15 Jun 1938
- The United States Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, which was the country's first effort at establishing a minimum hourly wage (US$0.25) and a maximum number of weekly work hours (44 hours). ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Spanish Republican gunboat Laya was sunk by Spanish Nationalist aircraft at Valencia, Spain. ww2dbase [The Spanish Civil War | AC]
- 1,500 previously-convicted Jews, including minor offenses such as traffic violations, were sent to concentration camps in Germany. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Károly Beregfy was assigned to the Hungarian Military Archives. ww2dbase [Károly Beregfy | CPC]
- USS Enterprise conducted her first air operation. ww2dbase [Enterprise | CPC]
- USS Honolulu was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States with Captain Oscar Smith in command. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Honolulu | Brooklyn, New York | DS]
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