Radio program host Terry Wogan

Events in 1938 and 3-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Terry Wogan

• Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
• Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
• Nazis destroy Jewish shops, homes, synagogues in Kristallnacht riots; 20,000-30,000 sent to concentration camps.
• First oil strike in Kuwait transforms the emirate's economy.

Birthday Terry Wogan (3-8) in history

• Day 3-8 year 1492: Explorer Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
• Day 3-8 year 1914: Germany declared war on France.
• Day 3-8 year 1923: Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the United States, following the death of Warren G. Harding.
• Day 3-8 year 1949: The National Basketball Association was formed.
• Day 3-8 year 1958: The nuclear-powered submarmine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
• Day 3-8 year 1981: U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike.
• Day 3-8 year 1987: A 22-cent stamp honoring author William Faulkner was issued. Its first-day cancellation was held in Oxford, Miss., where Faulkner had served as postmaster from 1921 until his resignation in 1924 following accusations of negligence.