1938

Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

 * Archibald Witwicky dies in an insane asylum.

Events

 * Kelley Barracks built in the outer Stuttgart district of Möhringen, Germany
 * Statue of Liberty closed for renovation
 * Android development continues as designers try to mimic more human-like features including designs such the Elektro from Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

November

 * Under the First Vienna Award — which was a result of the Munich Agreement — Czechoslovakia, and later Slovakia, were forced by Germany and Italy to cede the southern third of Slovakia and southern Carpathian Rus to Hungary. The remainder of Carpathian Rus received autonomy.