Historical Events In 1948

Feb 27   In the year 1948 the Communist Party takes control in Czechoslovakia   

Feb 28   The last British troops leave India in the year 1948.   

Feb 29   In the year 1948 nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)   

Feb 29   In the year 1948 stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died   

Mar 03   Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1948 antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

Mar 05   Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson in the year 1948.   

Mar 05   Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies in the year 1948.   

Mar 05   US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death in the year 1948.   

Mar 07   On this day in history the Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending the Italian rule.   

Mar 08   In the year 1948 supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional   

Mar 09   On this day in history provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

Mar 10   1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca in the year 1948.   

Mar 10   On this day in history jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered   

Mar 11   1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed in the year 1948.   

Mar 12   -5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1948 -5ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March   

Mar 13   In the year 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42   

Mar 14   In the year 1948 freedom Train arrives in San Francisco   

Mar 14   On this day in history freedom Train arrives in SF   

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia in the year 1948.   

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia on this day in history.   

Mar 15   On this day in history sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine   

Mar 18   France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels in the year 1948.   

Mar 18   Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting in the year 1948.   

Mar 19   In the year 1948 lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY   

Mar 19   In the year 1948 lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC   

Mar 20   1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 in the year 1948.   

Mar 20   20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win in the year 1948.   

Mar 20   20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win in the year 1948.   

Mar 21   In the year 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio   

Mar 22   In the year 1948 the birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats'   

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Jan 03   Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Eugeniusz WycisÅ‚o, Polish politician was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 05   In the year 1948 birth of parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)   

Jan 05   Thom Mooney, rocker was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 06   Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- ) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1948 hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

Jan 07   Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42 died on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history death of tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)   

Jan 21   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)   

Jan 26   Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1948.