January 3: The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

February 24: A nylon bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn.

March 3: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

April 10: Edouard Daladier becomes prime minister of France.

May 17: Information Please debuts on NBC Radio.

June 28: A 450-metric ton meteorite struck the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pa.

July 14: Howard Hughes sets a new record by completing a 91-hour airplane flight around the world.

August 18: The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting the United States with Canada, is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

September 29: Munich agreement of German, Italian, British and French leaders agrees to German demands regarding annexation of Sudetenland.

October 30: Orson Welles's radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing mass panic in various parts of the United States.

November 1: Horse Racing: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral by four lengths in their famous match race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

December 23: Coelacanth, a fish thought to have been extinct, caught off the coast of South Africa near Chalumna River...

And most importantly, Conrad "Connie" Kalitta was born in Michigan on Feb., 24, 1938. Happy Birthday Radman!