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East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany.
Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938).
The Spirits Book by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
Died: Perfectus, Spanish monk and martyr.
King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
Born: K'an II, Mayan ruler (died 658).