What Happened on September 21, 1938

Day of the Week: Wednesday

Historical Events

  • The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia

Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Soldier, Author and British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler

Famous Birthdays

  • Atli Heimir Sveinsson, composer
  • Yuji Takahashi, composer

Famous Deaths

  • Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic Croatian writer (b. 1874)