1938
ID: 1459
Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD at Sandoz Laboratories in Switzerland
ID: 1459
1938
ID: 1460
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) first introduced in medical practice
ID: 1460
1938
ID: 1461
Anschluss with Austria demonstrates German strategy of 'legal' territorial expansion through political manipulation
ID: 1461
1938
ID: 1464
Fulton Sheen responds: 'We Catholics cannot join your United Front because we have found you out'
ID: 1464
1938
ID: 1466
J.B. Matthews exposes United Front tactic as purely strategic
ID: 1466
1938
ID: 1467
SEC begins requiring independent audits for all public companies
ID: 1467
1938
ID: 1468
FM radio invented by Edwin Armstrong
ID: 1468
1938
ID: 1470
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner discover nuclear fission using mathematical mass-energy calculations
ID: 1470
1938
ID: 1471
DuPont introduces Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene), creating a new class of fluoropolymers
ID: 1471
1938
ID: 1472
Nylon stockings first sold commercially by DuPont
ID: 1472
1938
ID: 1473
Fiberglass insulation first produced commercially by Owens Corning
ID: 1473
1938
ID: 1474
Dr. Okell's deathbed confession about vaccination propaganda and cover-ups
ID: 1474
1938
ID: 2369
Chandler Act reforms U.S. bankruptcy - creates Chapter X (corporate reorganization) and Chapter XI (arrangements)
ID: 2369
1938
ID: 4476
Curt Herzstark designs Curta calculator - miniature mechanical calculator, perfected in concentration camp, produced 1948-1972
ID: 4476
1938
ID: 5601
Carl Zeiss develops first optical comparators and precision measuring instruments for machining quality control
ID: 5601
1938
ID: 5708
Nestlé launches Nescafé instant coffee - helps Brazil deal with coffee surplus, transforms coffee consumption
ID: 5708
1938
ID: 5902
Hermann Goering releases Heck cattle in forests - Nazi attempt to recreate 'primeval German forest' with pseudo-aurochs
ID: 5902
1938
ID: 1462
May 29, 1938
Browder's 4-hour speech extending 'hand of brotherly cooperation' to Catholics
ID: 1462
1938
ID: 1463
June 1938
Browder publishes 'A Message to Catholics' with false claims about respecting religious beliefs
ID: 1463
1938
ID: 1465
September 1938
Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker: 'No true Catholic can be a member of the Communist Party'
ID: 1465
1938
ID: 1469
September 1938
Harry Hay marries Anita (Jewish) in Unitarian ceremony omitting 'God stuff'
ID: 1469
1938
ID: 1475
October 5, 1938
St. Faustina dies - 'Tell aching mankind to snuggle close to My merciful Heart'
ID: 1475