Douglas DC-4E First Test Flight June 7, 1938

LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel. Date: November 16, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1938Franco Abolishes Catalan Autonomy and Language Rights, April 5, 1938Nazi…

The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph). Date: January 28, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart. Date: February 18, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day…

The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States, with Ontario, Canada, over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Date: August 18, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy. Date: December 17, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1938U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Federal Common…

BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R. that coined the term "robot". Date: February 11, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today) More…