1938 in Canada
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See also: 1937 in Canada, other events of 1938, 1939 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
[edit] Events
- June 8: 1938 Saskatchewan election: William John Patterson's Liberals win a second consecutive majority
- 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Deaths
- March 23: Thomas Walter Scott, first premier of Saskatchewan
- April 13: Grey Owl, conservationist
- May 7: Frederick Cronyn Betts, politician
