Events[]
- In the World Series, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, as predicted by Reginald Brooksbank.
- Orson Welles makes Citizen Kane.[1]
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) opens in Washington.[1]
- Girls gather across America in slumber parties.[1]
- Border wars between Peru and Ecuador.[1]
- By this year the World War II conflict in Africa shifts from Somaliland and Ethiopia to Burma.[2]
- Hungary joins the Axis powers.[3]
- March 30: Battle of Cape Matapan. Italian warships are sunk by the British near Crete.[1]
- March-April: Germany conquers Greece and Yugoslavia.[1]
- April: Indy searches for the Golden Fleece in Greece.[4]
- May 27: The Bismarck is sunk by the British.[1]
- June 22: Germany invades Russia.[1]
- Italy's rule over Ethiopia ends.[5]
- July: Great Britain and Free France free Syria from Vichy.[1]
- August: a CIA report about Marion Ravenwood is produced.[6]
- August 19: Germany takes Ukraine.[1]
- The first all-plastic car body is manufactured.[1]
- Sulfadiazine (a sulfa drug) is produced.[1]
- September
- October
- Germany attacks Odessa and Crimea.[1]
- October 1: United States and Great Britain sign treaties to aid Russia.[1]
- November
- Reginald Brooksbank's record of the future stop.[7]
- Nov 15: Germans begin offensive toward Moscow.[1]
- Nov 15-July 1942: Germans lay siege to Sevastopol.[1]
- November 26: the Lebanese Republic declares itself independent from France.
- December
- Russians counterattack in Ukraine.[1]
- December 7-8: Japanese forces attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter into World War II with the Allies.[8][9][10] Japan also attack Phillipines and Malaya.[1]
- December 8: Germany and Italy declare war on US. US declares war on Germany and Italy.[1]
- Fall: John Ford begins directing a new film about the army.[11]
Births[]
- April: Nikos Kiapos in Valley of Hecate, Colchis, Georgia[4]
Deaths[]
- Meg Forrester[12]
- Sir Arthur Evans[13]
- April: Daan van Rooijen in Istanbul, Turkey[4]
- June: Wilhelm II[7]
- July: Nichols in the Akashic Hall of Records[7]
- Reginald Brooksbank in the Akashic Hall of Records[7]
- August: Erik Jan Eckart in Mount Sinai, Egypt[14]
- September 6: Walter Granger
Behind the scenes[]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Read-Along Adventure erroneously dates the story as taking place in 1941 instead of 1938.[15]
Appearances[]
- Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire (Historical note)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Read-Along Adventure (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece
- Indiana Jones und das Labyrinth des Horus
- Indiana Jones und das Schwert des Dschingis Khan
- Indiana Jones and the Pyramid of the Sorcerer
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Mount Sinai
- Indiana Jones und das Geheimnis der Osterinseln
- Indiana Jones: Den of Destiny (Mentioned only) (CIA file)
Sources[]
- Birth of a Nation (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece (Non-fiction source)
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
- Indiana Jones Artifacts
- Marshall College on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- Adolf Hitler's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- The World of John Ford (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 The World of Indiana Jones
- ↑ Birth of a Nation
- ↑ Indiana Jones Artifacts
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
- ↑ Indiana Jones: Den of Destiny
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Indiana Jones and the Pyramid of the Sorcerer
- ↑ Adolf Hitler's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire
- ↑ Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- ↑ The World of John Ford
- ↑ Indiana Jones und das Verschwundene Volk
- ↑ Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Mount Sinai
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Read-Along Adventure