1938 in History

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• Jan 1 Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981- )
• Jan 1 Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
• Jan 1 Fuad Masum, 7th President of Iraq (2014-present), born in Koya, Iraq
• Jan 2 Ian Brady [Ian Duncan Stewart], British serial killer (Moors Murders), born in Glasgow (d. 2017)
• Jan 2 Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author

• Jan 5 Leo Avery, Abbot of Quarr Abbey, born in Wakefield, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
• Jan 5 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer, born in Kamirithu
• Jan 6 Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, born in Melbourne, Australia
• Jan 6 Mario Rodríguez Cobos (aka Silo), Argentine writer and spiritual leader, born in Mendoza, Argentina (d. 2010)
• Jan 7 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat)
• Jan 7 Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
• Jan 9 Aad Kosto, Dutch Labour Party politician who had his house blown up in a failed assassination attempt, born in Oegstgeest, Netherlands
• Jan 10 Donald Knuth, American mathematician & computer scientist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Jan 11 Fischer S Black Jr, financial theorist
• Jan 11 Michael Fenn, docker/socialist
• Jan 11 Arthur Scargill, British Marxist & trade unionist (National Union of Mineworkers), born in Barnsley, United Kingdom
• Jan 13 Jean Cabut [Cabu], French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 2015)
• Jan 17 John Bellairs, American sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
• Jan 17 Tabaré Vázque, Uruguayan politician and President of Uruguay (2015-present), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
• Jan 19 Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981- )
• Jan 21 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disk jockey (Midnight Special), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
• Jan 22 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, born in Chicago (d. 2016)
• Jan 23 Anatoly Marchenko, Soviet dissident, born in Barabinsk, Russia (d. 1986)
• Jan 25 Betico Croes, Arubian politician (Status Aparte), born in Aruba (d. 1986)
• Jan 25 Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author, born in Tome, Japan (d. 1998)
• Jan 25 Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese creator of anime, born in Kurume, Japan
• Jan 26 Margaret Daly, British MEP
• Jan 27 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
• Jan 30 Marcel van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
• Jan 30 Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1991-2016), born in Samarkand (d. 2016)
• Jan 31 Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta)
• Jan 31 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980-2013), born in Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Jan 31 James G Watt, Colo, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
• Feb 2 Nur Hassan Hussein [Nur Adde], Somalian politician, Prime Minister of Somalia (2007-09), born in Mogadishu, Somalia (d. 2020)
• Feb 3 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russian cosmonaut
• Feb 3 Randolfe "Randy" Wicker [Charles Gervin Hayden Jr.], American author, LGBT and pro-cloning activist and blogger, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Feb 4 Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
• Feb 7 S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
• Feb 12 Judy Blume, author (Wifey)
• Feb 15 Jack Tinker, British drama critic (d.1996)
• Feb 15 Lord Justice Ward, British judge
• Feb 17 Mary Frances Berry, American lawyer and activist, head of US Commission on Civil Rights, born in Nashville, Tennessee
• Feb 18 Elke Erb, German writer, born in Scherbach
• Feb 20 Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
• Feb 21 Beryl F Anthony Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
• Feb 22 Ishmael Reed, American author (Last Days of Louisiana Red), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Feb 22 Pierre Vallières, French-Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1995)
• Feb 24 Kathleen Richardson, president (Methodist Conference)
• Feb 26 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter, born in Tsada, Cyprus (d. 1957)
• Feb 28 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
• Mar 1 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, American sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
• Mar 2 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
• Mar 2 Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
• Mar 4 Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher
• Mar 5 Lynn Margulis, American biologist (serial endosymbiotic theory), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
• Mar 6 Pauline Boty, English artist, born in London (d. 1966)
• Mar 7 David Baltimore, American biologist (1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine), born in New York City
• Mar 11 Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge
• Mar 12 Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
• Mar 12 Norman Hogg, British MP
• Mar 17 Keith O'Brien, Scottish Catholic archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh), born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
• Mar 18 Kenny Lynch, British entertainer, born in London
• Mar 20 Frans J. van der Heijden, Dutch politician (CDA)
• Mar 20 Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
• Mar 21 Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
• Mar 23 Kenneth J Gregory, warden (Goldsmiths' College)
• Mar 23 Maynard Jackson, first African American mayor of Atlanta (d. 2003)
• Mar 24 David Irving, British historian
• Mar 25 Daniel Buren, French conceptual artist, born in Paris, France
• Mar 26 Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• Mar 27 A J Bellingham, British haematologist and president (Royal College of Pathologists)
• Mar 27 Jock Slater, British Admiral, First Sea Lord (1995-1998)
• Mar 29 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA), born in Groningen, Netherlands
• Mar 30 Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)
• Mar 31 Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
• Mar 31 David Steel, Scottish politician
• Mar 31 Bill Hicke, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time NHL All Star), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2005)
• Apr 2 John Larsson, Swedish writer and 17th General of The Salvation Army, born in Sweden
• Apr 3 Jeff Barry, American rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 5 Nancy Holt, American artist (land art), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Apr 6 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), born in South Bank, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
• Apr 6 Frances Schreuder, American socialite convicted of murder, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2004)

• Apr 9 Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (Prime Minister of Russia), born in Chernyy Otrog, Russia (d. 2010)
• Apr 11 Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2007)
• Apr 13 John Weston, British diplomat, representative for NATO (1992-95) and UN (1995-98)
• Apr 14 Gloria Randle Scott, American educator/President of Beaumont College, born in Houston, Texas
• Apr 15 Hso Khan Pha, 1st President of the democratic and newly independent Union of Burma from 1948-52, born in Yawnghwe State, British Burma (d. 2016)
• Apr 16 Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician (Leader of the Scottish National Party), born in Govan, Glasgow (d. 2017)
• Apr 17 David Dilks, British historian and vice-chancellor (Hull U), born in Foleshill, Coventry
• Apr 17 Ben Barnes, American politician (36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas), born in Gorman, Texas
• Apr 17 Kerry Wendell Thornley, Co-founder of Discordianism, born in California (d. 1998)
• Apr 18 Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, born in Upington, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1998)
• Apr 22 Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
• Apr 23 Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker, born in Yeovil, Somerset (d. 1995)
• Apr 23 Steve Symms, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho, born in Nampa, Idaho
• Apr 25 Ton Schulten, Dutch painter (landscapes using bright blocks of colour), born in Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Apr 25 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 2012)

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• Apr 28 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary

• Jan 3 Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
• Jan 8 Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
• Jan 8 Christian Rohlfs, German painter and artist, dies at 88
• Jan 10 Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
• Jan 16 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Bengali novelist (Devdas), dies at 61
• Jan 17 William Pickering, American astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
• Feb 5 Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
• Feb 6 Marianne Von Werefkin, Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, dies at 77

• Feb 9 Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
• Feb 16 Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
• Feb 18 Edward Anseele, Belgian socialist politician, dies at 81
• Feb 18 David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
• Feb 19 Leopoldo Lugones, Argentine poet (Las montañas del oro), dies at 63
• Feb 21 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (discovery of magnetic fields in sunspot), dies at 69
• Mar 1 Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, writer (Il fuoco, Intruder), playwright and military hero as part of the elite Arditi storm troops, dies of a stroke at 74
• Mar 4 George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
• Mar 7 Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (1924-25) (b. 1876)
• Mar 13 Clarence Darrow, American defense attorney at Scopes Monkey Trial, dies at 80
• Mar 13 Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual, dies at 49
• Mar 27 William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), dies at 66
• Mar 31 Willem Kloos, Dutch poet and critic (New Guide), dies at 78
• Apr 2 Alice Berend, writer, dies
• Apr 10 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
• Apr 12 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
• Apr 13 Grey Owl [Archibald Belaney], Canadian conservationist, dies at 49
• Apr 15 Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian-French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
• Apr 16 Bertram Mills, British circus proprietor (Bertram Mills Circus), dies at 70
• Apr 19 Henry John Newbolt, English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
• Apr 21 Muhammad Iqbal, British East Indies lawyer and Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
• Apr 21 Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet, dies at 60
• Apr 24 George Grey Barnard, American sculptor, dies at 74
• Apr 26 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (founded School of Phenomenology), dies at 79
• Apr 27 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
• May 4 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist and writer (Nobel Peace Prize 1935), dies at 48
• May 9 Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist, dies at 72
• May 11 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
• May 13 Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• May 16 Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
• May 17 Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and Zionist, dies at 60
• May 23 Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
• May 26 John Jacob Abel, American Pharmacologist (endocrine glands), dies at 81
• May 30 Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
• Jun 1 Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian writer (A Child of Our Time), dies at 36
• Jun 6 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), dies at 60
• Jun 7 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
• Jun 14 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
• Jun 15 Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
• Jun 22 C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), dies at 61

• Jun 30 Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
• Jul 4 Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, dies at 56
• Jul 9 Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist, dies at 68
• Jul 18 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
• Jul 18 Marie, last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I (1914-27), dies at 62
• Jul 21 Owen Wister, American author (The Virginian), dies at 78
• Jul 29 Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• Aug 3 Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies
• Aug 4 L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
• Aug 7 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
• Aug 9 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (African cultures), dies at 65
• Aug 12 Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist, dies at 74
• Aug 16 Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic priest, dies at 1938
• Aug 25 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
• Aug 30 Max Factor, Polish-American make-up artist, inventor and founder of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor & Company, dies at 60
• Sep 3 Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
• Sep 13 Samuel Alexander, Engl philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79

• Sep 17 Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901)
• Sep 21 Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian writer (The Brave Adventures of Lapitch), dies at 64
• Sep 24 Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
• Sep 28 Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 76
• Oct 2 Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
• Oct 5 Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
• Oct 13 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), dies at 43
• Oct 18 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian Marxist/socialist, dies at 83
• Oct 24 Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
• Oct 25 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal), dies at 46
• Oct 27 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
• Nov 1 Francis Jammes, French poet and writer (Jammisme), dies at 69
• Nov 7 Ernst vom Rath, German diplomat, assassinated at 29, providing the pretext for Kristallnacht
• Nov 9 Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)
• Nov 9 Edward Murray East, American botanist and geneticist who developed hybrid corn, dies at 59

• Nov 17 Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (23rd Mayor of Split), dies at 74
• Nov 19 Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher, dies at 72
• Nov 20 Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
• Nov 20 Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), dies at 83
• Nov 20 Maud of Wales, Queen of Norway, spouse of King Haakon VII, dies at 68
• Nov 26 Henry Schultz, American economist (econometrics), dies at 45
• Nov 30 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (founder and leader of the Iron Guard), dies at 39
• Dec 8 Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
• Dec 9 Johannes van Laar, Dutch chemist (thermodynamics), dies at 78
• Dec 11 Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and internationalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1921), dies at 69
• Dec 12 James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State, dies at 69
• Dec 19 Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 65
• Dec 20 Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader, dies at 88
• Dec 21 Helen Miller Shepard, American philanthropist who established Hall of Fame, dies at 70
• Dec 23 Robert Herrick, American novelist (Chimes), dies at 70

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