May 1938

May 1, 1938 (Sunday)

May 2, 1938 (Monday)

May 3, 1938 (Tuesday)

May 4, 1938 (Wednesday)

  • The Nationalist faction ordered the reinstatement of the Society of Jesus in Nationalist-held territory. The Jesuits had been ordered to dissolve and their property confiscated by the Spanish government in 1932.[7]
  • Pope Pius XI was quoted in L'Osservatore Romano as saying that it was a "sad thing" for "another cross that is not the cross of Christ" to be erected in Rome. This was understood as referring to the swastikas on display around the city in honour of Adolf Hitler's visit.[8]
  • The French passenger steamer Lafayette caught on fire in Le Havre and was a total loss.[9]
  • Born: Tyrone Davis, blues and soul singer, in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 2005)
  • Died: Carl von Ossietzky, 48, German journalist, political activist and Nobel laureate

May 5, 1938 (Thursday)

May 6, 1938 (Friday)

  • The Soviet Union announced the appointment of Alexey Merekalov as the new Ambassador to Nazi Germany.[11]
  • Born: Larry Gogan, broadcaster, in Dublin, Ireland

May 7, 1938 (Saturday)

May 8, 1938 (Sunday)

May 9, 1938 (Monday)

May 10, 1938 (Tuesday)

  • The Japanese began the Amoy Operation to blockade China.
  • An underground explosion at the Markham Colliery in Duckmanton, England killed 79 men.[20]

May 11, 1938 (Wednesday)

May 12, 1938 (Thursday)

May 13, 1938 (Friday)

May 14, 1938 (Saturday)

May 15, 1938 (Sunday)

May 16, 1938 (Monday)

  • The Vatican and the Francoist State made arrangements to exchange diplomatic representatives, completing the Vatican's formal recognition of Franco.[26]
  • The U.S. Supreme Court decided NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
  • Died: Lewis Bayly, 80, British admiral

May 17, 1938 (Tuesday)

May 18, 1938 (Wednesday)

May 19, 1938 (Thursday)

  • 5,000 marched in an anti-Nazi demonstration through the streets of Prague.[27]

May 20, 1938 (Friday)

May 21, 1938 (Saturday)

May 22, 1938 (Sunday)

  • British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax told the French ambassador not to count on British support in the event of a war over Czechoslovakia.[33] Poland's ambassador also told French Foreign Secretary Georges Bonnet that Poland would not move if France moved against Germany to defend Czechoslovakia.[34]
  • The Stromboli volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea erupted spectacularly.[3]
  • Born: Richard Benjamin, actor and director, in New York City
  • Died: William Glackens, 68, American painter

May 23, 1938 (Monday)

May 24, 1938 (Tuesday)

May 25, 1938 (Wednesday)

May 26, 1938 (Thursday)

May 27, 1938 (Friday)

May 28, 1938 (Saturday)

  • The 1,495 ton British steamer Greatend was bombed and sunk by Nationalist warplanes at the dock of Valencia. 10 were killed and 18 wounded in bombing of the city itself.[36]
  • Born: Jerry West, basketball player, in Chelyan, West Virginia

May 29, 1938 (Sunday)

May 30, 1938 (Monday)

May 31, 1938 (Tuesday)

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  31. "Presbyterian Church Votes Out Predestination View". Chicago Daily Tribune. May 22, 1938. p. 1.
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