Page 13: Historical Events In 1948

Sep 21   Stephen King, US novelist is born.   

Sep 23   Braves clinch NL pennant.   

Sep 24   Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC.   

Sep 24   Mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC.   

Sep 24   Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53.   

Sep 25   "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater NYC after 12 performances   

Sep 26   Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914.   

Sep 27   "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 36 performances   

Sep 27   Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64   

Sep 28   EJ Ratcliffe, dies.   

Sep 28   WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting   

Oct 01   Calif Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages   

Oct 01   Radio Denmark begins transmitting   

Oct 02   "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 725 perfs   

Oct 03   Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo   

Oct 04   Gordon MacRae hosted the premiere of a radio classic. The Railroad Hour debuted on ABC radio. The theme song was I’ ve Been Working on the Railroad and the show was sponsored by -- get ready ­ America’ s Railroads.   

Oct 04   Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game.   

Oct 05   The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake results in the deaths of 100000.   

Oct 06   "Polonaise" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 113 performances   

Oct 10   Then record 86288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland.   

Oct 11   "Love Life" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 252 performances.   

Oct 12   Alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80.   

Oct 12   Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager   

Oct 13   Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73.   

Oct 14   Batavia lt-governor-general Of Mook dismissed.   

Oct 15   China's Red army occupies Chinchov   

Oct 15   inaugural women officers on active duty sworn in as commissioned officers in regular Navy under Women's Service Integration Act of June 1948 by Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan CAPT Joy B. Hancock, USN; LCDR Winifred R. Quick, USN; LCDR Anne King, USN; LCDR Frances L. Willoughby, MC, USN; LT Ellen Ford, SC, USN; LT Doris Cranmore, MSC, USN; LTJG Doris A. Defenderfer, USN; and LTJG Betty Rae Tennant, USN   

Oct 16   "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances.   

Oct 16   Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 and 2), dies.   

Oct 18   Operation 10 Plagues.   

Oct 18   [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies   

Oct 19   "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances.   

Oct 21   Beersheba liberated by Israeli army   

Oct 21   Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington DC   

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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,