Page 4: Historical Events In 1948

Feb 27   The Communist Party takes control in Czechoslovakia in the year 1948.   

Feb 28   The last British troops leave India on this day in history.   

Feb 29   Nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1948.   

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

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

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 in the year 1948.   

Mar 07   Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death in the year 1948.   

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

Mar 08   Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional in the year 1948.   

Mar 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1948 jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

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

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

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

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Freedom Train arrives in SF on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 15   On this day in history sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine   

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

Mar 18   In the year 1948 philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

Mar 19   In the year 1948 lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY   

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

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

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

Mar 20   On this day in history 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   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   Eugeniusz WycisÅ‚o, Polish politician was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 05   Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's) was born in the year 1948.   

Jan 05   In the year 1948 birth of thom Mooney, rocker   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of 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- ) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1948 hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66   

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

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   Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) died in the year 1948.   

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

Jan 24   Maria Mandel, Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. 1912) died on this day in history.   

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