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The following events occurred inNovember 1938:
November 1,1938 (Tuesday)
[edit]- SeabiscuitdefeatedWar Admiralin a special race atPimlico Race Coursein front of a crowd of 40,000.[1]
- Died:Charles Weeghman,64, American restaurateur and owner of theChicago Cubsbaseball team
November 2,1938 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Vienna Award:An Italo-German arbitration commission gave Hungary a large piece of Czechoslovakian territory consisting of 5,000 square miles of land and a million people.[2]
- The Spanish cargo shipSSCantabriawas sunk by a Nationalist cruiser.
- Born:Pat Buchanan,politician and commentator, in Washington, D.C.;David Lane,white supremacist, inWoden, Iowa(d. 2007);Queen Sophia of Spain,inPsychiko,Athens,Greece;Richard Serra,minimalist sculptor, inSan Francisco
November 3,1938 (Thursday)
[edit]- Japanese Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoeaddressed the nation, announcing a "New Order in East Asia" based, he said, on cooperation between Japan, China and Manchukuo.[3]
- The bronzestatue of Artemas WardbyLeonard Crunellewas dedicated atWard Circlein Washington, D.C.
- Born:Yvon Cormier,professional wrestler, inDorchester, New Brunswick,Canada (d. 2009)
November 4,1938 (Friday)
[edit]- AJersey Airwaysde Havilland DH-86crashed two minutes after takeoff inJersey(Channel Islands), killing all 14 aboard and 1 farm worker on the ground.[4]
- The1938 deportation of Jews from Slovakiaby theHlinka Guardand police began.
- Died:Samuel W. Bryant,61, American admiral
November 5,1938 (Saturday)
[edit]- Hungarian troops crossed theDanubeto claim the territory they received in the Vienna Award.[5]
- Born:Enéas Carneiro,politician, inRio Branco, Acre,Brazil (d. 2007);Joe Dassin,American-born French singer-songwriter, inBrooklyn,New York (d. 1980)
November 6,1938 (Sunday)
[edit]- The Western comic stripRed Ryderfirst appeared.
- Born:Mack Jones,baseball player, inAtlanta(d. 2004);Branko Mikasinovich,scholar, inBelišće,Yugoslavia;Michael Schultz,film and television director, inMilwaukee,Wisconsin
November 7,1938 (Monday)
[edit]- Republican warplanes carried out theBombing of Cabra.
- Herschel Grynszpan,whose Jewish parents were among those deported from Germany to Poland, shot the diplomatErnst vom Rathat the German embassy in Paris.[6]
- Born:Jim Kaat,baseball player, inZeeland, Michigan
November 8,1938 (Tuesday)
[edit]- Midterm electionswere held in the United States. The incumbentDemocratic Partylost 72 seats in the House and 7 in the Senate.
- Born:Satch Sanders,basketball player and coach, in New York City
November 9,1938 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Kristallnacht:A wave of violence targeting Jews occurred throughout Germany and Austria in retaliation for the assassination of Ernst vom Rath. Nazi authorities did not interfere as Jewish shops and synagogues were burned and looted, but 20,000 Jews were arrested. The vast amounts of broken glass littering the streets outside the Jewish shops gave the night its name.[6]
- Swiss citizenMaurice Bavaudattended a parade inMunichcelebrating the 15th anniversary of theBeer Hall Putschwith the intention of assassinatingAdolf Hitlerwith a pistol. However, Hitler marched on the far side of the street relative to Bavaud's position making the shot too difficult, so he abandoned his attempt.[7]
- TheCole Porterstage musicalLeave It to Me!opened at theImperial Theatreon Broadway.[8]
- Died:Vasily Blyukher,48, Soviet military commander (killed in the Great Purge);Ernst vom Rath,29, German diplomat (shot)
November 10,1938 (Thursday)
[edit]- TheSiege of Gandesawas broken with the retreat of theRepublicans.
- Died:Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,57, 1stPresident of Turkey
November 11,1938 (Friday)
[edit]- İsmet İnönübecame 2nd president of Turkey.
- German Interior MinisterWilhelm Frickpassed a decree prohibiting Jews from possessing weapons.[9]
- In Paris, theDukeandDuchess of Windsormet with theDukeandDuchess of Gloucester.It was the first time the brothers had met since Edward's abdication.[10]
- Died:Typhoid Mary,69, American carrier of typhoid fever
November 12,1938 (Saturday)
[edit]- TheDecree on the Exclusion of Jews from German Economic Lifeclosed all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.[11]
- All of Germany's Jews were ordered to pay a collective fine of 1 billion Reichsmarks for the murder of Ernst vom Rath. Each Jew in possession of property over 50,000 RM was required to pay 20 percent of its value.[12]
- "My Reverie"byLarry Clintontopped the American popular music charts.[13]
- Born:Benjamin Mkapa,3rd president of Tanzania, inNdanda,Tanganyika(d. 2020)
- Born:Alberto Diaz Lobo,Founder of ETERNA S.A. in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
November 13,1938 (Sunday)
[edit]- TheChangsha firebegan inChangsha,China. The fire was deliberately set by Chinese soldiers to keep the city's wealth from the Japanese.
- Maurice Bavaudwas caught stowing away on a train inAugsburg.Later when interrogated by theGestapohe admitted his plan to assassinate Hitler.[7][14]
- Born:Jean Seberg,actress, inMarshalltown, Iowa(d. 1979)
November 14,1938 (Monday)
[edit]- TheLions Gate Bridgeopened inVancouver,British Columbia, Canada.
- TheU.S. Supreme CourtdecidedKellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.
November 15,1938 (Tuesday)
[edit]- All Jewish children were banned from German public schools.[11]
- U.S. PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltread a statement to the media strongly condemning the persecution of Jews in Germany and announcing that he had recalled the American ambassador to Germany.[15]
- Italy ordered the removal of all books by Jewish authors from schools.[6]
- Died:André Blondel,75, French engineer and physicist;Harry Grant Dart,69, US cartoonist[16][17]
November 16,1938 (Wednesday)
[edit]- TheBattle of the Ebroended in a decisive Nationalist victory.
- TheCongress of Industrial OrganizationsgrantedUnited Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of Americathe first charter.
- TheHalifax Slasherscare began inWest Yorkshire,England when two young women reported being attacked by an unseen assailant with a mallet or hatchet.[18]
- Lysergic acid diethylamide(LSD) was first synthesized by chemistAlbert Hofmann.
- Born:Robert Nozick,philosopher, inBrooklyn,New York (d. 2002)
November 17,1938 (Thursday)
[edit]- TheItalian Racial Lawspassed on October 7 were adopted and became known as the November Laws.[12]
- 11 people were trampled to death inIstanbulwhen the crowd pushed forward atMustafa Kemal Atatürk's lying in state, fearing the doors would close before they could see his flag-draped coffin.[19]
- Ernst vom Rath was given a state funeral inDüsseldorfattended by Hitler.[20]
- Born:Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank,British Army general, in the United Kingdom;Gordon Lightfoot,folk singer-songwriter, inOrillia,Ontario,Canada (d. 2023)
November 18,1938 (Friday)
[edit]- 3,500 members of the motion picture industry attended a "Quarantine Hitler" rally at thePhilharmonic Auditoriumin Los Angeles.John Garfield,Frank Capra,Joan CrawfordandThomas Mannwere among the participants. The crowd unanimously voted to send a telegram to President Roosevelt urging him to use his authority to "express further the horror and the indignation of the American people" at the Nazi persecutions of Jews and Catholics.[21]
November 19,1938 (Saturday)
[edit]- The Egyptian government initiated a major armaments program.[2]
- Born:Ted Turner,media mogul and philanthropist, inCincinnati,Ohio
November 20,1938 (Sunday)
[edit]- Japanese authorities notified foreign powers that theHan Riverin China was closed to navigation without "special permission".[22]
- Died:Maud of Wales,68, Queen of Norway
November 21,1938 (Monday)
[edit]- Neville Chamberlaintold the House of Commons of plans to lease at least 10,000 square miles inBritish Guianato provide homes for German Jewish refugees.[23]
- TheU.S. Supreme CourtdecidedGeneral Talking Pictures Corp. v. Western Electric Co.
November 22,1938 (Tuesday)
[edit]- Hungary ordered the expulsion of Czechoslovaks from the territory occupied after the Vienna Award.[24]
November 23,1938 (Wednesday)
[edit]- The Czechoslovakian National Assembly approved full autonomy for Slovakia.[6]
- TheRodgers and Hartstage musicalThe Boys from Syracuseopened at theAlvin Theatreon Broadway.[25]
November 24,1938 (Thursday)
[edit]- AThanksgivingsnow storm began along the eastern seaboard of the United States that killed 44 people overnight.[26]
- Hitler ordered his military to prepare for an occupation ofDanzig.[27]
- TheClifford OdetsplayRocket to the Moonpremiered at theBelasco Theatrein New York City.[28]
- Born:Oscar Robertson,basketball player, inCharlotte, Tennessee;Charles Starkweather,murderer, inLincoln, Nebraska(d. 1959)
- Died:Prince Johann Georg of Saxony,69
November 25,1938 (Friday)
[edit]- TheGeneral Confederation of Labourin France called for a 24-hourgeneral strikeon November 30 to protest Prime MinisterÉdouard Daladier's decrees aimed at improving the economy at the expense of labour power.[29]
- Died:Otto von Lossow,70, German Army officer
November 26,1938 (Saturday)
[edit]- Édouard Daladier decreed the military requisition of all principal railways in a bid to crush the French general strike before it even began.[30]
- Poland and the Soviet Union renewed their non-aggression pact of July 1932.[31]
- ArmydefeatedNavy14–7 in theArmy–Navy GameinPhiladelphia.[32]
- The gangster filmAngels with Dirty FacesstarringJames CagneyandPat O'Brienwas released.
- Born:Porter Goss,politician, inWaterbury, Connecticut
November 27,1938 (Sunday)
[edit]- Édouard Daladier gave a radio address to the French people saying he would use all means necessary to break up the scheduled general strike and claiming that the labour agitation was a plot to set up a leftist dictatorship.[33]
- Chicago White SoxpitcherMonty Strattonaccidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting rabbits on his mother's farm nearGreenville, Texas.He never played in the majors again.[34]
- Frank Sinatra was arrested by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office. Sinatra was arrested for carrying on with a married woman, a criminal offense at the time.
November 28,1938 (Monday)
[edit]- A police decree in Nazi Germany authorized presidents of administrative districts to order restrictions on freedom of movement for Jews.[35]
- Davey O'BrienofTexas Christian Universitywon theHeisman Trophy.[36]
- Born:Ernie Ladd,AFL defensive tackle and professional wrestler, inRayville, Louisiana(d. 2007)
November 29,1938 (Tuesday)
[edit]- One of theHalifax Slasher's "victims", Percy Waddington, confessed to faking the attack on himself.[18]
- TheReichsmusikkammerordered that theBadenweiler Marschonly be performed in the presence of theFührer.[37]
- Nazi Germany forbade Jews from keepingcarrier pigeons.[11]
- Died:Branislaw Tarashkyevich,46, Belarusian politician and linguist (killed in the Great Purge)
November 30,1938 (Wednesday)
[edit]- The French general strike fizzled with only a few workers participating, but many labour leaders were arrested.[2]
- Members of the ItalianChamber of Fasces and Corporationsdemanded that France turn overCorsicaandTunisiato Italy.[2]
- Emil Háchabecame 3rdPresident of Czechoslovakia.
- Nazi leaders were instructed to have flowers held by onlookers confiscated by security wherever Hitler's motorcade was about to pass through. The Nazis had been trying unsuccessfully for years to discourage the practice of throwing flowers at Hitler because it was feared that an assassin could throw a bouquet containing a bomb.[38]
- Henry Fordissued a statement urging that Germany's persecuted Jews be allowed to come to the United States. "I believe that the United States cannot fail at this time to maintain its traditional role as a haven for the oppressed", Ford's statement read. "I am convinced not only that this country could absorb many of the victims of oppression who must find a refuge outside of their native lands, but that as many of them as could be admitted under our selective quota would constitute a real asset to our country."[39]
- Died:Corneliu Zelea Codreanu,39, Romanian far right politician
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