3 May 1938
- Construction began in Germany for the Flossenburg Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- HMS Afridi was commissioned into Royal Navy service with Captain G. H. Creswell as her first commanding officer. ww2dbase [AC]
- The German diplomats in London, England, United Kingdom reported that the British and the French were likely to support the German bid for the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in order to avoid war. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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