What happened with running shoes in 1938?
New Balance (founded in 1906 as an orthopaedic brace business) makes their first running shoe for competitive runners.
Adidas track shoe from 1938:
What else happened in 1938?
Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes The March of Dimes, a non-profit foundation to fight infant polio.
On February 6, 300 swimmers are dragged out to sea in 3 freak waves in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. 80 lifesavers saved all but 5.
In March, oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
Walt Disney releases the first cel-animated feature in motion picture history, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Tensions increase around the world over Adolf Hitler’s speeches and actions towards Czechoslovakia.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded to Corneille Jean François Heymans (1892–1968), a Belgian physiologist for his work that showed how blood pressure and the oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain.
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Running Shoes | Marketshare of Running Shoes | Running Shoe Anatomy and Terminology | Design Features in Running Shoes | How Often to Change or Replace Running Shoes | Manufacture of Running Shoes | Running Shoe Materials | Running Shoe Rotation | History of Podiatry | Footwear History | History of the Marathon
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Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes
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