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1948 Calendar
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1948 Historical Event(s)
- February 10, 1948 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
- March 18, 1948 – Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of a Tito-Stalin split.
- March 27, 1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.
- May 1, 1948 – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.
- June 24, 1948 – Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
- June 26, 1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- July 16, 1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
- August 18, 1948 – The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
- August 23, 1948 – World Council of Churches is formed.
- November 1, 1948 – Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is enthroned.
Who Were Born On 1948?
- January 27, 1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian ballet dancer
- February 2, 1948 – Roger Williamson, English racecar driver (d. 1973)
- March 8, 1948 – Peggy March, American pop singer
- March 11, 1948 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
- May 29, 1948 – Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
- June 6, 1948 – Tony Levin, American bassist (King Crimson)
- August 2, 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh guitarist (Amen Corner)
- September 1, 1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
- September 3, 1948 – Levy Mwanawasa, President of Zambia (d. 2008)
- October 10, 1948 – Séverine, French singer