1938

YEAR
1938
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Events

• A sample of water is taken from the backside of the Schweitzer Falls is placed in a barrel and sent on to be studied at Marshall College by one Dr. D. Marley. (Approximate)
• Rioting breaks out in Tunis, Tunisia.
• Barthélemy Boganda is the first African to be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in Ubangi-Shari.
• Munich Pact is signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier.
• Benny Goodman begins the era of the Big Band.
• Indiana Jones finally manages to recover the Cross of Coronado from Panama Hat.
• The Byzantine Crusader article by Bob Ellis features an article on the Holy Grail and Henry Walton Jones, Senior.
• The Berlin bookburning rally is held and led by Adolf Hitler.
• The Holy Grail is found by Indiana Jones and subsequently identified by Elsa Schneider.
• Subhas Chandra Bose, a radical nationalist who opposes Gandhi's passive policies, is elected President of the Congress.
• German transports leave Cuxhaven and Hamburg to supply the building of a missile base in the Arctic Ocean.
• January
  • January 3: Henry Jones sends his Grail Diary to his son Indy from Venice, Italy, asking him to keep it safe with his life.
  • January 4: Registration occurs at Marshall College.
  • January 7: Commencement of classes at Marshall College.
  • January 8: Registration ends at Marshall College.
  • January 10: the Japaneses take Tsingtao.
• February 12: a issue of La Gazzetta di Venezia is released.
• March
  • Austria becomes a part of Nazi Germany, along with the Sudetenland district of Czechoslovakia. The First Republic ends.
  • March 25-29: Spring Break for Marshall College, no classes.
• May 3-9: Final exams at Marshall College.
• May 16: Graduation Day at Marshall College.
• Summer: Indiana Jones and his cousin seek the gold of Genghis Khan.
• June
  • Sigmund Freud flees to London.
  • June 24: a 500 ton meteor is seen entering the Earth's atmosphere. It just barely missing Pittsburgh.
• October:
  • Marion Ravenwood begins dating Colin Williams.
  • Indiana Jones and Sophia Hapgood find the Covenant of Buddha.
  • October 21: the Japaneses take Canton.
  • October 25: the Japaneses take Hangkow.
  • October 31: A Halloween radio broadcast of Wells' War of the Worlds causes hysteria. Thousands of Americans mistake the story's Martian invasion of Earth to be real and flee from cities such as New York.
• November
  • After a German diplomat is assassinated by a Jewish person in Paris, the Holocaust began in earnest.
  • November 9-10: Kristallnacht. Jewish homes and businesses are attacked all over Germany.
• Jock Lindsey discovers The Springs while helping Indiana Jones in his search for the Fountain of Youth.
• December
  • Indiana Jones assists George Ballentyne in finding his father Roger.
  • December 20: The POSEIDON radio operator catches a garbled SOS call, which leads the ship to the Odinsland iceberg.
  • December 31: Indiana Jones' auto driver license expires.

Births

• July: Henry "Mutt" Williams

Deaths

• Joe Oliver in Savannah, Georgia
• Panama Hat off the Portuguese coast
• Mustafa Kemal
• In Castle Brunwald, Austria
  • Principal SS Officer at Castle
  • Right Principal SS Officer guard
  • Left Principal SS Officer guard
  • Female Officer
  • Young Officer
  • Officer
  • Unidentified Officer
  • Old Officer
• In Germany
  • World War One Ace
  • Gestapo Agent
  • German pilot 1
  • German pilot 2
• In Hatay
  • First German Soldier
  • Second German Soldier
  • Third German Soldier
  • Fourth German Soldier
  • Kazim
  • Hatay Tank Gunner
  • Hatay Tank Driver
  • Second Tank Crewman
  • Periscope Soldier
  • Ernst Vogel
  • Massad
  • Hatay Soldier in Temple
  • Walter Donovan
  • Elsa Schneider
• A old monk in Nepal
• Theo Van Aaken in Delhi, India
• In Bamyan, Afghanistan
  • Sonam Tashi
  • Itaki
• In Szechuan, China
  • Ch'ao the Red
  • Masashi Kyojo

Behind the scenes

The article So Then What Happened? incorrectly has the death date of Howard Carter as 1938 while the reference book Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Egypt correctly uses 1939.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game repurposed The Byzantine Crusader document that came with Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game without changing the date which places the story in May 1938 rather than 1939. The instruction manual also dates the game to 1938.

Appearances

• The Secret Peace (Historical note)
• The Roaring Twenties (Glossary)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Mentioned only) (On poster)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade novel
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 junior novel
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 2008 junior novel
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade comic
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade storybook
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Read-Along Adventure
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade game
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
• Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
• Indiana Jones: Indy's Adventures
• Indiana Jones: Great Escapes
• Indiana Jones and the Dragon of Vengeance
• Indiana Jones and the Gold of Genghis Khan
• Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient
• Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheba
• Indiana Jones und das Schiff der Götter
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game (Mentioned only)
• Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny (Flashback)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Indirect mention)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel (Indirect mention)
• Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar (Mentioned only)

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Indiana Jones Adventures
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
• LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Sources

• The Adventures of Indiana Jones
• Indiana Jones and his Life of Adventure
• The Byzantine Crusader
• So Then What Happened? (Non-fiction source)
• The Father of His Country (Non-fiction source)
• Sigmund Freud (Non-fiction source)
• Dynasty (Non-fiction source)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
• The World of Indiana Jones
• Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Templars
• Indiana Jones and the Rising Sun
• Indiana Jones Artifacts
•  Chapter 11: Oganga: The Giver and Taker of Life on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Chapter 17: Masks of Evil on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Indy's Read-Along Adventures on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Adolf Hitler's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
•  Indiana Jones' Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
• Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
• The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
•  Indiana Jones Heritage trading cards (Card: The Cross Lost... Again!)
• The Indiana Jones Handbook
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Annual 2009
• Sideshow Collectibles (Pack: Henry Jones, Sr. 1:6 Scale Figure)
• The Diaries of Indiana Jones
• Grail Diary (prop replica)
• Indiana Jones Program Collection 2023
•  How Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Changes How We Watch the Indy Films on Lucasfilm.com (backup link on Archive.org)

External links

• 1938 on Wikipedia