1938

1938 — Korea: March. Samsung is established in Daegu / China: 1938 Yellow River flood / Japan: Tsuyama massacre / United States: The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)

13 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
March. Samsung is established in Daegu. 국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설KO 19361936 Jirisan earthquake 1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직 1937Battle of Pochonbo 1937보천보 전투 1939국민 징용령 제정 1940September. The KPG establishes the Korean Liberation Army, a guerrilla army that was intended to eventually fight to liberate the Korean peninsula. 1940Chōsen Grand Exposition	1938 Yellow River flood Battle of Wuhan Battle of Taierzhuang Battle of Xuzhou Bombing of Chongqing 1936Xi'an Incident 1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo. 1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。 1937Nanjing Massacre 1937Marco Polo Bridge incident 1937Battle of Shanghai 1937Battle of Nanking 1937Battle of Taiyuan 1937Battle of Xinkou 1937Battle of Pingxingguan 1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse 1937Tongzhou mutiny 1937Guanganmen incident 1937Langfang Incident 1937September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command. 19377月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。 1939Battle of Nanchang 1939Battle of Kunlun Pass 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang 1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces. 1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha. 1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月，為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷，國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。 1940August — Hundred Regiments Offensive: Communist NRA soldiers under Peng Dehuai began a campaign of terrorism and sabotage against Japanese targets in North China. 1940Battle of West Suiyuan 19403月30日汪精衛於南京成立傀儡政权（南京国民政府），发表《和平建国十大政纲》。5月1日枣宜会战开始。12月30日延安新華廣播電台開始播音。	Tsuyama massacre 1936Anti-Comintern Pact 1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later. 1937Battle of Shanghai 1937Battle of Pochonbo 1937Kanchazu Island incident 1937Guanganmen incident 1937Langfang Incident 1937Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition 1937July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins. 1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China. 1940Japanese invasion of French Indochina 19401940 Shakotan earthquake 1940Chōsen Grand Exposition 1940죽창사건 1940May to 18 June — Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang begins. 1940March to 3 April — Battle of Wuyuan begins.	The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize Fair Labor Standards Act Wheeler-Lea Act 1936Hoover Dam 1936Second London Naval Treaty 1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany 1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president 1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame 1936Robinson-Patman Act 1936Life magazine publishes first issue 19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak 1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional 1937Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco 1937Hindenburg disaster 1937Ponce massacre 19371937 Memorial Day massacre 1937Battle of the Overpass 1937Neutrality Acts 1937Look magazine publishes first issue 1937Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing 1937January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms. 1939President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years 1939Golden Gate International Exposition 1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts 1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning 1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins 1940Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts 1940Oldsmobile becomes the first car maker to offer a fully automatic transmission 1940Color television is demonstrated by the Columbia Broadcasting System 1940U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president 1940New Hampshire earthquakes 19401940 El Centro earthquake 1940Alien Registration (Smith) Act 1940Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100 1940Selective Service Act, establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. history

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

March. Samsung is established in Daegu.
국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설KO

19361936 Jirisan earthquake
1936베를린 올림픽에서 손기정이 금메달, 남승룡이 동메달 수상, 일장기 말소사건 발생, 동북항일연군 조직
1937Battle of Pochonbo
1937보천보 전투
1939국민 징용령 제정
1940September. The KPG establishes the Korean Liberation Army, a guerrilla army that was intended to eventually fight to liberate the Korean peninsula.
1940Chōsen Grand Exposition

1938 Yellow River flood
Battle of Wuhan
Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Xuzhou
Bombing of Chongqing

1936Xi'an Incident
1936Japan opened a biological warfare operation called Unit 731 in Manchukuo.
1936两广事变。张学良与楊虎成发动西安事變，兵谏蒋中正以求共同抗日，事变后張學良遭蒋中正軟禁直至晚年。魯迅逝，章炳麟逝，胡漢民逝。
1937Nanjing Massacre
1937Marco Polo Bridge incident
1937Battle of Shanghai
1937Battle of Nanking
1937Battle of Taiyuan
1937Battle of Xinkou
1937Battle of Pingxingguan
1937Defense of Sihang Warehouse
1937Tongzhou mutiny
1937Guanganmen incident
1937Langfang Incident
1937September — The KMT and CCP joined to establish the Second United Front, which led to the Communists recognizing at least for the moment Chiang Kai-shek as China's leader and the official dissolution of the Chinese Soviet Republic. The Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies, which were nominally part of the NRA chain of command.
19377月7日盧溝橋事變，抗日戰爭全面爆發。國共第二次合作，成立「抗日民族統一戰線」。淞滬會戰，8月14日中日首次空戰，獲814空軍大捷。南京保卫战国军大败，随后日军发动南京大屠殺杀害约30万平民，十年建設（1928-1937）結束。
1939Battle of Nanchang
1939Battle of Kunlun Pass
1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces.
1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha.
1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月，為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷，國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。
1940August — Hundred Regiments Offensive: Communist NRA soldiers under Peng Dehuai began a campaign of terrorism and sabotage against Japanese targets in North China.
1940Battle of West Suiyuan
19403月30日汪精衛於南京成立傀儡政权（南京国民政府），发表《和平建国十大政纲》。5月1日枣宜会战开始。12月30日延安新華廣播電台開始播音。

Tsuyama massacre

1936Anti-Comintern Pact
1936to 28 February — Prime Minister Keisuke Okada survives the February 26 incident. However, he left office one month later.
1937Battle of Shanghai
1937Battle of Pochonbo
1937Kanchazu Island incident
1937Guanganmen incident
1937Langfang Incident
1937Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
1937July — Second Sino-Japanese War begins.
1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China.
1940Japanese invasion of French Indochina
19401940 Shakotan earthquake
1940Chōsen Grand Exposition
1940죽창사건
1940May to 18 June — Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang begins.
1940March to 3 April — Battle of Wuyuan begins.

The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast
Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize
Fair Labor Standards Act
Wheeler-Lea Act

1936Hoover Dam
1936Second London Naval Treaty
1936Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
1936U.S. presidential election, 1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected president, John N. Garner reelected vice president
1936Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb named to baseball's Hall of Fame
1936Robinson-Patman Act
1936Life magazine publishes first issue
19361936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak
1936United States v. Butler, which ruled that the processing taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional
1937Golden Gate Bridge completed in San Francisco
1937Hindenburg disaster
1937Ponce massacre
19371937 Memorial Day massacre
1937Battle of the Overpass
1937Neutrality Acts
1937Look magazine publishes first issue
1937Panay incident, a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat USS Panay while anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing
1937January 20, 1937 – President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner begin second terms.
1939President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
1939Golden Gate International Exposition
1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning
1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
1940Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts
1940Oldsmobile becomes the first car maker to offer a fully automatic transmission
1940Color television is demonstrated by the Columbia Broadcasting System
1940U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president
1940New Hampshire earthquakes
19401940 El Centro earthquake
1940Alien Registration (Smith) Act
1940Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100
1940Selective Service Act, establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. history