Historical Events In 1948

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

Feb 28   The last British troops leave India in the year 1948.  

Feb 29   On this day in history nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976)  

Feb 29   In the year 1948 stern-group bomb Cairo-Haifa train, 27 British soldiers died  

Mar 03   In the year 1948 antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51  

Mar 04   Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 in the year 1948.  

Mar 05   Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson on this day in history.  

Mar 05   In the year 1948 charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies  

Mar 05   US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional  

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

Mar 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) on this day in history.  

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   10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco in the year 1948.  

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

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

Mar 15   Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia in the year 1948.  

Mar 15   Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine on this day in history.  

Mar 18   On this day in history france & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels  

Mar 18   Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting on this day in history.  

Mar 19   In the year 1948 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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Jan 03   In the year 1948 birth of larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's) was born in the year 1948.  

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 in the year 1948.  

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

Jan 07   Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies in the year 1948.  

Jan 08   In the year 1948 kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1948 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 on this day in history.