CHRONOLOGY
1938
Dated events from the historical database.
1938-01-01 — Creation of SNCF — Unification of France's Main Railways1938-03-04 — Dammam No. 7 Strikes Oil in Commercial Quantities1938-03-12 — Anschluss of Austria1938-03-18 — Mexico Nationalises the Oil Industry1938-04-01 — Nestlé Launches Nescafé1938-04-06 — Discovery of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)1938-05-23 — Technical Design of the Uglich and Rybinsk Hydroelectric Complexes Approved1938-05-26 — Foundation Stone Laid for Volkswagen's Main Plant1938-05-29 — First Anti-Jewish Law in Hungary1938-07-03 — Mallard Sets the World Steam Locomotive Speed Record1938-07-06 — Opening of the Évian Conference on Jewish Refugees1938-07-29 — Battles at Lake Khasan1938-09-29 — Munich Agreement1938-10-22 — Chester Carlson Produces the First Xerographic Image1938-10-30 — Orson Welles's 'The War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast1938-11-09 — Kristallnacht1938-12-02 — First Kindertransport Arrives in Britain