104 notable events from 1938 — wars, air crashes and rail accidents. Page 1 of 2.
- Kristallnacht
Nov 1938 · Germany · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Tsuyama massacre
May 21, 1938 · Japan · Massacre
- Disappearance of Marjorie West
May 8, 1938 · United States · Disappearance
- Battle of Lake Khasan
Jul 29, 1938–Aug 11, 1938 · North Korea · War & armed conflict
- 1938 Yellow River flood
Jun 1938 · China · Natural disaster
- General Motors streetcar conspiracy
1938–1951 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Sudeten Crisis
Apr 24, 1938–Oct 1, 1938 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Chongqing
Feb 18, 1938–Aug 23, 1943 · China · War & armed conflict
- Vladimir Vinnichevsky
Jan 1, 1938–Jan 1, 1939 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Oster conspiracy
Sep 1938 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Sudeten German uprising
Oct 1938 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- 1938 New England hurricane
Sep 9, 1938–Sep 23, 1938 · Natural disaster
- Claus Schilling
Jan 1, 1938–Jan 1, 1945 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Seisaku Nakamura
Aug 22, 1938–Aug 30, 1942 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 4th Panzer Division
Nov 10, 1938 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Angico massacre
Jul 28, 1938 · Brazil · Massacre
- Bombing of Barcelona
Mar 16, 1938–Mar 18, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Cabra
Nov 7, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Seguro Obrero massacre
Sep 5, 1938 · Chile · Massacre
- Assassination of Yevhen Konovalets
May 23, 1938 · Murder & homicide
- Tokuko Yoshii
1938 · Japan · Incident
- Bombing of Alicante
May 25, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Integralist Uprising
May 11, 1938 · Brazil · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Alfred Beilhartz
Jul 2, 1938 · United States · Disappearance
- San Cristobal fort escape
May 22, 1938 · Spain · Crime & justice
- 1938 Changsha fire
Nov 13, 1938–Nov 18, 1938 · China · War & armed conflict
- 1938 Hanshin flood
Jul 1938 · Japan · Natural disaster
- Pan Am Flight 229
Jul 29, 1938 · Philippines · Aviation accident
- 1938 Tiberias massacre
Oct 2, 1938 · Israel · Massacre
- James Waybern Hall
Jan 1, 1938–Jan 1, 1945 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Robert Askins
Jan 1, 1938–Jan 1, 1977 · Murder & homicide
- 1938 Tokyo mid-air collision
Aug 24, 1938 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Mass arrests after Kristallnacht
from Nov 9, 1938 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1938 South Jordan train-bus collision
Dec 1, 1938 · United States · Rail accident
- Kweilin incident
Aug 24, 1938 · China · War & armed conflict
- Nouvelles Galeries fire
Oct 28, 1938 · France · Fire
- Al-Bassa massacre
Sep 7, 1938 · Israel · Massacre
- Murder of Margaret Martin
1938 · Murder & homicide
- 1938 Santa Ana air show disaster
Jul 24, 1938 · Colombia · Aviation accident
- 1938 Kyeema crash
Oct 25, 1938 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Bombing of Granollers
May 31, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Bloody Sunday (1938)
Jun 19, 1938 · Canada · Riot & unrest
- Northwest Airlines Flight 2
Jan 10, 1938 · United States · Aviation accident
- Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Apr 17, 1938 · United States · Disappearance
- Chinese restaurant massacre
Mar 1, 1938 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- TWA Flight 8
Mar 1, 1938 · United States · Aviation accident
- Custer Creek train wreck
Jun 19, 1938 · United States · Rail accident
- Samoan Clipper
Jan 11, 1938 · American Samoa · Bombing & explosion
- Vidurashwatha massacre
Apr 25, 1938 · India · Massacre
- Murder of James Bailey Cash Jr.
May 28, 1938 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1938 Banda Sea earthquake
Feb 1, 1938 · Indonesia · Earthquake
- 1938 LOT Polish Airlines crash in Romania
Jul 22, 1938 · Romania · Aviation accident
- 1938 Tōkamachi cinema collapse
Jan 1, 1938 · Japan · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1938 Jersey Airport disaster
Nov 4, 1938 · Jersey · Aviation accident
- Muotathaler Heuberge air accident
Aug 27, 1938 · Switzerland · Aviation accident
- 1938 Fukushima earthquakes
Nov 5, 1938 · Japan · Earthquake
- January 1938 Barcelona bombing
Jan 1, 1938–Jan 30, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Cine Oberdan tragedy
Apr 10, 1938 · Brazil · Stampede & crowd crush
- 1300 Revolution
from 1938 · Myanmar · War & armed conflict
- Teshikaga earthquakes
May 29, 1938 · Japan · Earthquake
- Bombing of Alcañiz
Mar 3, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Hilo massacre
Aug 1, 1938 · United States · Massacre
- 1938 Greek coup attempt
Jul 28, 1938 · Greece · War & armed conflict
- Massacre of Thiès
Sep 27, 1938 · Senegal · Massacre
- Zini Rift Massacre
Aug 6, 1938 · Türkiye · Massacre
- Bombing of Maestrat
May 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Charing Cross (District line) tube crash
May 17, 1938 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Bombing of Sant Vicenç de Calders
Oct 8, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Levante bombing campaign
Jan 1, 1938–Jul 25, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Valladolid
Jan 25, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- 1938 Kırşehir earthquake
Apr 19, 1938 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- 1938 Amsterdam KLM DC-3 crash
Nov 14, 1938 · Netherlands · Aviation accident
- Great Fire of Himi
Sep 6, 1938 · Japan · Fire
- 1938 earthquake Zulzeke
Jun 11, 1938 · Belgium · Earthquake
- 1938 Rodessa tornado
Feb 17, 1938 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1938 Royal Air Force Hawker Audax crash
Sep 4, 1938 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1938 Durbach aviation accident
Aug 13, 1938 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash
Mar 10, 1938 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1938 Bilogora earthquake
Mar 27, 1938 · Croatia · Earthquake
- La Bornaína mine massacre
Jul 28, 1938 · Spain · Massacre
- Bombing of the La Cenia Aerodrome
Dec 16, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- 1938 Muncy Raft crash
Mar 20, 1938 · United States · Maritime disaster
- Bombing of Torrebaja
Nov 26, 1938 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Madrid Metro explosion
Jan 10, 1938 · Spain · Rail accident
- Crash of the Ekster
Dec 9, 1938 · Netherlands · Aviation accident
- Canton train collision
Jan 3, 1938 · Rail accident
- 1938 Valencia rail accident
Mar 29, 1938 · Spain · Rail accident
- 1938 Vénissieux air accident
Aug 22, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- Martorell rail accident
Sep 25, 1938 · Spain · Rail accident
- 1938 Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines air accident
Feb 26, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Albon air accident
May 10, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Bathernay air crash
Apr 20, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Beaumont-la-Ronce air accident
Jun 23, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- Etulia rail accident
Dec 24, 1938 · Rail accident
- 1938 Montardon air accident
Aug 26, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Bron air accident
Aug 4, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Bron air accident
May 10, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Cugnaux air accident
Apr 12, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 Mazerolles air accident
Aug 26, 1938 · France · Aviation accident
- 1938 San'yō Line derailment
Jun 15, 1938 · Japan · Rail accident