October 1938

Saturday 01:

Germany annexes the Sudetenland.

Friday 07:

1938 - Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with letter J.

Monday 10:

World War II: The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Germany.

Wednesday 12:

Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz

Tuesday 25:

The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".

Sunday 30:

Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide panic.

Monday 31:

Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.