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List of events
Events from the year 1948 in the United States .
Incumbents [ edit ] January [ edit ] February [ edit ] April 30: OAS June 24: Berlin Airlift June 3 – The Palomar Observatory telescope is finished in California .
June 11 – The first monkey astronaut , Albert I, is launched into space from White Sands, New Mexico .
June 12:
June 17 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania , killing all 43 people on board.
June 20 – The U.S. Congress recesses for the remainder of 1948, after an overtime session closes at 7:00 a.m. D.C. time (to be shortly interrupted by Truman's recall from Congressional recess for July 20, 1948).
June 21–25 – 1948 Republican National Convention (Philadelphia)
June 24 – The Berlin Blockade begins; in response, the U.S. orders the launch of Operation Vittles, the U.S. action of the Berlin Airlift .
June 28 – David Lean 's Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It is banned for 3 years in the U.S. because of alleged anti-Semitism in depicting master criminal Fagin , played by Alec Guinness . August 3: Alger Hiss is accused of being a Communist September [ edit ] October [ edit ] November [ edit ] December [ edit ] Undated [ edit ] Ongoing [ edit ] January [ edit ] Carl Weathers John Carpenter Paul Jabara January 1 – Joe Petagno , American illustratorJanuary 2
January 5 – Ted Lange , African-American actor, director (The Love Boat January 7 – Kenny Loggins , American rock singerJanuary 10
January 11 – Larry Harvey , American co-founder of Burning Man 2018 )January 12 – Khalid Muhammad , black supremacist (d. 2001 )January 14
January 15 – Ronnie Van Zant , American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd 1977 )January 16 – John Carpenter , American film director, producer, screenwriter and composerJanuary 18 – M. C. Gainey , American actorJanuary 20 – Jerry L. Ross , United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut
January 22 – Gilbert Levine , American conductorJanuary 23
January 24 – Elliott Abrams , American attorney and conservative policy analystJanuary 28 – Charles Strum , American journalist and author (d. 2021 )January 31 – Paul Jabara , American actor, singer and songwriter (d. 1992 )February [ edit ] Rick James Alice Cooper Barbara Hershey Bernadette Peters February 1 – Rick James , African-American urban singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (d. 2004 )February 2 – Ina Garten , American cooking authorFebruary 4
February 5
February 7 – Jimmy Greenspoon , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Three Dog Night ) (d. 2015 )February 8 – Dan Seals , American musician (d. 2009 )February 9 – Greg Stafford , American game designer, publisher (d. 2018 )February 10 – John Gamble , American baseball player (d. 2022 )February 11 – Chris Rush , American stand-up comedianFebruary 12 – Raymond Kurzweil , American inventor, authorFebruary 13 – Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American film actressFebruary 14
February 15
February 17 – Rick Majerus , basketball player and coach (d. 2012 )February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill , American model, actressFebruary 22
February 28
February 29
James Taylor Billy Crystal Steven Tyler Al Gore March 2 – R. T. Crowley , American pioneer of electronic commerceMarch 3 – Steve Wilhite , American computer scientist (d. 2022 )March 4
March 5 – Leslie Marmon Silko , American author of Laguna Pueblo descentMarch 6 – Anna Maria Horsford , African-American actressMarch 9 – Jeffrey Osborne , African-American singer (On the Wings of Love March 11 – Kent Conrad , American politicianMarch 12 – James Taylor , American singer, songwriter (Fire and Rain March 14
March 17 – William Gibson , American/Canadian writerMarch 20 – John de Lancie , American actorMarch 22 – Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist (CNN March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia , American actressMarch 26 – Steven Tyler , American rock singer, songwriter (Aerosmith March 28
March 29
March 31
Frank Abagnale April 2 – Bob Lienhard , American basketball player (d. 2018 )April 4
April 5 – Neil Portnow , American president of The Recording Academy (NARAS)April 7 – John Oates , American rock singer, guitarist (Hall & Oates April 12 – Don Fernando , American pornographic film actor, directorApril 15 – Michael Kamen , American composer (d. 2003 )April 20 – Paul Milgrom , American economist, Nobel Prize laureateApril 21 – Paul Davis , American singer, songwriter (Cool Night 2008 )April 27
Frank Abagnale , American con man, imposterSi Robertson , American reality star, preacher, hunter, outdoorsman, and U.S. Army veteranApril 28 – Marcia Strassman , American actress, singer (Welcome Back, Kotter 2014 )Larry Gatlin Stevie Nicks Phylicia Rashad Clarence Thomas Kathy Bates June 1
June 2
June 4 – David Haskell , American actor (d. 2000 )June 9 – Gary Thorne , American play-by-play announcerJune 11 – Dave Cash , American baseball playerJune 14 – Laurence Yep , American authorJune 19 – Phylicia Rashad , African-American actress (The Cosby Show June 21 – Greg Hyder , American professional basketball playerJune 22
June 23
June 25
June 27 – Camile Baudoin , American rock guitaristJune 28 – Kathy Bates , American actressJune 29 – Fred Grandy , American actor, politicianJune 30 – Raymond Leo Burke , American cardinal, prelateRichard Simmons Daphne Maxwell Reid Sally Struthers July 5
July 6
Jeff Webb , American professional basketball playerSid Smith , American football offensive linemanJuly 7
July 10 – Rich Hand , American professional baseball playerJuly 12
July 13 – Daphne Maxwell Reid , African-American actressJuly 14 – Tom Latham , American politicianJuly 16 – Jeff Van Wagenen , American professional golferJuly 17 – Doug Berry , American-Canadian football coachJuly 20 – Muse Watson , American actorJuly 21
July 22 – Susan Eloise Hinton , American authorJuly 25
July 27 – Peggy Fleming , American figure skaterJuly 28
Tipper Gore Sgt. Slaughter August 2 – Dennis Prager , American radio talk show host, authorAugust 7 – James P. Allison , American immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018August 13 – Kathleen Battle , African-American sopranoAugust 17 – Edward Lazear , American economist (d. 2020 )August 19
August 20 – Barbara Allen Rainey (b. Barbara Ann Allen), American aviator, first female pilot in the U.S. armed forces (d. 1982 )August 21 – John Ellis , American baseball player (d. 2022 )August 22 – Bishop Bullwinkle , pastor (d. 2019 )August 27 – Sgt. Slaughter , American professional wrestlerAugust 29 – Robert S. Langer , American chemical engineerAugust 30
August 31 – Cyril Jordan , American musicianSeptember [ edit ] John Ritter George R. R. Martin September 1 – James Rebhorn , American actor (d. 2014 )September 2
September 3 – Don Brewer , American drummer (Grand Funk Railroad September 4 – Michael Berryman , American actorSeptember 7 – Susan Blakely , American actressSeptember 10
September 13 – Nell Carter , African-American singer, actress (Gimme a Break! 2003 )September 16 – Ron Blair , American bassist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers September 17 – John Ritter , American actor and comedian (d. 2003 )September 18
Lynn Abbey , computer programmer and authorKen Brett , baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)September 20 – George R. R. Martin , American novelist and short-story writerSeptember 22 – Jim Byrnes , American voice actor, blues musician and actorSeptember 27 – A Martinez , American actor, singerSeptember 29
October [ edit ] Johnny Ramone Robert Jordan Margot Kidder Kate Jackson October 1 – Mark Landon , actor (d. 2009 )October 2
October 4
October 5
October 7 – Diane Ackerman , poet and essayistOctober 8 – Johnny Ramone , guitarist (Ramones ) (d. 2004 )October 9 – Jackson Browne , rock musician ("Running on Empty ")October 11
October 13 – John Ford Coley , rock musician ("I'd Really Love to See You Tonight ")October 14 – David Ruprecht , actor, writer (Supermarket Sweep October 16
October 17
October 18 – Ntozake Shange , African-American playwright, poet (d. 2018 )October 19 – Patrick Simmons , American musician (The Doobie Brothers )October 21
October 22
October 25
October 26 – Toby Harrah , baseball playerOctober 28 – Telma Hopkins , African-American actress, singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn )October 29 – Kate Jackson , actress (Charlie's Angels November [ edit ] Glenn Frey Dee Wallace John Bolton November 1 – Anna Stuart , American actressNovember 5
November 6 – Glenn Frey , American guitarist, singer (The Eagles 2016 )November 7
November 9 – Kelly Harmon , American actress and modelNovember 11 – Vincent Schiavelli , American actor (d. 2005 )November 12
November 14
November 16 – Chi Coltrane , American musician (Thunder and Lightning November 17 – Howard Dean , American politicianNovember 18
November 20
November 21 – Alphonse Mouzon , American jazz drummer (d. 2016 )November 23 – Ron Bouchard , American NASCAR driver (d. 2015 )November 24 – Joe Howard , American actorNovember 26 – Gayle McCormick , American singer (Smith 2016 )November 28 – Dick Morris , American political consultantNovember 30 – Stan Rogow , American television producer (d. 2023 )December [ edit ] Samuel L. Jackson Donna Summer December 2 – T. C. Boyle , American writerDecember 3 – Rick Cua , American singer, evangelistDecember 6
December 7
December 9 – Gray H. Miller , senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas[11] December 11 – Chester Thompson , American rock drummerDecember 12 – David K. Karnes , American politicianDecember 13 – Ted Nugent , American musician, singer, songwriter and political activistDecember 16 – Pat Quinn , American lawyer and politician, 41st governor of Illinois December 18 – Edmund Kemper , American serial killerDecember 21 – Samuel L. Jackson , American actor and producerDecember 22
December 23 – Jim Ferguson , American guitarist, composer, educator, author and music journalistDecember 25 – Barbara Mandrell , American country singer, musician and actressDecember 26 – Candy Crowley , American news anchorDecember 27 – Ronnie Caldwell , American soul music , rhythm and blues musician (d. 1967 )December 28 – Mary Weiss , American pop singer (The Shangri-Las ) (d. 2024 )December 31
Undated [ edit ] January 1 – Edna May , actress (born 1878 )
January 5 – Mary Dimmick Harrison , wife of President Benjamin Harrison (born 1858 )
January 7 – Charles C. Wilson , actor (born 1894 )
January 9 – Alvah Curtis Roebuck , businessman, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck (born 1864 )
January 12 – Herbert Allen Farmer , criminal (born 1891 )
January 24 – Bill Cody , actor (born 1891 )
January 28 – Anna Maria Gove , physician (b. 1867 )
January 30 – Orville Wright , pioneer aviator (born 1871 )
February 8 – Samuel P. Bush , businessman and industrialist (born 1863 )
March 10 – Zelda Fitzgerald , novelist and socialite, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (born 1900 )
April 5 – Angelo Joseph Rossi , Mayor of San Francisco (born 1878 )
June 1 – Sonny Boy Williamson I , blues musician and songwriter (born 1914 )
June 25 – William C. Lee , general (born 1895 )
July 4 – Albert Bates , criminal (born 1893 )
July 5
July 9 – James Baskett , African-American actor (Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South ) (born 1904 )
July 11 – Franz Weidenreich , anatomist (born 1873 in Germany )
July 23 - D. W. Griffith , film director (born 1875)
July 31 - Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd , mistress of Franklin D. Roosevelt (born 1891 )
August 16 – Babe Ruth , baseball player (born 1895 )
August 17 – Mariette Rheiner Garner , Second Lady of the United States as wife of John Nance Garner (born 1869 )
August 27 – Charles Evans Hughes , 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1862 )
August 30 — Alice Salomon , German-American social reformer (born 1872 )[13]
August 31 – Billy Laughlin , American actor (born 1932 ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ "History of NASCAR" . NASCAR. 2010-08-17. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2017-02-25 .^ "On This Day" , New York Times , retrieved 24 August 2016 ^ "ABC TV Network" (PDF) . Broadcasting. April 19, 1948. Retrieved 26 November 2014 .^ Chris Madden, Lifestyle Author and Personality, Dies at 73 ^ "Driver Tom Sneva Career Statistics" . Racing-Reference.info . Retrieved 24 June 2019 .^ "Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts" . CNN . 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2021 .^ NBA great Bob Lanier, Hall of Fame center for Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 73 ^ OBITUARY Michael Vernon McCoy SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 – OCTOBER 17, 2021 ^ Tom Walker, father of former Pittsburgh Pirates 2B Neil Walker, dies ^ Battista, Judy (July 27, 2010). "Jack Tatum, Whose Tackle Paralyzed Player, Dies at 61" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 27, 2013 . ^ "Miller, Gray Hampton - Federal Judicial Center" . www.fjc.gov .^ "New-York New-York Elder-Law Legal counsel law firm profile available from Martindale.com" . 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.^ Schlör, Joachim (2005). Das Ich der Stadt: Debatten über Judentum und Urbanität, 1822-1938 (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 359. ISBN 978-3-52556-990-0
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