What is 1938?
{{Year nav|1938}} {{Year in various calendars|1938}} '''1938''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXXVIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|1938}} == Events == *[[January 3]] – The [[March of Dimes]] is established by [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]. *[[January 11]] – [[Frances Moulton]] is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. *[[January 20]] – Wedding of King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] and Queen [[Farida Zulficar]] in [[Cairo]] *[[January 28]] – The first [[ski tow]] in America begins operation in [[Vermont]]. *[[January 31]] – Crown princess [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] is born in [[Netherlands]] *[[February 4]] – [[Thornton Wilder]]'s play ''[[Our Town]]'' opens ([[New York City]]). *[[February 10]] – [[Carol II of Romania]] takes dictatorial powers *[[February 12]] – [[World War II]]: [[Germany|German]] troops enter [[Austria]] *[[February 24]] – A [[nylon]] bristle [[toothbrush]] becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn. *[[March 3]] – [[Oil]] is discovered in [[Saudi Arabia]]. *[[March 12]] – ''[[Anschluss]]:'' [[Germany|German]] troops occupy [[Austria]]; [[annexation]] declared the following day. *[[March 15]] – [[Soviet Union]] announces officially that [[Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin|Nikholai Bukharin]] has been executed *[[March 18]] – [[Mexico]] nationalizes all foreign-owned [[oil]] properties within its borders. *[[April 12]] – [[Edouard Daladier]] becomes president of France *[[April 28]] – The towns of [[Dana, Massachusetts|Dana]], [[Enfield, Massachusetts|Enfield]], [[Greenwich, Massachusetts|Greenwich]], and [[Prescott, Massachusetts|Prescott]] in [[Massachusetts]] are disincorporated to make way for the [[Quabbin Reservoir]]. *[[May 5]] – [[Vatican]] recognizes [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]'s government in [[Spain]] *[[June 1]] – [[Action Comics]] issues the first ''[[Superman]]'' comic. *[[June 11]] – Fire destroys 212 buildings in [[Ludes]], [[Latvia]] *[[June 23]] – The [[Civil Aeronau