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| centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events
- Adolf Hitler proclaims that "...we need breathing room!".[1]
- Author Benny Russell begins writing stories while serving in the US Navy.[2]
- The Adventures of Captain Proton are turned in a radio adaptation.[3]
- 12 May
- USS Enterprise (CV-6) is commissioned.[4]
- 30 October
- Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air presented a radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, a late 19th century science fiction novel by H.G. Wells which depicted a Martian invasion of Earth.[3] The broadcast caused a mass panic in the United States of America as many believed that it was in fact a news report about a real Martian invasion.[5]
- 31 October
- James Wainwright, who was then 21, did not hear the broadcast but read about it in the newspapers. On 23 September 1947, Professor Jeffrey Carlson told him that there was a theory that the broadcast was used as a cover story for the discovery of an actual alien spaceship. However, Wainwright dismissed this theory, branding it "crazy."[5]
Promotions and transfers
- Thorveldt Jarrow graduates from Niels Bohr Teaching Institute with degrees in physics, electronics, and quantum mechanics.[6]
People
Births and deaths
- Emma Russell, the mother of Benny Russell, died.[7]
- Changming Weng is born in Beijing, China.[6]
Notable people
- other notable people
- Orson Welles • Emma Russell
Appendices
References and notes
- ↑ TOS movie: The Undiscovered Country
- ↑ DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 DS9 short story: "Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor"
- ↑ The Official Fan Club Magazine Issue 61: "Enterprise: A Timeless Legend"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 TOS novel: From History's Shadow.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ST comics: "Assignment: Earth", "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"
- ↑ DS9 novelization: Far Beyond the Stars
Stories
| Title | Series | Date | Media | Notes | Image |
| Strange New Worlds IV Captain Proton and the Orb of Bajor |
Deep Space Nine | 28 October 1938 | short story | 
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External links
- 1938 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1938 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
