On this day

November 20, 1938

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from November 20, 1938

DANES HONOR HAMLET; Tower of Castle at Elsinore Set Aside as Museum for Shakespeare's Prince

By Charles Pound'

Hamlet museum planned

None0 words

DOWN EAST 'NORMAL'; With Much of Gale's Damage Repaired, the North Looks Ahead to a Good Winter

By Marshall Sprague

aid revd

None0 words

DEATHS PUT AT 400 IN BARCELONA FIRE IN MUNITIONS PLANT; Many Trapped and Burned as Blasts Rock Factory After Worker Drops a Shell

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Loyalist munitions plant explosion caused by worker dropping shell; Rebels attack in Segre sector; Ebro losses put at 100,000; French Govt arrests 37 returned volunteers; Rebels seize Norwegian SS Petter II, release crew

None0 words

CRASH KILLS SEVEN IN ARMY BOMBER; Storm-Battered Craft Plunges Into Georgia Forest and Takes Fire Four Bodies Outside Plane CRASH KILLS SEVEN IN ARMY BOMBER WRECK OF ARMY PLANE IN GEORGIA, AND 3 OF THE DEAD

By Unknown Author

7 killed, Lt J Madre hurt, army bomber, La Grange; pors; illus

None0 words

OTHER EVENTS

By Unknown Author

None0 words

1938Colin Fox, Canadian actor^[†]

Colin R. Fox was a Canadian actor, who appeared in various Canadian and American films and television series. His best known roles included Jean Paul Desmond / Jacques Eloi Des Mondes on Strange Paradise (1969–70), Professor Anton Hendricks on PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000), and Fritz Brenner on A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–02).

Notable Deaths

1938Maud of Wales, queen of Norway (born 1869)^[†]

Maud of Wales was Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and a sister of George V, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.

1938Edwin Hall, American physicist (born 1855)^[†]

Edwin Herbert Hall was an American physicist who discovered the Hall effect. He also conducted thermoelectric research and wrote numerous physics textbooks and laboratory manuals.

Headlines from November 20, 1938

DANES HONOR HAMLET; Tower of Castle at Elsinore Set Aside as Museum for Shakespeare's Prince

DOWN EAST 'NORMAL'; With Much of Gale's Damage Repaired, the North Looks Ahead to a Good Winter

DEATHS PUT AT 400 IN BARCELONA FIRE IN MUNITIONS PLANT; Many Trapped and Burned as Blasts Rock Factory After Worker Drops a Shell

CRASH KILLS SEVEN IN ARMY BOMBER; Storm-Battered Craft Plunges Into Georgia Forest and Takes Fire Four Bodies Outside Plane CRASH KILLS SEVEN IN ARMY BOMBER WRECK OF ARMY PLANE IN GEORGIA, AND 3 OF THE DEAD

OTHER EVENTS

Notable Births

Notable Deaths