1938 in Canada

1938 in Canada

"See also:"
1937 in Canada,
other events of 1938,
1939 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

* June 8: Saskatchewan general election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
* December 10: Toronto Argonauts wins the 26th Grey Cup
* Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first president of the United States to visit Canada.
* Superman first appears in Action Comics, created by Joe Shuster (an artist for the "Toronto Star") and American, Jerry Siegal.
* Vaccination for tuberculosis (the leading cause of death in young people) is introduced.

Births

* January 10: Frank Mahovlich, hockey player
* January 13: William B. Davis, actor
* February 17: Martha Henry, actor
* February 22: Pierre Vallières, journalist and writer
* April 8: John Hamm, Premier of Nova Scotia
* May 13: Lucille Starr, singer
* May 24: Tommy Chong, actor
* June 4: John Harvard, politician and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba
* June 13: John Newlove, poet
* July 14: Moshe Safdie, architect
* July 29: Peter Jennings, journalist
* July 30: John de Chastelain, general
* August 8: Jacques Hétu, composer
* August 9: Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, composer
* August 25: Colin Thatcher, politician and murderer
* August 28: Paul Martin, politician
* October 28: Gary Cowan, golfer
* November 17: Gordon Lightfoot, folk singer
* November 13: Gérald Godin, poet and politician
* November 26: Rich Little, comedian
* December 22: Lucien Bouchard, politician

Deaths

* February 20: William Alves Boys, politician
* March 23: Thomas Walter Scott, first premier of Saskatchewan
* April 13: Grey Owl, conservationist
* May 7: Frederick Cronyn Betts, politician
* December 26: Pierre-Ernest Boivin, politician


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