Sidetrack since we're not hitting 1938 for a while and it's 2019 for another 4.5 hours here:
This year (2019) in automotive history, the VW Beetle ceased production, with a Denim Blue 2019 Beetle hardtop marking the end of 81 consecutive years of production and three generations. Whatever your opinion of this car or its origins, it's undeniably one of the most influential cars ever made, encapsulating decades of culture on its own.
Anyway, I'm noting this because VW just released a little tribute spot for the diminutive thing today (not to be confused with the VW Thing, which was also a thing), and I may or may not have cried
a little a lot.