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Year 1938 (''' MCMXXXVIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1938

January-February

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January 1 – New Constitution of Estonia enters into force.

January 3 - The March Of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt .

January 11 - Frances Moulton is named the first female president of a U.S. national bank.

January 16 - Benny Goodman and his orchestra become the first jazz musicians to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City .

January 20 - Wedding of King Farouk I Of Egypt and Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo .

January 22 - Thornton Wilder 's play '' Our Town '' is performed for the first time in Princeton, New Jersey . It premieres in New York City on February 4 .

January 27 - The Niagara Bridge at Niagara Falls, New York collapses due to an ice jam.

January 28 - The first Ski Tow in America begins operation in Vermont .

January 31 - Crown princess Beatrix is born in Netherlands .