Page 16: Historical Events In 1948

Dec 12   Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre.   

Dec 14   Reginald Owen Morris, composer, dies at 62.   

Dec 15   Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury   

Dec 15   Former state dept official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury   

Dec 16   "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater NYC for 460 performances   

Dec 17   Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68.   

Dec 18   Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election   

Dec 18   Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers   

Dec 19   2nd political action of Java/Sumatra   

Dec 19   8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3").   

Dec 20   C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85.   

Dec 20   Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia.   

Dec 21   O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place.   

Dec 21   Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged.   

Dec 22   KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Dec 23   Former Japanese prime minister is executed along with six other top Japanese leaders for their war crimes during World War II   

Dec 23   Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64   

Dec 24   1st US house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Mass).   

Dec 24   Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel   

Dec 24   inaugural US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass.   

Dec 26   Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested   

Dec 28   IDF crosses Egyptian border.   

Dec 28   Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated.   

Dec 28   The IDF crosses the Egyptian border.   

Dec 29   "Rape of Lucretia" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 23 performances   

Dec 29   US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit   

Dec 30   "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances   

Dec 30   Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate opens on Broadway   

Dec 31   Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike   

Dec 31   Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63.   

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Jan 03   Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1948 birth of parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)   

Jan 05   Thom Mooney, rocker was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 06   In the year 1948 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 on this day in history.   

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   Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 in the year 1948.   

Jan 14   In the year 1948 death of anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42   

Jan 19   Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) died in the year 1948.   

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 on this day in history.