June 1938 Explained
The following events occurred in June 1938:
June 1, 1938 (Wednesday)
June 2, 1938 (Thursday)
- Chile informed the League of Nations of its intent to withdraw from the organization.[5]
- Born: Ron Ely, actor and novelist, in Hereford, Texas; Edda Göring, only child of Hermann Göring, in Berlin, Germany (d. 2018); Gene Michael, baseball player, manager and executive, in Kent, Ohio (d. 2017)
- Died: Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, 90, American naval architect and mechanical engineer
June 3, 1938 (Friday)
June 4, 1938 (Saturday)
- The third FIFA World Cup tournament began in Paris with Germany (including Austrian players) and Switzerland playing to a 1–1 draw. The French crowd jeered the German team when the players made the Nazi salute and threw bottles, eggs and tomatoes at them throughout the match.[6]
- Pasteurized won the Belmont Stakes.[7]
June 5, 1938 (Sunday)
- The famous psychoanalysist Sigmund Freud, 82 and frail, arrived in Paris on the Orient Express, having fled persecution by the Nazis in his homeland of Austria. After a few hours of rest he continued on his way to London where he had been granted asylum.[8]
- Born: Karin Balzer, hurdler, in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2019)
- Died: Edward Denny Bacon, 77, British philatelist
June 6, 1938 (Monday)
June 7, 1938 (Tuesday)
June 8, 1938 (Wednesday)
June 9, 1938 (Thursday)
- The Munich synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis. The congregation was given only a few hours' notice to empty the building.[14]
- Born: Charles Wuorinen, composer, in New York City (d. 2020)
June 10, 1938 (Friday)
June 11, 1938 (Saturday)
June 12, 1938 (Sunday)
June 13, 1938 (Monday)
June 14, 1938 (Tuesday)
June 15, 1938 (Wednesday)
June 16, 1938 (Thursday)
- The Battle of Bielsa pocket ended in Nationalist victory.
- Hundreds of civilians directed by brownshirts attacked Jews along the Grenadierstrasse and Dragonerstrasse in Berlin, assaulting them and writing anti-Jewish slogans on store windows.[22]
- Vlas Chubar was arrested.[23]
June 17, 1938 (Friday)
June 18, 1938 (Saturday)
June 19, 1938 (Sunday)
A railway bridge collapse near Saugus, Montana killed at least 47 people.
June 20, 1938 (Monday)
- A federal grand jury in New York indicted 18 people, most of them Germans, for conspiring to steal military secrets from the United States.[26]
- 19-year-old Gilbert Shepard, a seasonal employee at Many Glacier Hotel, fell to his death from Mount Grinnell in Glacier National Park, Montana. Shepard's body was discovered several days later.[27]
- Died: Liselotte Herrmann, 28, German Communist Resistance fighter (executed)
June 21, 1938 (Tuesday)
- The border between France and Spain was closed again.[28]
- Born: Don Black, lyricist, in London, England
June 22, 1938 (Wednesday)
June 23, 1938 (Thursday)
June 24, 1938 (Friday)
June 25, 1938 (Saturday)
June 26, 1938 (Sunday)
- The Spanish government set three conditions for giving up its reprisal bombing plan: France would reopen its border with Spain, the Spanish rebels stop the bombing of government-held cities, and France and Britain agree to eventually mediate in the conflict.[34]
- Died: James Weldon Johnson, 67, American writer, diplomat and civil rights leader; E. V. Lucas, 70, English writer; Andrew James Peters, 66, American politician
June 27, 1938 (Monday)
- Two more British cargo ships in Spanish ports were attacked by warplanes. The Arlon was bombed at Valencia and the Farnham was hit at Alicante.[35] Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resisted calls in the House of Commons to equip British merchant ships with anti-aircraft guns, saying "A good many difficulties arise in connection with it."[36]
June 28, 1938 (Tuesday)
June 29, 1938 (Wednesday)
June 30, 1938 (Thursday)
Notes and References
- Web site: Air-Raid Precautionary Services . June 1, 1938 . . September 19, 2015 .
- Book: Johnson, Peter . 2013 . A Philosopher and Appeasement: R.G. Collingwood and the Second World War . Andrews UK Limited . 978-1-84540-664-6 .
- Book: 1989 . Mercer . Derrik . Chronicle of the 20th Century . London . Chronicle Communications Ltd. . 497 . 978-0-582-03919-3 .
- Web site: Tageseinträge für 1. Juni 1938 . chroniknet . September 19, 2015 .
- Web site: Chronology 1938 . 2002 . indiana.edu . September 19, 2015 .
- Book: Kuper, Simon . 2011 . Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War . Orion . 978-1-4091-3786-3 .
- News: June 5, 1938 . Pasteurized Wins $46,350 Belmont Stake . Chicago Daily Tribune. Part 2, p. 1 .
- News: June 6, 1938 . Freud Consoled by U.S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London . Chicago Daily Tribune. 10 .
- Book: Burke, Jonathan . 2013 . The Topic of Cancer: New Perspectives on the Emotional Experience of Cancer . London . Karnac Books . 22 . 978-1-78049-113-4 .
- Web site: Tageseinträge für 7. Juni 1938 . chroniknet . September 19, 2015 .
- Book: Cashman, Sean Dennis . 1989 . America in the Twenties and Thirties: The Olympian Age of Franklin Delano Roosevelt . New York University . 553–554 . 978-0-8147-1413-3 .
- Web site: 5 reasons why National Doughnut Day isn't just another gag . June 5, 2015 . The Daily Journal . September 19, 2015 .
- News: June 8, 1938 . Japs Again Bomb Canton; 'Regret' Civilian Killings . Chicago Daily Tribune. 10 .
- Book: MacDonogh, Giles . 2009 . 1938: Hitler's Gamble . Basic Books . 128 . 978-0-465-02205-2 .
- News: June 12, 1938 . Five European Nations Jolted by Earthquake . Chicago Daily Tribune. 2 .
- Web site: 1938 MLB No-Hitters . . September 19, 2015 .
- News: June 13, 1938 . Czech Voting Ends in Riots . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: June 14, 1938 . Rebels Capture Castellon; Push Valencia Drive . Chicago Daily Tribune. 4 .
- Book: 1982 . Cortada . James W. . Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Press . 511 . 0-313-22054-9 .
- Book: Trawicky, Bernard . 2000 . Anniversaries and Holidays . registration . American Library Association . 100 . 978-0-8389-1004-7 .
- Web site: Vander Meer pitches second consecutive no-hitter . . . September 19, 2015 .
- News: Schultz . Sigrid . Sigrid Schultz . June 17, 1938 . Nazi Mob Beats Berlin Jews in Raids on Shops . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Rosefielde, Steven . 2010 . Red Holocaust . Routledge . 266 . 978-1-135-19518-2 .
- News: Edwards . Willard . June 19, 1938 . 10,000 Gape at Roosevelt Wedding . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Book: Stewart, Wayne . 2006 . Babe Ruth: A Biography . Westport, Connecticut . Greenwood Press . 114 . 978-0-313-33596-9 .
- News: June 20, 1938 . U. S. Jury Indicts 18 in Spy Inquiry . . 1.
- Book: Minetor, Randi . Death in Glacier National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in the Crown of the Continent . . . 2016 . 46 . 9781493025473.
- Web site: Spanish Civil War: Chronology . Simkin . John . 2014 . . September 19, 2015 .
- News: Ward . Arch . June 23, 1938 . Louis Whips Max: 1 Round! . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: Schultz . Sigrid . Sigrid Schultz . June 24, 1938 . Workers Drafted by Nazis . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- Web site: Fireside Chat – June 24, 1938 . Peters . Gerbhard . Woolley . John T. . The American Presidency Project . September 19, 2015 .
- News: June 26, 1938 . Duce Raises War Fear of Europe by Threat to Destroy Loyalists . . 1 .
- Web site: 1938 . MusicAndHistory . September 19, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120828144945/http://www.musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/199-1938.html . August 28, 2012 .
- News: June 27, 1938 . Spain Demands Bomb Truce in Row with Italy . Chicago Daily Tribune. 1 .
- News: June 27, 1938 . 2 More British Ships Bombed by Franco's Planes . . 1 .
- Web site: Spain . June 27, 1938 . . September 19, 2015 .
- Web site: PANETTA, Leon Edward | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives .
- Book: Cymet, David . 2010 . History vs. Apologetics: The Holocaust, the Third Reich, and the Catholic Church . Plymouth . Lexington Books . 115 . 978-0-7391-3295-1 .
- Web site: Tageseinträge für 29. Juni 1938 . chroniknet . September 19, 2015 .
- Web site: Baker Bowl . SABR Research Journals Archive . . September 19, 2015 .
- Book: 2010 . Police Searches on the Parliamentary Estate: First Report of Session 2009–10 . . 15 . 978-0-215-54504-6 .