Discover what happened on 7 May 1938 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Benjamin Abrahão Botto (Brazilian photographer (1890-1938))
- Octavian Goga (Romanian politician and poet)
- Papa Charlie Jackson (American bluesman and songster)
- Israel Weitzer (Soviet politician (1889–1938))
- Alexander Ghijitzky (Russian politician (1868–1938))
- Konstantin Mekhonoshin
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- Abdullo Rakhimbayev (Soviet politician (1896–1938))
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- Florence Helena McGillivray (Canadian artist (1864-1938))
- Frederick Cronyn Betts (Canadian politician)
- José Espiau y Muñoz (Spanish architect (1878–1938))
- Dmitry Bogomolov
- Hyeon Ik-cheol (Korean independence activist (1890–1938))
- Hermann Bahner (German painter (1867-1938))
- Anatoly Podchekaev (Russian-Estonian architect)
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- William Dudley (Dudley, Sir William Edward (1868–1938), co-operative society administrator)
- William Alexander Hammond (American professor of ancient philosophy (1861–1938))
- Telford Varley (British headmaster, cleric and writer (1866-1938))
- Mykola Kasperowytsch
- Henry Mériot (French poet)
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- Anna Margaretha Dorothea Louise Julie Henriette
- Alice Maude Dowsett ((1880-1938))
- Mary Theodora Colville ((1886-1938))
- Ferenc Bán (Hungarian journalist, writer, translator)
- Antoni Dostal (Polish architect)
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- Josef Jirout