* 1938 – John Bellairs, American mystery author ( d. 1991 )

In later years he produced cover illustrations and interior artwork for many children's books by John Bellairs, as well as books begun by Bellairs and continued by Brad Strickland after Bellairs ' death.

He also illustrated more than 50 works by other authors, including Samuel Beckett, Edward Lear, John Bellairs, H. G. Wells, Alain-Fournier, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Florence Parry Heide, John Updike, John Ciardi and Felicia Lamport.

* New Zebedee, a fictional town which appears in children's works by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland

A fictional desk designed by Furness is featured in the John Bellairs novel The Mansion in the Mist.

* A treasure hunt for the Urim and Thummim forms the central plot of the John Bellairs novel The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost

John Bellairs ' classic fantasy novel The Face in the Frost contains several double dactyls, used as nonsense magic spells, such as the following:

Michael Scott was the teacher of the wizard Prospero in John Bellairs ' novel The Face in the Frost.

They included William Swainson, William Kenny, Frederick Whitaker, Ralph Richardson, John Charles Watts-Russell and Edmund Bellairs.

* Prospero, the name of the wizard protagonist of John Bellairs ' novel The Face in the Frost

In 1992 Strickland completed four novels begun by the late John Bellairs ; beginning in 1996 he has created his own stories using the already-established characters.

* 1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army

Designed by the American architect John Russell Pope, it was completed in 1938.

His importance to early fandom is chronicled in his 1974 book The Immortal Storm by Sam Moskowitz and in the 1977 book The Futurians by Damon Knight. With Frederik Pohl and John Michel, 1938

* 1938 – John Harbison, American composer

Irving Fisher in his 1930 book " The Theory of Interest " and John Burr Williams's 1938 text ' The Theory of Investment Value ' first formally expressed the DCF method in modern economic terms.

Early films, including those from the silent era, which feature the station include Traffic in Souls ( 1913 ), which starred Matt Moore ; The Yellow Passport ( 1916 ), starring Clara Kimball Young ; My Boy ( 1921 ), starring Jackie Coogan ; Frank Capra's The Strong Man ( 1926 ), starring Harry Langdon ; We Americans ( 1928 ), starring John Boles ; The Mating Call ( film ), 1928, co-starring Thomas Meighan and Renée Adorée ; Ellis Island ( 1936 ), starring Donald Cook ; Paddy O ' Day ( 1936 ), starring Jane Withers ; Gateway ( 1938 ), starring Don Ameche ; Exile Express ( 1939 ), which starred Anna Sten ; I, Jane Doe ( 1948 ), starring Ruth Hussey and Vera Ralston, and Gambling House ( 1951 ), starring Victor Mature

* 1938 – John Corigliano, American composer

Other leading films included Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( 1936 ), Lost Horizon ( 1937 ), You Can't Take It With You ( 1938 ), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ), Meet John Doe ( 1941 ), Arsenic and Old Lace ( 1944 ), It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ) and State of the Union ( 1948 ).

He briefly held the record for winning the most Best Director Oscars when he won for the third time in 1938, until this record was matched by John Ford in 1941, and then later surpassed by Ford in 1952.

The premiere was held in Vienna on 15 June 1938, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Oswald Kabasta: the soloists were Rudolf Gerlach ( John ), Erika Rokyta, Enid Szantho, Anton Dermota, Josef von Manowarda and with Franz Schütz at the organ.

* John Harvard ( politician ) ( born 1938 ), the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba

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* 1938 – John August Swanson, American artist

* 1938 – John Sparling, New Zealand cricketer

* 2007 – John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player ( b. 1938 )

* John A. Walker ( born 1938 ), British art critic and historian

Claude Rains played John in the 1938 colour version alongside Errol Flynn, starting a trend for films to depict John as an " effeminate ... arrogant and cowardly stay-at-home ".

* 1994 – John Smith, English politician ( b. 1938 )

* 1867 – John Exley, American rower ( d. 1938 )

* 1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

* 1938 – John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer ( d. 2010 )

* 1907 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator ( d. 1938 )

* 1938 – John W. Dean III, American Watergate figure

* John Austin ( legal philosopher ) ( 1790 – 1859 ), English jurist

* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor

* John M. Pierce ( 1886 – 1958 ) was one of the founders of the Springfield Telescope Makers.

Historian John Huddleston estimates the death toll at ten percent of all Northern males 20 – 45 years old, and 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18 – 40.

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1385 – John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal.

* 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

* 1849 – John William Waterhouse, British painter ( d. 1917 )

* 1871 – Prince Alexander John of Wales ( d. 1871 )

* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English statesman ( d. 1840 )

* 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist

* 1944 – John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician ( The Sparrows and Steppenwolf )

* 1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.

* 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist

* 1981 – John O ' Shea, Irish footballer

* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

* 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and statesman ( d. 1781 )

* 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J. H.

* 1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer

* 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer ( Love Song )