Page 3: Historical Events In 1948

Feb 05   Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64   

Feb 06   1st radio-controlled airplane flown   

Feb 06   Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia.   

Feb 06   inaugural radio-controlled airplane flown   

Feb 06   Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38   

Feb 07   "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances.   

Feb 07   "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs   

Feb 07   "Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies   

Feb 07   U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower steps down as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley.   

Feb 08   5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland   

Feb 08   5th Winter Olympics games close at St Moritz, Switzerland.   

Feb 09   Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65   

Feb 09   WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Feb 10   Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies.   

Feb 10   Greek General Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki   

Feb 11   Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140.   

Feb 11   Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England vs West Indies, out for 140.   

Feb 11   John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland.   

Feb 11   Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50   

Feb 11   Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs England Port-of-Spain.   

Feb 12   1st Lt Nancy Leftenant is recorded as becoming 1st black in army nursing corps   

Feb 13   Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings   

Feb 13   Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of Belgium.   

Feb 13   Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA.   

Feb 13   Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England.   

Feb 15   Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan.   

Feb 16   1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC   

Feb 16   Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for inaugural time   

Feb 20   Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister steps down   

Feb 21   Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer, dies at 80.   

Feb 21   NASCAR is incorporated   

Feb 22   Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die.   

Feb 24   Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia   

Feb 25   Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald is recorded as becoming premier.   

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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   On this day in history 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   Thom Mooney, rocker was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35) was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )   

Jan 01   On this day in history hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

Jan 07   In the year 1948 raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies   

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   On this day in history ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912)   

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