* 1938 – 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.

* 1938 – U. S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.

Before 1938, the federal courts, like almost all other common law courts, decided the law on any issue where the relevant legislature ( either the U. S. Congress or state legislature, depending on the issue ), had not acted, by looking to courts in the same system, that is, other federal courts, even on issues of state law, and even where there was no express grant of authority from Congress or the Constitution.

This arch played no part in the original designation of the area as a U. S. National Monument in 1929, and was not included within the original boundaries ; it was added when the monument was enlarged in 1938.

* 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R. U. R., that coined the term " robot ".

From 1938 until 1995, the U. S. Supreme Court did not invalidate any federal statute as exceeding Congress ' power under the Commerce Clause.

She arrived in New York City in November 1938, five days before Kristallnacht, or ' night of broken glass '; when news of the event reached the U. S., Riefenstahl maintained that Hitler was innocent.

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The first known piece of television science fiction anywhere in the world was produced by the BBC on February 11, 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play R. U. R ..

* Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ( 12 May 1938 – 17 February 1947 ), the seventh ship to bear this name, served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, becoming the most-decorated vessel in the history of the U. S. Navy.

* James Cone, U. S. ( b. 1938 )

Tincture of Opium is what is known as an " unapproved drug " by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ); the marketing and distribution of opium tincture are permitted today because opium tincture was sold prior to the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act of 1938.

Although " Humphrey was an enthusiastic supporter of every U. S. war from 1938 to 1978 ", in February, 1960, he introduced a bill to establish a National Peace Agency.

On top of that, the U. S. dealt with a painful recession in 1937 and 1938 which temporarily brought economic recovery to a halt.

( Hugo Black, dissenting, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson ( 303 U. S. 77, 1938 ).

The Purple machine itself was first used by Japan in June 1938, but U. S. and British cryptanalysts had broken some of its messages well before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

U. S. 1938 precancelled stamp

The film, released by World Pictures Corporation in the U. S. premiered on September 12, 1938 in New York City ; Frank S. Nugent called La Grande Illusion a " strange and interesting film " that " owes much to his cast ":

Today, Miró's paintings sell for between US $ 250, 000 and US $ 26 million ; US $ 17 million at a U. S. auction for the La Caresse des étoiles ( 1938 ) on May 6, 2008, at the time the highest amount paid for one of his works.

The American Room was opened by the U. S. Ambassador, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., in 1938.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

Mr. Oakes succeeds Charles Merz, editor since 1938, who now becomes editor emeritus.

Never rebuilt, the bridge was strengtened in 1938 by two extra piers, a concrete floor, and a walk-way along the upper side in order to care for modern traffic.

Our last joint venture, Sainted Lady, a deeply religious film based on the life of Mother Cabrini, and timed so that its release date would coincide with the beatification of America's first saint in November, 1938, was a fiasco from start to finish.

William Hitchcock, who retired in 1938, was a veteran of thirty-four years' local service.

Always, in the abortive attacks upon Ruth's record, one man alone -- a Jimmy Foxx ( 58 in 1932 ) or a Hank Greenberg ( 58 in 1938 ) or a Hack Wilson ( 56 in 1930 ) -- made the bid.

Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.

In 1938 Korzybski founded the Institute of General Semantics in Chicago.

In April 2003, AFI re-opened the 1938 AFI Silver theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland just north of Washington.

In 1938, the German chemist Otto Hahn, a student of Rutherford, directed neutrons onto uranium atoms expecting to get transuranium elements.

* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.

* 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor ( d. 2000 )

The 1938 series was high-scoring affair with many high-scoring draws, resulting in a 1 – 1 result, Australia retaining the Ashes.

England made 644, their highest innings total since 1938.

Intersection of North Terrace and King William Street viewed from Parliament House, Adelaide | Parliament House, 1938.

* 1938 – Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2007 )

* 1938 – Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier ( d. 2006 )

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* 1938 – The Holocaust: The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.

* 1851 – Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor ( d. 1938 )

* 1860 – Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, England cricketer ( d. 1938 )

* 1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress ( d. 1938 )