Historical Events In 1948
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Oct 15 China's Red army occupies Chinchov on this day in history.
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 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 16 In the year 1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances
Oct 16 On this day in history henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies
Oct 18 In the year 1948 operation 10 Plagues
Oct 18 On this day in history [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
Oct 19 In the year 1948 "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances
Oct 21 On this day in history beersheba liberated by Israeli army
Oct 21 In the year 1948 facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington DC
Oct 22 On this day in history augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal, dies
Oct 22 In the year 1948 egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
Oct 23 Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Oct 24 On this day in history bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold War"
Oct 24 Franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78 on this day in history.
Oct 25 Special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration on this day in history.
Oct 27 In the year 1948 albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris
Oct 27 In the year 1948 israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev
Oct 28 Flag of Israel is adopted in the year 1948.
Oct 29 On this day in history israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
Oct 30 On this day in history 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania
Oct 30 20 die &6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania on this day in history.
Oct 31 On this day in history cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies
Nov 02 On this day in history truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters & newspapers
Nov 02 Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers on this day in history.
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 On this day in history edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58
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 in the year 1948.
Nov 12 Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1948.
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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