November 1938

Wednesday 09:

Kristallnacht, Nazi Germany's first large-scale act of physical anti-Jewish violence, begins.

Thursday 10:

Kate Smith, on her weekly radio show, sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time.

Saturday 12:

Hermann Göring announces Nazi Germany plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that actually was first considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.

Friday 18:

Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.