Page 4: Historical Events In 1948

Feb 27   The Communist Party takes control in Czechoslovakia.   

Feb 28   The last British troops leave India   

Feb 29   Nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)   

Feb 29   Stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died.   

Mar 03   Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51.   

Mar 04   Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

Mar 05   Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson   

Mar 05   Charles Prince, cricketer (5 and 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies   

Mar 05   US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height   

Mar 07   Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death   

Mar 07   The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending the Italian rule.   

Mar 08   Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional.   

Mar 09   Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

Mar 10   1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca   

Mar 10   Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered.   

Mar 11   1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)   

Mar 11   Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed.   

Mar 12   -5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March   

Mar 12   -5ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March   

Mar 13   10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42   

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco.   

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in SF   

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia   

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia   

Mar 15   Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine   

Mar 18   France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels.   

Mar 18   Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting.   

Mar 19   Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY   

Mar 19   Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC.   

Mar 20   1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90.   

Mar 20   20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win   

Mar 20   20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win.   

Mar 21   "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio.   

Mar 22   Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats' is born.   

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Jan 03   Larry mcneeley: Lafayette ind, banjo player (glen campbell hour)   

Jan 03   Manfred kokot: East german runner (world record 50 m indoor)   

Jan 04   Eugeniusz wycisÅ‚o: Polish politician   

Jan 05   Parthasarathy sharma: Cricketer (indian batsman of the mid-70's)   

Jan 05   Thom mooney: Rocker   

Jan 06   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)   

Jan 06   Robert e [bob] wise jr: (rep-d-wv, 1983- )   

Jan 01   Hermann k j zilcher: German pianist/composer (liebesmesse),    

Jan 07   Raoul auernheimer: Writer,    

Jan 08   Kurt schwitters: Writer,    

Jan 14   Anna "ans" van dike: Dutch jewish nazi-collaborator, executed at 42   

Jan 19   Tony garnier: French architect (b. 1869)   

Jan 21   Ermanno wolf-ferrari: Composer,    

Jan 24   Maria mandel: Camp leader at auschwitz (b. 1912)   

Jan 26   Ignaz friedman: Composer,