Historical Events In 1948

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

Oct 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1948.  

Oct 16   "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies in the year 1948.  

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   On this day in history "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances  

Oct 21   In the year 1948 beersheba liberated by Israeli army  

Oct 21   Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated in Washington DC in the year 1948.  

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

Oct 22   On this day in history egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel  

Oct 23   Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1948.  

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 in the year 1948.  

Oct 27   Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev in the year 1948.  

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

Oct 29   In the year 1948 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   On this day in history 20 die &6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania  

Oct 31   In the year 1948 cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 04   On this day in history tS Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature  

Nov 09   Edgar Kennedy, actor (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 58 in the year 1948.  

Nov 10   Julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1948 "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs  

Nov 14   On this day in history prince Charles born  

Nov 15   William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada in the year 1948.  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)  

Jan 03   Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1948 birth of eugeniusz WycisÅ‚o, Polish politician  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1948 birth of thom Mooney, rocker  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of 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) was born in the year 1948.  

Jan 06   Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- ) was born in the year 1948.  

Jan 01   In the year 1948 hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66  

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   Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) died on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1948 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72  

Jan 24   Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912) died in the year 1948.  

Jan 26   In the year 1948 ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65