What Happened in Nov 1938
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Frida Kahlo's First Solo Exhibit
In October, Frida traveled to New York for her first one-person exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery, (November 1 - 15). Frida was reluctant to go... Read more
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Seabiscuit Beats War Admiral in the Match of the Century
Match of the century On November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit met War Admiral in what was dubbed the "Match of the Century." The event itself, run over 1... Read more
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"The Lady Vanishes" Is Released
The Lady Vanishes (1938) is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the 1936 novel The... Read more
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Pat Buchanan Is Born
Buchanan was born on November 2, 1938, in Washington, D.C., a son of Catherine Elizabeth (née Crum) (Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania,... Read more
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"The Citadel" Is Released
The Citadel is a 1938 film based on the novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937. The film was directed by King Vidor and produced by Victor... Read more
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Jersey Airport Disaster of 1938
In the late 1930s Islanders were becoming increasingly familiar with civilian air travel, but a terrible accident in 1938 served as a harsh... Read more
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Jewish Youth Herschel Grynszpan Shoots German Diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, Triggering Kristallnacht
Among the expelled was the family of Sendel and Rivka Grynszpan, Polish Jews who had emigrated to Germany in 1911 and settled in Hanover. Their... Read more
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt]; literally "Crystal night") or the Night of Broken Glass was an anti-Jewish pogrom in Nazi... Read more
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"Kristallnacht" The Night of Broken Glass
In 1938 I was 21, living in Würzburg in southern Germany and studying at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary. I was supposed to have an exam on Nov. 10,... Read more
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LSD First Synthesized
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide (INN) and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug... Read more