (d. 2003)
• 21st » Eddie Adcock, American singer and banjo player
• 21st » Don Black (lyricist) e.g Don Black, English songwriter
• 21st » John W. Dower, American historian and author
• 21st » Ron Ely, American actor
• 21st » Michael M. Richter, German mathematician and computer scientist
• 23rd » John Hayes (British politician) called John Hayes, English politician
• 24th » Lawrence Block, American author
• 26th » Neil Abercrombie, American sociologist and politician, 7th Governor of Hawaii
• 26th » Billy Davis, Jr., American singer (The 5th Dimension)
• 26th » Margret Göbl, German figure skater (d. 2013)
• 26th » Gerald North, American climatologist and academic
• 26th » Krzysztof Baranowski, Polish yachtsman and sailor
• 27th » Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 27th » Kathryn Beaumont, English actress and singer
• 27th » Tommy Cannon, English comedian, actor, and author
• 27th » Shirley Anne Field, English actress
• 27th » David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
• 27th » Yevgeniy Ivchenko, Ukrainian race walker (d. 1999)
• 27th » Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (d. 2000)
• 28th » John Byner, American actor
• 28th » Leon Panetta, American politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense
• 30th » Billy Mills, American runner
• 30th » Apostolos Nikolaidis (singer) called Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (d. 1999)

Famous Deaths for June 1938

• 1st » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 3rd » John Flanagan (athlete) named John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (b. 1873)
• 15th » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (b. 1880)
• 20th » Nikolai Janson, Russian politician (b. 1882)
• 22nd » C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (b. 1876)
• 26th » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 26th » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)

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