Historical Events In 1948

Oct 15   China's Red army occupies Chinchov on this day in history.  

Oct 15   In the year 1948 first 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 15   First 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   In the year 1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances  

Oct 16   In the year 1948 henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies  

Oct 18   Operation 10 Plagues in the year 1948.  

Oct 18   [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 19   "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances in the year 1948.  

Oct 21   Beersheba liberated by Israeli army on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1948 facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington DC  

Oct 22   In the year 1948 augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal, dies  

Oct 22   Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel in the year 1948.  

Oct 23   In the year 1948 eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71  

Oct 24   Bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold War" in the year 1948.  

Oct 24   Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78 in the year 1948.  

Oct 25   On this day in history special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration  

Oct 27   On this day in history albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris  

Oct 27   On this day in history israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev  

Oct 28   Flag of Israel is adopted on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev in the year 1948.  

Oct 30   In the year 1948 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania  

Oct 30   20 die &6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania in the year 1948.  

Oct 31   Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies in the year 1948.  

Nov 02   Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters & newspapers on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1948 truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers  

Nov 03   2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago in the year 1948.  

Nov 04   TS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Nov 10   In the year 1948 julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71  

Nov 12   Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal on this day in history.  

Nov 12   On this day in history umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81  

Nov 13   "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs on this day in history.  

Nov 14   Prince Charles born in the year 1948.  

Nov 15   In the year 1948 william Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada  

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Jan 03   In the year 1948 birth of larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)  

Jan 03   In the year 1948 birth of manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of eugeniusz Wycisło, Polish politician  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)  

Jan 05   Thom Mooney, rocker was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )  

Jan 01   Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1948 raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies  

Jan 08   In the year 1948 kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60  

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   In the year 1948 death of maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)  

Jan 26   Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.