1938

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Years: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 - 1938 - 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943

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Births

• January 31 - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• February 11 - Boris Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
• February 11 - Yevgeniy Majorov, Soviet ice hockey player.
• February 11 - Bevan Congdon,New Zealand cricket player.
• February 11 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer.
• February 11 - Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator.
• April 29 - Larry Niven, author
• September 29 - Wim Kok, prime minister of The Netherlands (1994- )

Deaths

• August 16 - Robert Johnson, blues musician

Events

• Superman first published in comic book form.
• Italy wins Football World Cup in France
• March - Anschluss, Austria incorporated into Germany.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Enrico Fermi
• Chemistry - Richard Kuhn
• Medicine - Corneille Jean François Heymans
• Literature - Pearl S. Buck
• Peace - Nansen International Office For Refugees, Geneva.