Today in History for October 1938

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

1st - Cubs clinch NL pennant
1st - Germany annexes Sudetenland (1/3 of Czechoslovakia)
2nd - Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times)
6th - Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss
7th - Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with letter J
8th - G Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Fabulous Invalid," premieres in NYC
9th - A Copland & E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago
9th - Cleveland Browns & Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
9th - NY Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
10th - Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
10th - Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch's 1st String Quartet
14th - Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
15th - Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in NYC
21st - Japanese troops occupies Canton
22nd - Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine
24th - US forbids child labor in factories
25th - Japanese troops occupies Hankou & Wuhan
25th - The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".
27th - DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"
Playwright Moss Hart 28th - Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)
30th - Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds"
31st - Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1st - J Bert Sonnier, race horse trainer
1st - Les Scheinflug, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
2nd - Lloyd Turner, journalist
2nd - Rex Reed, Fort Worth Tx, movie critic/actor (Myra Breckinridge)
2nd - Waheed Murad, Pakistani film actor and director (d. 1983)
3rd - David R Obey, (Rep-D-Wisconsin, 1969- )
3rd - Eddie Cochran, Oklahoma City, rock vocalist/guitarist (C'Mon Everybody)
3rd - Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
4th - Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
5th - Carlo Mastrangelo, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts)
5th - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
6th - Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder
7th - Robert Drivas, Chi, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Illustrated Man) [or 11/21]
8th - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service)
8th - Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ (US Open-1966)
8th - Penny Pitou, US, skier (Olympic-2 silvers-1960)
8th - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
9th - Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
10th - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin)
10th - Tobias A Roth, (Rep-R-Wisconsin, 1979- )
10th - Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer
12th - Bob Miller, American NHL broadcaster
13th - Jim McMullan, Long Beach NY, actor (Dr McDaniel-Ben Casey)
13th - Mahboob Shah, cricketer (Pakistani Test umpire on intl panel)
13th - Hugo Young, English journalist (d. 2003)
14th - John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure)
14th - Empress Farah Diba of Iran
15th - Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, US gospel/R&B singer (Move 2 mountains)
15th - Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer
15th - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (d. 1997)
16th - Nico (born Christa Päffgen; singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress) (d. 1988)
16th - Carl Gunter Jr, Louisiana State Representative (d. 1999)
Motorcycle Daredevil Robert (17th) 17th - Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon), (d. 2007)
18th - Ronnie Bright, rocker (Coasters)
18th - Dawn Wells, American actress
19th - Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader
20th - Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (d. 2006)
22nd - Christopher Lloyd, Stamford Ct, actor (Taxi, Back to the Future)
22nd - Derek Jacobi, London, actor (Lanner-Strauss Family, Dead Again)
23rd - John Heinz, (Sen-R-PA, 1977- )
23rd - Jordan Christopher, Youngstown Ohio, actor (Secrets of Midland Heights)
24th - Fred E Finn, SF California, pianist (Mickie Finn's)
25th - Robert Webster, Berkeley Cal, diver (Oly-gold-1960, 64)
26th - Bernadette Lafont, Nimes France, actress (Perils of Gwendoline)
26th - Charles W Stenholm, (Rep-D-Texas, 1979- )
26th - Ralph Bakshi, animator (Lord of Rings, Fritz the Cat, Mighty Mouse)
27th - Maurice Hinchey, (Rep-D-New York)
28th - Peter Carlstein, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64)
28th - David Dimbleby, English television commentator
28th - Anne Perry, English-born novelist
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (29th) 29th - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
31st - Rives McBee, Denton TX, PGA golfer (1989 RJR Bank One Classic)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

2nd - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
5th - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
10th - Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies
12th - Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies
13th - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894)
18th - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
24th - Ernst Barlach, writer, dies at 68
27th - Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57