Today in History for August 1938

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

2nd - 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)
5th - 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
7th - Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run
7th - Nazi's close theologic department of Innsbruck university
10th - 119°F (48°C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record)
14th - BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)
17th - 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland)
17th - Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
18th - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
20th - Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd & last grand slam
21st - Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School
23rd - England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364
24th - England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval
24th - Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
26th - British leaders & Arabians fight in Palestine
26th - Montreal Maroons dropped from NHL
27th - Two NYC subway trains collide at 116th Street killing 2 and injuring 51
27th - Yanks Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples
28th - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
28th - Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
28th - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader
31st - 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

2nd - Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
2nd - Pierre de Bané, French Canadian politician
3rd - George Memmoli, NYC, actor (Earl-Hello Larry)
3rd - Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host (Irish Days)
4th - Ellen Schrecker, American college professor
5th - Hayes Wendell Jones, Sturksville Mich, 110m hurdler (Oly-gold-1964)
6th - Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress (Say A)
6th - Paul Bartel, Brooklyn NY, director/actor (Eating Raoul)
6th - Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5)
7th - Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist
7th - Helen Caldicott, Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist
8th - Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach)
8th - Jacques Hetu, composer
9th - Dick Anthony Williams, Chicago Ill, actor (Our Family Honor)
9th - Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
9th - Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian politician
9th - Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
11th - Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher
11th - Allegra Kent, Santa Monica, California, ballerina
11th - Rainer Boesch, composer
11th - Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
12th - Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
12th - Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian Mayor of Quebec
13th - Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
14th - Betsy Cullen, LPGA golfer
14th - Niara Sudarkasa, [Gloria M Clark], educator/pres (Lincoln College)
14th - Stuart McKinnon, high court judge
15th - Maxine Waters, (Rep-D-California)
15th - Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice
15th - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
16th - Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russia, cosmonaut
17th - Abu Bakar Bashir, Indonesian Muslim cleric
17th - Theodoros Pangalos, Greek politician
18th - Joe Frank, American radio personality
19th - Diana Muldaur, NYC, actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law)
19th - Valentin Mankin, USSR, finn class yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
20th - Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86)
20th - Alain Vivien, French politician
Country Singer Kenny Rogers (21st) 21st - Kenny Rogers, Houston Texas, singer (Through the Years)
22nd - Dale Hawkins, music writer (Suzy Q)
22nd - Paul Maguire, American football commentator
23rd - Roger Greenaway, composer
23rd - Ronny Cox, actor/singer (Robocop, Dr John Gideon-St Elsewhere)
24th - David Freiberg, Boston MA, rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger)
24th - Mason Williams, Abilene Tx, writer (Smother Brothers Hour)
24th - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
25th - Frederick Forsyth, author (Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File)
25th - David Canary, American actor
26th - Francine York, Aurora Minn, actress (Slattery's People)
26th - Maurice Williams, rocker
26th - Jet Black, English drummer, one of the founding members of The Stranglers
28th - Paul Martin, Canadian politician
28th - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist
29th - Elliott Gould, Queens NY, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
29th - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
30th - Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
31st - Martin Bell, British journalist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

2nd - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
3rd - Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies
4th - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
4th - Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
4th - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
6th - Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
7th - Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
10th - Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
12th - Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
14th - Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies
14th - J J Kelly, cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies
14th - Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65
16th - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
16th - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864)
25th - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
30th - Max Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer (b. 1877)