Timeline January 1938

Events in January 1938 7

• 1861 – 1938 Georges Méliès (1861-1938) Died 21 January 1938, aged 76 Méliès was a French illusionist and pioneer film-maker who invented many early special effects. His best-known film is A Trip to the Moon (1902).
• 1938 Australian Open 1938 Men: Don Budge · Women: Dorothy Bundy Budge completed the calendar Grand Slam in 1938.
• 1938 Fled Nazi Germany His family fled Nazi Germany to escape anti-Jewish persecution, emigrating to New York City. Thirteen of his relatives would perish in the Holocaust.
• 1938 – 1943 New York Childhood Grew up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, attending George Washington High School. Despite excelling academically, he initially worked in a shaving brush factory.
• 1938 – present Juan Carlos I Transition King King of Spain who abdicated in 2014; he was essential in dismantling the Francoist regime.
• 1938 – 1995 Wolfman Jack (1938-1995) Died 1 July 1995, aged 57 Wolfman Jack, born Robert Smith, was an American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice and his broadcasts on powerful border-blaster radio stations heard across North America. He gained wider fame through his appearance in the 1973 film American Graffiti. His persona became a fixture of American radio and pop culture.
• 1938 – 2012 Etta James (1938-2012) Died 20 January 2012, aged 73 American singer known for the ballad "At Last," blending blues, jazz, R&B, and rock and roll across her career. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.