WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1938
Find out what all happened March to December 1938

Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis. (23. September 1938)

Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia). (31. July 1938)

Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. (23. December 1938)

Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths. (25. May 1938)

Pieces of a meteor, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. (24. June 1938)

World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States. (13. March 1938)

The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany. (10. October 1938)

Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. (12. September 1938)

Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. (3. March 1938)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed. (11. June 1938)

In Nazi Germany Jews' passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew). (5. October 1938)

Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan. (17. July 1938)

Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy. (17. December 1938)

English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia. (23. August 1938)

First ascent of the Eiger north face. (24. July 1938)

The first flight of the Curtiss Aircraft Company's P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. (14. October 1938)

In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session. (26. May 1938)

The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny). (30. April 1938)

Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honor of the German Mother. (16. December 1938)

Mexico nationalized all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders. (18. March 1938)

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