Page 9: Historical Events In 1948

Jun 21   Dr Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's   

Jun 21   inaugural stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I   

Jun 24   Berlin, Germany was completely isolated from the outside world. Joseph Stalin, premier of Soviet Russia, who had already cut rail and road access to the city three months earlier, now blocked all ground and water access and cut electricity to the Western sector. Within a few days, the great Berlin Airlift began. U.S. planes dropped up to 13000 tons of goods per day for the next 10 months.   

Jun 24   Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey.   

Jun 25   Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 25   Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship   

Jun 26   US denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin   

Jun 27   George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92.   

Jun 28   In Fukui, Japan a 7.3 quake resulted in 5390 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

Jun 28   US/British airlift to West-Berlin begins   

Jun 30   Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0.   

Jun 30   Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78.   

Jun 30   Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)   

Jul 01   Berlin Airlift, supplying Berlin's zones by air.   

Jul 01   NYC subway fare goes to 10., bus fare to 7. and combo fare at 12   

Jul 02   62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75).   

Jul 03   55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86).   

Jul 03   Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90.   

Jul 05   Britain's National Health Service Act begins.   

Jul 05   Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29.   

Jul 05   E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn   

Jul 07   6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy.   

Jul 07   6 female reservists become inaugural women sworn into regular US Navy   

Jul 07   Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige   

Jul 08   500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow   

Jul 08   Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies.   

Jul 09   Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleve   

Jul 10   "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 318 performances.   

Jul 11   1st air bombing of Jerusalem.   

Jul 11   Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies   

Jul 12   1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)   

Jul 12   The inaugural jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)   

Jul 13   In this year, 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis   

Jul 14   Israel bombs Cairo   

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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,