7 Nov 1938
- Italy organized the Milizia Artiglieria Contraerea, which were anti-aircraft and coastal artillery militia units. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Two of the three Wellesley aircraft that had taken off from Ismailia, Egypt two days prior reached Darwin, Australia, breaking the world's absolute distance record. ww2dbase [Wellesley | Darwin, Northern Territory | AC]
- French Jew Herschel Grynszpan, whose parents were recently expelled from Germany into Poland, assassinated German consular aide Ernst Vom Rath in Paris. ww2dbase [Kristallnacht | Paris | CPC]
- German diplomat Ernst vom Rath was shot three times with a revolver by Herschel Grynszpan in Paris, France. ww2dbase [Ernst vom Rath | Paris | CPC]
- Hans-Joachim Marseille was accepted into flight training and was given the rank of Flieger. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | CPC]
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