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| + | "No, by [[the grace of God]], who evidently does hear very well, even down here, and the margin of half an hour, we keep our world, and the planets of the system too. [[Anti-gravity]], you know, and [[atomic power]]. Because ''They'' came from another sun, a star beyond the stars. ''They'' came from a world with a bluer sun."--''[[Who Goes There?]]'' (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr. | ||
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| + | '''1938''' ('''MCMXXXVIII''') was a the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the [[1930s]] decade. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | === Visual art === | + | === Visual art === |
| - | *[[Portrait imaginaire de Sade]] by [[Man Ray]] | + | *''[[Portrait imaginaire de Sade]]'' by [[Man Ray]] |
| - | *[[Thérèse rêvant]] by [[Balthus]] | + | *''[[Thérèse rêvant]]'' by [[Balthus]] |
| === Events === | === Events === | ||
| - | *[[Hitler]] man of the year in Time Magazine | + | *[[Salvador Dali meets Sigmund Freud]] |
| + | *[[Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme]] in Paris | ||
| + | *[[Hitler]] [[Time Person of the Year|man of the year]] in Time Magazine | ||
| *[[LSD]] - Dr. [[Albert Hoffman]], a chemist at Sandoz Laboratories in Basle, Switzerland, synthesizes LSD. Five years later he inadvertently ingests a small amount of it, and observes and reports effects on himself. | *[[LSD]] - Dr. [[Albert Hoffman]], a chemist at Sandoz Laboratories in Basle, Switzerland, synthesizes LSD. Five years later he inadvertently ingests a small amount of it, and observes and reports effects on himself. | ||
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| === Music === | === Music === | ||
| - | *[[Degenerate Music]] was a label applied by the Nazi government in Germany to certain forms of music that it considered to be harmful or decadent. The Nazi government's concern for degenerate music was a part of its larger and more well-known interest in degenerate art. In both cases, the government attempted to isolate, discredit, discourage, or ban the works. | + | *[[Degenerate music]] was a label applied by the Nazi government in Germany to certain forms of music that it considered to be harmful or decadent. The Nazi government's concern for degenerate music was a part of its larger and more well-known interest in degenerate art. In both cases, the government attempted to isolate, discredit, discourage, or ban the works. |
| + | *[[Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich) ]] | ||
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| === Literature === | === Literature === | ||
| - | *[[La psychanalyse du feu]] / [[Psychoanalysis of Fire]]- [[Gaston Bachelard]] | + | *''[[The Psychoanalysis of Fire]]'' by Gaston Bachelard |
| + | *''[[The Theatre and Its Double]]'' by Antonin Artaud | ||
| + | * ''[[La Nausée]]'' by Sartre | ||
| + | * ''[[Guide to Kulchur]]'' by Ezra Pound | ||
| + | * ''[[The Castle of Argol]]'' by Julien Gracq | ||
| + | * ''[[Ceux de la soif]]'' by Georges Simenon | ||
| + | * ''[[Johnny Got His Gun]]'' by Dalton Trumbo | ||
| + | === Film === | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[January 2]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer | + | * [[January 2]] - [[Robert Smithson]], American artist (land art) (d. 1973) |
| - | * [[January 7]] - [[Roland Topor]], French illustrator (d. [[1997]]) | + | * [[January 2]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer (d. 2017) |
| + | * [[January 7]] - [[Roland Topor]], French illustrator (d. 1997) | ||
| * [[January 23]] - [[Georg Baselitz]], German painter and sculptor | * [[January 23]] - [[Georg Baselitz]], German painter and sculptor | ||
| * [[March 17]] - [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. [[1993]]) | * [[March 17]] - [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| * [[October 15]] - [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and activist (d. [[1997]]) | * [[October 15]] - [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and activist (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| * [[October 29]] - [[Ralph Bakshi]], Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer | * [[October 29]] - [[Ralph Bakshi]], Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer | ||
| - | *[[November 13]] - [[Jean Seberg]], American actress (d. [[1979]]) | + | * [[November 13]] - [[Jean Seberg]], American actress (d. [[1979]]) |
| - | *[[November 16]] - [[Robert Nozick]], American philosopher (d. [[2002]]) | + | * [[November 16]] - [[Robert Nozick]], American philosopher (d. [[2002]]) |
| - | *[[December 16]] - [[Liv Ullmann]], Norwegian actress | + | * [[November 30]] - [[Andrea Branzi]], Italian architect and designer (d. 2023) |
| + | * [[December 16]] - [[Liv Ullmann]], Norwegian actress | ||
| + | * [[Holger Czukay]], German musician (d. 2017) | ||
| + | * [[Paul Bartel]] (1938 - 2000) | ||
| + | * [[Romy Schneider]] (1938 - 1982) | ||
| + | * [[Jean Giraud]] (1938 - 2012) | ||
| + | * [[Hermann Nitsch]] (1938 - 2022) | ||
| + | * [[Joyce Carol Oates]] (1938 - ) | ||
| + | * [[Andrea Branzi]] (1938 - 2023) | ||
| + | * [[Paul Morrissey]] (1938 - ) | ||
| + | * [[Vladimir Vysotsky]] (1938 – 1980), a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet, and actor | ||
| - | ==Deaths == | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| * [[January 20]] - [[Émile Cohl]], French caricaturist and animator (b. [[1857]]) | * [[January 20]] - [[Émile Cohl]], French caricaturist and animator (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | * [[January 21]] - [[Georges Méliès]], French film director (b. [[1861]]) | + | * [[January 21]] - [[Georges Méliès]], French film director (b. 1861) |
| - | * [[January 28]] - [[Bernd Rosemeyer]], German racing driver (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | <!--FEBRUARY--> | + | |
| - | * [[February 2]] - [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]], American railway magnate (b. [[1856]]) | + | |
| - | * [[February 7]] - [[Harvey Firestone]], American manufacturer (b. [[1868]]) | + | |
| - | * [[February 18]] - [[David King Udall]], American politician (b. [[1851]]) | + | |
| - | * [[February 19]] - [[Edmund Landau]], German mathematician (b. [[1877]]) | + | |
| - | <!--MARCH--> | + | |
| * [[March 1]] - [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. [[1863]]) | * [[March 1]] - [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 2]] - [[Ben Harney]], American composer and pianist (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 13]] - [[Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin]], Soviet politician (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | * [[March 13]] - [[Clarence Darrow]], American attorney (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | <!--APRIL--> | ||
| - | * [[April 8]] - [[Joe "King" Oliver]], American musician (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 12]] - [[Feodor Chaliapin]], Russian bass (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 16]] - [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 21]] - [[Allama Iqbal]], Indian philosopher and poet (b. [[1877]]) | ||
| - | * [[April 25]] - [[Aleksander Świętochowski]] - Polish writer (b. [[1849]]) | ||
| * [[April 26]] - [[Edmund Husserl]], Austrian philosopher (b. [[1859]]) | * [[April 26]] - [[Edmund Husserl]], Austrian philosopher (b. [[1859]]) | ||
| - | <!--MAY--> | + | * [[June 16]] - [[Robert Wiene]], German filmmaker (b. [[1880]]) |
| - | * [[May 4]] - [[Carl von Ossietzky]], German pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 9]] - [[Thomas B. Thrige]], Danish industrialist (b. [[1866]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 13]] - [[Charles Edouard Guillaume]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1861]]) | + | |
| - | * [[May 26]] - [[John Jacob Abel]], American pharmacologist (b. [[1857]]) | + | |
| - | <!--JUNE--> | + | |
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| - | === July - December === | + | |
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| - | * [[July 4]] - [[Otto Bauer]], Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 1]] - [[Edmund Charles Tarbell]], American artist (b. [[1862]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 7]] - [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], Russian actor (b. [[1863]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 14]] - [[Hugh Trumble]], Australian test cricketer (b. [[1876]]) | + | |
| - | * [[August 16]] - [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], American musician (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | *[[September 1]] - [[Nikolai Bryukhanov]], Soviet statesman and political figure who served as People's Commissar of Finances (b. [[1878]]) | + | |
| - | * [[September 17]] - [[Bruno Jasienski|Bruno Jasieński]], Polish poet (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | <!--OCTOBER--> | + | |
| - | * [[October 2]] - [[Alexandru Averescu]], Romanian soldier and politician (b. [[1859]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 17]] - [[Karl Kautsky]], Marxist theoretician (b. [[1854]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 22]] - [[May Irwin]], Canadian actress and singer (b. [[1862]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 24]] - [[Ernst Barlach]], German sculptor and poet (b. [[1870]]) | + | |
| - | * [[October 27]] - [[Lascelles Abercrombie]], English poet and critic (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | <!--NOVEMBER--> | + | |
| - | * [[November 9]] - [[Vasily Blyukher]], Soviet military commander (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 10]] - [[Kemal Atatürk]], [[President of Turkey]] (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 20]] - [[Maud of Wales]], queen of [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (b. [[1869]]) | + | |
| - | * [[November 30]] - [[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu]], Romanian fascist, leader of the [[Iron Guard]] (executed along other Guard activists) (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | <!--DECEMBER--> | + | |
| - | * [[December 11]] - [[Christian Lous Lange]], Norwegian pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1869]]) | + | |
| - | * [[December 25]] - [[Karel Capek|Karel Čapek]], Czech author (b. [[1890]]) | + | |
| - | * [[December 28]] - [[Florence Lawrence]], Canadian actress (b. [[1886]]) | + | |
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"No, by the grace of God, who evidently does hear very well, even down here, and the margin of half an hour, we keep our world, and the planets of the system too. Anti-gravity, you know, and atomic power. Because They came from another sun, a star beyond the stars. They came from a world with a bluer sun."--Who Goes There? (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr. |
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1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1930s decade.
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Art and culture
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Visual art
[edit]
Events
- Salvador Dali meets Sigmund Freud
- Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme in Paris
- Hitler man of the year in Time Magazine
- LSD - Dr. Albert Hoffman, a chemist at Sandoz Laboratories in Basle, Switzerland, synthesizes LSD. Five years later he inadvertently ingests a small amount of it, and observes and reports effects on himself.
[edit]
Music
- Degenerate music was a label applied by the Nazi government in Germany to certain forms of music that it considered to be harmful or decadent. The Nazi government's concern for degenerate music was a part of its larger and more well-known interest in degenerate art. In both cases, the government attempted to isolate, discredit, discourage, or ban the works.
- Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich)
[edit]
Literature
- The Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard
- The Theatre and Its Double by Antonin Artaud
- La Nausée by Sartre
- Guide to Kulchur by Ezra Pound
- The Castle of Argol by Julien Gracq
- Ceux de la soif by Georges Simenon
- Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
[edit]
Film
[edit]
Births
- January 2 - Robert Smithson, American artist (land art) (d. 1973)
- January 2 - Ian Brady, British serial killer (d. 2017)
- January 7 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
- January 23 - Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
- March 17 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
- October 15 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and activist (d. 1997)
- October 29 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist, film director, and video producer
- November 13 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- November 16 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
- November 30 - Andrea Branzi, Italian architect and designer (d. 2023)
- December 16 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
- Holger Czukay, German musician (d. 2017)
- Paul Bartel (1938 - 2000)
- Romy Schneider (1938 - 1982)
- Jean Giraud (1938 - 2012)
- Hermann Nitsch (1938 - 2022)
- Joyce Carol Oates (1938 - )
- Andrea Branzi (1938 - 2023)
- Paul Morrissey (1938 - )
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938 – 1980), a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet, and actor
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Deaths
- January 20 - Émile Cohl, French caricaturist and animator (b. 1857)
- January 21 - Georges Méliès, French film director (b. 1861)
- March 1 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian writer, war hero, and politician (b. 1863)
- April 26 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b. 1859)
- June 16 - Robert Wiene, German filmmaker (b. 1880)
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