Page 4: Historical Events In 1948

Feb 27   In the year 1948 the Communist Party takes control in Czechoslovakia   

Feb 28   In the year 1948 the last British troops leave India   

Feb 29   In the year 1948 nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)   

Feb 29   On this day in history stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died   

Mar 03   Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1948 antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51   

Mar 05   On this day in history actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson   

Mar 05   Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 05   On this day in history uS rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height   

Mar 07   In the year 1948 nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death   

Mar 07   On this day in history the Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending the Italian rule.   

Mar 08   In the year 1948 supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional   

Mar 09   In the year 1948 provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia   

Mar 10   1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca on this day in history.   

Mar 10   In the year 1948 jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered   

Mar 11   1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) in the year 1948.   

Mar 11   Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed on this day in history.   

Mar 12   -5°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March in the year 1948.   

Mar 12   -5ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42   

Mar 14   On this day in history freedom Train arrives in San Francisco   

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in SF in the year 1948.   

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1948 bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia   

Mar 15   In the year 1948 sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine   

Mar 18   France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels in the year 1948.   

Mar 18   On this day in history philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

Mar 19   Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC in the year 1948.   

Mar 20   In the year 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90   

Mar 20   On this day in history 20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win   

Mar 20   In the year 1948 20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win   

Mar 21   "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio in the year 1948.   

Mar 22   The birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats' on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1948 birth of manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of thom Mooney, rocker   

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   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   On this day in history kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60   

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

Jan 19   Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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