Timeline July 1938

Events in July 1938 17

• 1860 – 1938 Owen Wister (1860-1938) Died 21 July 1938, aged 78 Wister was an American writer whose novel The Virginian helped establish the Western as a literary genre.
• 1870 – 1938 Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1938) Died 9 July 1938, aged 68 Cardozo was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court and one of the most influential American common-law judges.
• 1875 – 1938 Marie of Romania (1875-1938) Died 18 July 1938, aged 62 Marie was Queen consort of Romania and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She lobbied at the Paris Peace Conference for the creation of Greater Romania.
• 1938 Wimbledon 1938 Men: Don Budge · Women: Helen Wills Moody Budge completed the calendar Grand Slam in 1938 — first ever.
• 1938 Mallard sets steam speed record LNER locomotive reaches 126 mph The LNER Class A4 locomotive Mallard reached 126 mph (203 km/h) on a descent near Stoke Bank, south of Grantham. No steam locomotive has officially gone faster.
• 1938 – 2020 Bill Withers (1938-2020) Died 30 March 2020, aged 81 Bill Withers was an American soul singer-songwriter behind classics including "Lean on Me," "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lovely Day." He died of heart complications on 30 March 2020.
• 1938 Évian Conference Nations meet on Jewish refugees and do little Delegates from 32 countries met at Évian-les-Bains to discuss Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. Almost every country refused to take in more refugees, and only the Dominican Republic offered substantial numbers of places.
• 1938 Howard Hughes round-the-world flight Hughes circles the globe in under four days Howard Hughes and a crew of four flew a Lockheed Super Electra around the world in about 91 hours, a new record. They received a ticker-tape parade in New York.
• 1938 "Wrong Way" Corrigan flight Douglas Corrigan flies to Ireland instead of California Refused permission for a transatlantic flight, Douglas Corrigan took off from New York supposedly bound for California and landed in Dublin 28 hours later. He claimed it was a navigational error and became a folk hero.
• 1938 – 2020 Diana Rigg Born July 20, 1938 — Actress, The Avengers & Game of Thrones Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, England. She became famous as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1965–68) and later as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. She died September 10, 2020.
• 1938 – 1981 Natalie Wood (1938-1981) Died 29 November 1981, aged 43 American actress Natalie Wood, known for films including Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story, drowned off Santa Catalina Island, California, on 29 November 1981. She had been a leading Hollywood star since childhood. The circumstances of her death remain the subject of continuing investigation.
• 1938 First ascent of the Eiger north face Heckmair, Vörg, Harrer and Kasparek climb the Nordwand A German-Austrian team made the first ascent of the Eiger's north face in the Bernese Alps. Several earlier attempts had ended in deaths. Heinrich Harrer later wrote the classic account "The White Spider".
• 1938 – 2016 Janet Reno (1938-2016) Died 7 November 2016, aged 78 Reno served as U.S. Attorney General from 1993 to 2001, the first woman to hold the position and the longest-serving Attorney General in the 20th century. Her tenure included the Waco siege and the Elian Gonzalez custody case. She later lived with Parkinson's disease.
• 1938 Battle of the Ebro The longest and largest battle of the Spanish Civil War The Republican army crossed the Ebro River in a last major offensive and was then worn down by Nationalist counterattacks. Its defeat destroyed the Republic's army and sealed the fall of Catalonia.
• 1938 – 2024 Alberto Fujimori (1938-2024) Died 11 September 2024, aged 86 Peruvian politician who was president from 1990 to 2000 and was later convicted of ordering death squad killings.
• 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 – 2005 Peter Jennings (1938-2005) Died 7 August 2005, aged 67 Peter Jennings, the Canadian-born anchor of "ABC World News Tonight" for over two decades, died on 7 August 2005 of lung cancer, only months after announcing his diagnosis. He was one of the most recognizable figures in American television news, anchoring coverage of major world events including the September 11 attacks. Jennings had anchored the broadcast since 1983.