Births on January 21

Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers

Born on January 21, 1938

Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, (born 21 January 1938) is a British lawyer and former senior judge.

Phillips served as the inaugural President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, holding office between October 2009 and October 2012. He is also the last Senior Law Lord and the first Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to be head of the English judiciary when that function was transferred from the Lord Chancellor in April 2006. Before his chief justiceship, he was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005. He sits as a crossbencher.

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Events on 1938

18 Feb

Nanking Massacre
Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee" and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
12 Mar

Austria
Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
23 Sep

Munich Agreement
Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Agreement.
30 Sep

Munich Agreement
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
30 Oct

The War of the Worlds (radio drama)
Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

Births on January 21

Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers

Born on January 21, 1938

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Events on 1938

Nanking Massacre

Austria

Munich Agreement

Munich Agreement

The War of the Worlds (radio drama)