Page 11: Historical Events In 1948

Aug 10   ABC enters network TV   

Aug 10   Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC.   

Aug 10   E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63   

Aug 11   Summer Olympics opens in London.   

Aug 12   Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game   

Aug 13   Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62.   

Aug 13   Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his inaugural major league complete game   

Aug 13   Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game.   

Aug 14   14th Olympic games in London closes.   

Aug 15   3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias   

Aug 15   Korea proclaims itself a republic   

Aug 15   Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)   

Aug 16   Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem.   

Aug 16   Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53.   

Aug 16   The Israeli pound is recorded as becoming legal tender   

Aug 17   Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent.   

Aug 17   Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60   

Aug 20   15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101220).   

Aug 20   David John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65   

Aug 20   US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin   

Aug 21   Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson   

Aug 23   Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine.   

Aug 23   World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries   

Aug 24   Jean Michel Jarre, French 'electronic music' musician is born.   

Aug 25   Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's.   

Aug 26   Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at 50.   

Aug 27   102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August   

Aug 27   Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74.   

Aug 31   Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52   

Aug 31   Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee.   

Sep 01   Communist's form the North China People's Republic.   

Sep 01   UN's World Health Organization forms   

Sep 03   Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies.   

Sep 04   "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 perfs.   

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Jan 03   Larry mcneeley: Lafayette ind, banjo player (glen campbell hour)   

Jan 03   Manfred kokot: East german runner (world record 50 m indoor)   

Jan 04   Eugeniusz wycisÅ‚o: Polish politician   

Jan 05   Parthasarathy sharma: Cricketer (indian batsman of the mid-70's)   

Jan 05   Thom mooney: Rocker   

Jan 06   Dayle hadlee: Cricketer (brother of richard, nz medium-pacer of 70's)   

Jan 06   Guy spencer gardner: Alta vista va, lt col usaf/astro (sts 27, sts 35)   

Jan 06   Robert e [bob] wise jr: (rep-d-wv, 1983- )   

Jan 01   Hermann k j zilcher: German pianist/composer (liebesmesse),    

Jan 07   Raoul auernheimer: Writer,    

Jan 08   Kurt schwitters: Writer,   

Jan 14   Anna "ans" van dike: Dutch jewish nazi-collaborator, executed at 42   

Jan 19   Tony garnier: French architect (b. 1869)   

Jan 21   Ermanno wolf-ferrari: Composer,   

Jan 24   Maria mandel: Camp leader at auschwitz (b. 1912)   

Jan 26   Ignaz friedman: Composer,