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.
- February 21, 1948 – NASCAR is incorporated.
- May 30, 1948 – A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
- June 28, 1948 – The Cominform circulates the “Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia”; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
- July 26, 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
- July 28, 1948 – The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the “Battle of London Airport”.
- September 12, 1948 – Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah’s death.
- September 18, 1948 – Operation Polo is terminated after Indian Army accepts the surrender of Nizam’s Army.
- October 28, 1948 – Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
- December 12, 1948 – Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre – 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
Who Were Born On 1948?
- January 29, 1948 – Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter and radio host
- February 5, 1948 – Barbara Hershey, American actress
- March 4, 1948 – Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
- April 12, 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach
- June 19, 1948 – Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- July 15, 1948 – Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek writer, literary critic and anthropologist
- July 23, 1948 – John Hall, American politician and songwriter
- August 9, 1948 – Bill Campbell, American baseball player
- September 17, 1948 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
- November 12, 1948 – Errol Brown, English singer (Hot Chocolate)
