Historical Events In 1948
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Oct 15 On this day in history china's Red army occupies Chinchov
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 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances in the year 1948.
Oct 16 Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies in the year 1948.
Oct 18 Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.
Oct 18 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.
Oct 19 On this day in history "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 Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal, dies in the year 1948.
Oct 22 On this day in history egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
Oct 23 On this day in history eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71
Oct 24 In the year 1948 bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold War"
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 In the year 1948 albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris
Oct 27 On this day in history israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev
Oct 28 In the year 1948 flag of Israel is adopted
Oct 29 In the year 1948 israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
Oct 30 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania on this day in history.
Oct 30 On this day in history 20 die &6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania
Oct 31 Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies on this day in history.
Nov 02 On this day in history truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters & newspapers
Nov 02 On this day in history truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers
Nov 03 In the year 1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago
Nov 04 In the year 1948 tS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature
Nov 09 In the year 1948 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 on this day in history.
Nov 12 Umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
Nov 13 On this day in history "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs
Nov 14 Prince Charles born on this day in history.
Nov 15 In the year 1948 william Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada
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