Timeline August 1938

Events in August 1938 11

• 1863 – 1938 Konstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938) Died 7 August 1938, aged 75 Stanislavski co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre. His system of actor training is the foundation of modern method acting.
• 1886 – 1938 Béla Kun (1886-1938) Died 29 August 1938, aged 52 Béla Kun led the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919. He was later arrested in the Great Purge and shot in Moscow.
• 1889 – 1938 Pearl White (1889-1938) Died 4 August 1938, aged 49 Pearl White was an American silent film actress who starred in the serial The Perils of Pauline.
• 1911 – 1938 Robert Johnson (1911-1938) Died 16 August 1938, aged 27 Robert Johnson was a Mississippi Delta blues singer and guitarist. His handful of recordings deeply influenced rock and blues, and he became the subject of the legend that he sold his soul at a crossroads.
• 1938 Battle of Lake Khasan Soviet and Japanese forces clash on the Manchurian border Japanese troops tried to dislodge Soviet forces from disputed hills near Lake Khasan. The Red Army drove them back, and a ceasefire restored the status quo.
• 1938 US Championships 1938 Men: Don Budge · Women: Alice Marble Budge completed the calendar Grand Slam in 1938.
• 1938 – present Rod Laver The Rocket Only player to achieve the Calendar Grand Slam twice (1962 and 1969).
• 1938 Robert Johnson dies near Greenwood, Mississippi Aged 27 Dies at 27, reputedly poisoned.
• 1938 – 2016 The 27 Club Artists who died at 27 Musicians and artists who died at the age of 27 — Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and others. A coincidence that became a legend.
• 1938 – 2020 Kenny Rogers (1938-2020) Died 20 March 2020, aged 81 Kenny Rogers was an American country singer known for hits including "The Gambler" and "Islands in the Stream," selling over 100 million records worldwide. He died at home on 20 March 2020.
• 1938 – present Lucerne Festival Classical Music Summer One of the leading international festivals in the world of classical music.