February 1938

Friday 04:

Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, and it went on to become a major box-office success, making more money than any other motion picture in 1938.

Friday 11:

BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R. (This play coined the term 'robot.')

Saturday 12:

Anschluss: German troops enter Austria.

Thursday 24:

A nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.