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* May 25 - [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] bombs the city of Alicante, killing between 275 and 393 people and injuring a thousand. | * May 25 - [[Falange de las J.O.N.S]] bombs the city of Alicante, killing between 275 and 393 people and injuring a thousand. | ||
* August 16 - The final victim of the [[Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run]] is discovered on East 9th Street in the Kingsbury Run neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The victim, a male, has never been identified. | * August 16 - The final victim of the [[Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run]] is discovered on East 9th Street in the Kingsbury Run neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The victim, a male, has never been identified. | ||
* October 2 - The [[1938 Tiberias massacre]] takes place. | |||
* November 9 to 10 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' ("Night of Broken Glass") [[pogrom]] against Jewish citizens of Germany. The attacks, carried out primarily by the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'', result in the destruction of over 7,000 Jewish businesses, 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and incarcerated in [[concentration camp]]s, and at least 91 deaths. The event is considered to be the official beginning of [[the Holocaust]]. | * November 9 to 10 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' ("Night of Broken Glass") [[pogrom]] against Jewish citizens of Germany. The attacks, carried out primarily by the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'', result in the destruction of over 7,000 Jewish businesses, 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and incarcerated in [[concentration camp]]s, and at least 91 deaths. The event is considered to be the official beginning of [[the Holocaust]]. | ||
* November 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] declares the [[Great Purge]] to be over. | * November 17 - [[Joseph Stalin]] declares the [[Great Purge]] to be over. |