Date in year · 1938 · The 1930s

September 30, 1938

On September 30, 1938, britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Jerry Rubin, Tommy Vig, Ian St John would arrive in the same year.

Events

2

Births

0

Deaths

0

Year

1938

1930s

Featured · September 30, 1938

Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of the First Czechoslovak Republic called the Sudetenland, where three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived. The pact is known in some areas as the Munich Dictate, or the Munich Betrayal, because of a previous 1924 alliance agreement and a 1925 military pact between France and the Czechoslovak Republic.

Browse all of September 30

Around 1938

The year in brief

1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1938th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1930s decade.

Read the full year of 1938 →

What happened

On September 30, 1938

  1. 1938 Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

    1938 cession of German-speaking Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany

    The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of the First Czechoslovak Republic called the Sudetenland, where three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived. The pact is known in some areas as the Munich Dictate, or the Munich Betrayal, because of a previous 1924 alliance agreement and a 1925 military pact between France and the Czechoslovak Republic.

  2. 1938 The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

    Intergovernmental organisation (1920–1946)

    The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April 1946 when many of its components were relocated into the new United Nations (UN) which was created in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1938

The class of 1938

Others born in 1938

Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
Tommy Vig 1938– Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
Ian St John 1938– Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021)
Carroll Cole 1938– American serial killer (died 1985)
Charles Simić 1938– Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)
Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)

Step through

Nearby

The year 1938 1938 retrospective Every september 30 The calendar date One year earlier 1937

Keep going

More to explore

The full year 1938 Every september 30, through history September 30 One year earlier 1937