Events Date 1948 September | History by KabAstro

Australia vs South of England

Sep 1 Australian Test batsmen Don Bradman (143), Lindsay Hassett (151) & Neil Harvey (110) score centuries in Australia's 1st innings of drawn cricket tour match v South of England at Hastings

Sep 1 Communist form North China People's Republic
Sep 3 W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party
Sep 4 Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman's musical revue "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater, NYC, after 308 performances

Wilhelmina Abdicates

Sep 4 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Juliana because of illness, after 58 years, longest of any Dutch monarch

Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Sep 5 Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 3 straight titles for US as Gardnar Mulloy & Bill Talbert beat Australians Colin Long & Bill Sidwell 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5 for unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
Sep 5 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.

Queen Juliana

Sep 6 Juliana crowned Queen of The Netherlands

Sep 6 Robert Stolz and Robert Sour's musical "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater, NYC; runs for 12 performances
Sep 7 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
Sep 8 British De Havilland DH108-fighter flies faster than sound
Sep 9 "Hilarities (of 1949)" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 14 performances
Sep 9 Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
Sep 10 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
Sep 10 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life

India Invades Hyderabad

Sep 12 Indian Army Invades the State of Hyderabad a day after Pakistani leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah passes away

Sep 13 Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of US Congress

Gerald Ford's Upset

Sep 14 Gerald Ford upsets Representative Bartel J Jonkman in Michigan 5th Dist Republican primary

Sep 14 Groundbreaking ceremony for initial buildings of United Nations Headquarters is held in New York City
Sep 14 Groundbreaking ceremony for UN world headquarters in New York
Sep 15 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph
Sep 15 Musical revue "Small Wonder", starring Tom Ewell, opens at Coronet Theater, NYC; runs for 134 performances
Sep 15 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WMGM
Sep 16 "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
Sep 16 Robert Stolz and Robert Sour's musical "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century Theater, NYC after 12 performances
Sep 17 KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins
Sep 17 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Sep 18 "Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 14 performances
Sep 18 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)

Bunche Palestine Mediator

Sep 18 Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine

Diplomat and Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche

Sep 19 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Pancho Gonzales wins first of 2 consecutive US singles titles; beats Eric Sturgess 6-2, 6-3, 14-12

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 19 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Osborne duPont wins first of 3 straight US singles crowns; beats Louise Brough Clapp 4-6, 6-4, 15-13

Sep 20 Heitor Villa-Lobos' folk operetta "Magdalena" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 88 performances
Sep 20 Mexican Baseball league disbanded

Texaco Star Theater

Sep 21 Milton Berle becomes the permanent host on NBC's TV show "Texaco Star Theater"

Sep 23 Braves clinch NL pennant
Sep 24 Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally), an American broadcaster employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to proliferate propaganda during World War II, pleads not guilty to eight chargs of treason in Washington, D.C.
Sep 24 MLB NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox & Cleveland Indians are all tied for 1st place in AL (91-56)
Sep 24 The Honda Motor Company is founded in Hamamatsu-city, Japan
Sep 25 "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater NYC after 12 performances
Sep 26 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
Sep 28 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting