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1948 Calendar
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1948 Historical Event(s)
- January 7, 1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
- February 10, 1948 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
- February 21, 1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.
- March 20, 1948 – With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
- May 16, 1948 – Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
- July 1, 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
- August 18, 1948 – The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
- September 5, 1948 – In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
- September 17, 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
- October 5, 1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
Who Were Born On 1948?
- January 23, 1948 – Anita Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
- April 1, 1948 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
- June 15, 1948 – Mike Holmgren, American football coach
- June 19, 1948 – Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- July 7, 1948 – Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian actor
- August 4, 1948 – Johnny Grubb, American baseball player
- September 13, 1948 – Nell Carter, American actress (d. 2003)
- September 16, 1948 – Susan Ruttan, American actress
- October 24, 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
- November 26, 1948 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)