Page 14: Historical Events In 1948

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

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

Oct 18   In the year 1948 operation 10 Plagues   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1948 beersheba liberated by Israeli army   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71   

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

Oct 24   On this day in history franz Lehar, Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78   

Oct 25   Special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration on this day in history.   

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

Oct 27   Israel recaptures Nizzanim in the Negev on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Flag of Israel is adopted in the year 1948.   

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

Oct 30   20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

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   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   On this day in history julius Curtius, German foreign minister (1929- ), dies at 71   

Nov 12   On this day in history japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal   

Nov 12   In the year 1948 umberto Giordano, composer, dies at 81   

Nov 13   "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 420 perfs in the year 1948.   

Nov 14   Prince Charles born in the year 1948.   

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

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Jan 03   Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 03   Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor) was born in the year 1948.   

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

Jan 05   Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1948 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   Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies in the year 1948.   

Jan 08   Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42   

Jan 19   On this day in history death of tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)   

Jan 21   Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1948.   

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

Jan 26   Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1948.