1948 Calendar
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1948 Historical Event(s)
February 8, 1948
– The formal creation of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea is announced.
February 10, 1948
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
April 1, 1948
– Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
May 7, 1948
– The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
June 25, 1948
– The Berlin airlift begins.
July 14, 1948
– Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
August 3, 1948
– Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
September 13, 1948
– Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union.
September 18, 1948
– Communist Madiun uprising in Dutch Indies.
December 30, 1948
– The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
Who Were Born On 1948?
January 12, 1948
– Kenny Allen, English footballer
March 6, 1948
– Stephen Schwartz, American musical theatre lyricist and composer
June 21, 1948
– Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
July 7, 1948
– Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
July 20, 1948
– Muse Watson, American actor
September 27, 1948
– A Martinez, American actor
October 2, 1948
– Chris LeDoux, American musician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
October 30, 1948
– Rusty Goffe, British actor
October 31, 1948
– Michael Kitchen, British actor
November 6, 1948
– Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist and political figure