Historical Events in 1938
53 curated events dated to this year, and 144 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1938
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Discovery of Nuclear Fission
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Discovery of the Greatest Petroleum Field at Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Elected as President of Ireland
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Battle of the Ebro
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Dammam No. 7 reveals Saudi oil wealth
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Discovery of Oil at Burgan Field, Kuwait
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Nationalist Offensive on Catalonia
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New Zealand Social Security Act Passed
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Publication of 'The New American Poetry'
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Publication of Taliessin through Logres
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Anna Akhmatova Survives Typhus and Persecution to Write Requiem
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Aragon Offensive
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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
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Imprisonment of Nadezhda Mandelstam in the Gulag
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Kristallnacht Pogrom
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László Bíró Invents the Modern Ballpoint Pen in Hungary
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Munich Agreement
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Posthumous Recognition
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Publication of 'The Human Spirit'
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Publication of 'The Tower Beyond Tragedy'
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Publication of 'The World's Body'
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Publication of George Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia'
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Teflon (Accidental Discovery)
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The War of the Worlds Radio Panic of 1938
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Vitamin K Used to Treat Life-Threatening Haemorrhage
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Withdrawal of the International Brigades
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Anschluss with Austria
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Friendship with W.B. Yeats
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Great New England Hurricane of 1938
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Hollywood Celebrities Popularize Sunglasses
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Introduction of Crop Insurance Programmes During the Dust Bowl
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Rafael Alberti's Poetry of the War
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Recognition by the NAACP
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Republican Government's Peace Negotiations Attempt
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Synthesis of LSD
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Taggard Publishes Collected Poems, 1918‑1938
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The 'Wittenoom' Asbestos Tragedy (Australia)
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Wallace Carothers and DuPont Commercialize Nylon
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Winning the Poetry Prize at Rugby
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Xerography (photocopying) invented
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Battle of Lérida
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Final Years and Legacy
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Konrad Zuse's Z1 Computer
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Moves to Connecticut and continues writing
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Publication of 'The Wound and the Dream' Anthology
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Teflon Invented by Roy Plunkett
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The 'Mallard' Sets the World Speed Record for a Steam Locomotive
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Valéry is promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
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W.B. Yeats Contracts Malaria During His Final Years
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1938 UK Heatwave Contrast
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First Automated Weather Stations
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First Air-Conditioned Passenger Trains Enter Service
Poets alive in 1938
144 poets
Poets in 1938
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