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World Events
- Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
- Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
- Nazis destroy Jewish shops, homes, synagogues in
Kristallnacht riots; 20,000-30,000 sent to
concentration camps.
- First oil strike in Kuwait transforms the emirate's economy.
U.S. Events
Economics
Federal spending: $6.84 billion
Consumer Price Index: 14.1
Unemployment: 19.0%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
Sports
World SeriesNY Yankees d. Chicago Cubs (4-0)Stanley CupChicago d. Toronto (3-1)WimbledonWomen: Helen Moody d. H. Jacobs (6-4 6-0)
Men: Don Budge d. H. Austin (6-1 6-0 6-3)Kentucky Derby ChampionLawrinNCAA Football ChampionsTCU (11-0-0)World CupItaly d. Hungary (4-2)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: The Late George Apley, John Phillips Marquand
Drama: Our Town, Thornton Wilder Oscars awarded in 1938
Academy Award, Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola (Warner Bros.) Nobel Prize for Literature: Pearl S. Buck (US) Miss America: Marilyn Meseke (OH) More Entertainment Awards...
Events
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Richard Kuhn (Germany), for carotenoid study and vitamin research (declined) Physics: Enrico Fermi (Italy), for identification of new radioactivity elements and discovery of nuclear reactions effected by slow neutrons Physiology or Medicine: Corneille Heymans (Belgium), for determining importance of sinus and aorta mechanisms in the regulation of respiration
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