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1948 Calendar

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•  February 7, 1948 – Sancheong-Hamyang massacre:Korean War
•  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.
•  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 7, 1948 – The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
•  May 10, 1948 – The Republic of China implements “temporary provisions” granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
•  July 1, 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
•  July 14, 1948 – Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
•  September 18, 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the US Senate without completing another senator’s term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
•  December 28, 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami, Florida.

•  February 3, 1948 – Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese politician, Nobel Peace laureate
•  February 14, 1948 – Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host
•  February 15, 1948 – Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
•  February 20, 1948 – Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress
•  April 13, 1948 – Drago Jančar, Slovenian writer
•  July 25, 1948 – Steve Goodman, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1984)
•  October 16, 1948 – Hema Malini, Indian Actress
•  November 7, 1948 – Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
•  December 3, 1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
•  December 23, 1948 – Leslie Moonves, American television executive