What Happened In May 1938 In History

Historical Events for May, 1938

• 25th » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
• 26th » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1938

• 2nd » Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
• 3rd » Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist
• 3rd » Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
• 3rd » Lindsay Kemp, English actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 4th » Tyrone Davis, American singer (d. 2005)
• 4th » Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican journalist (d. 2010)
• 4th » Gillian Tindall, English author
• 5th » Michael Murphy (actor) or Michael Murphy, American actor
• 5th » Bill Robertson (Louisiana politician) named Bill Robertson, American politician (d. 2013)
• 5th » Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater
• 6th » Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 6th » Larry Gogan, Irish radio host
• 8th » Javed Burki, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 8th » Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 9th » Geoffrey Holland, English civil servant and academic
• 9th » Charles Simic, Serbian-American poet
• 10th » Jean Becker (director) known as Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 10th » Henry Fambrough, American singer (The Spinners (American band) known as The Spinners)
• 10th » Dang Nhat Minh, Vietnamese director and screenwriter
• 10th » Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
• 10th » Marina Vlady, French actress
• 12th » Terry Farrell (architect) known as Terry Farrell, English architect, designed the KK100 and SIS Building
• 12th » Paul Huxley, English painter
• 12th » Millie Perkins, American actress
• 13th » Giuliano Amato, Italian politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy
• 13th » Laurent Beaudoin, Canadian businessman
• 13th » Milton Johns, English actor
• 13th » Francine Pascal, American author
• 14th » Robert Boyd (paediatrician) e.g Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 15th » Mireille Darc, French actress
• 15th » Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
• 15th » Diane Nash, American educator and activist
• 15th » Lenny Welch, American singer
• 16th » Stuart Bell, English politician (d. 2012)
• 17th » Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
• 17th » Pervis Jackson, American singer (The Spinners (American R&B group) known as The Spinners) (d. 2008)
• 18th » Joan Blackman, American actress
• 19th » Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
• 19th » Madge Hindle, English actress
• 19th » Girish Karnad, Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright
• 19th » Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
• 20th » Marinella, Greek singer and actress
• 20th » Alan Smithers, English physiologist and academic
• 21st » Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (d. 2011)
• 22nd » Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
• 22nd » Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Johnny Ball, English radio and television host
• 23rd » Peter Preston, English journalist and author
• 24th » Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
• 24th » Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 24th » David Viscott, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1996)
• 25th » Raymond Carver, American author and poet (d. 1988)
• 25th » Margaret Forster, English author
• 25th » Malcolm Innes of Edingight
• 25th » Geoffrey Robinson, English politician
• 26th » William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
• 26th » Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderer
• 26th » Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
• 26th » K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
• 26th » Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano
• 28th » Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
• 28th » Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 28th » Maurice Woods, American actor (d. 1983)
• 29th » Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician
• 29th » Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman
• 30th » David Early, American actor (d. 2013)
• 30th » Billie Letts, American author and educator (d. 2014)
• 31st » Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 31st » John Prescott, Welsh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 31st » Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Peter, Paul and Mary)

Famous Deaths for May 1938

• 4th » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 9th » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 11th » George Lyon (golfer) or George Lyon, Canadian golfer (b. 1858)
• 13th » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 17th » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (b. 1877)
• 23rd » Frederick Ruple, American painter (b. 1871)

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