Historical Events in 1948 (Part 2)

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• Jun 18 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts debuts for the Philadelphia Phillies, taking a 2-0 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
• Jun 18 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
• Jun 19 Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel

• Jun 20 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
• Jun 20 Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader
• Jun 20 Deutsche Mark introduced in West Germany
• Jun 21 1st stored computer program runs on Manchester Mark I at a laboratory in Manchester University, England

• Jun 21 HMT Empire Windrush with the first 800 emigrants from the West Indies to the UK arrives at Port of Tilbury near London

• Jun 21 Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens
• Jun 21 WNAC (now WHDH) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting

• Jun 26 US begin airlift “Operation Vittles” to West Berlin
• Jun 28 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
• Jun 30 Cleveland Indians' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
• Jun 30 Last British troops leave Israel
• Jun 30 Transistor as a substitute for valves announced (Bell Labs)

• Jul 1 NYC subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents
• Jul 3 Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death, California; execution doesn't happen until 1960
• Jul 5 National Health Service established in the UK; Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan attends ceremony at Park Hospital in Davyhulme, Trafford
• Jul 7 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy

• Jul 8 500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow
• Jul 9 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless innings for Cleveland in St. Louis
• Jul 10 Lydda Airfield captured by Israeli army
• Jul 11 1st air bombing of Jerusalem
• Jul 12 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)

• Jul 15 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
• Jul 15 Israel bombs Cairo during Arab-Israeli War
• Jul 15 US President Harry Truman nominated for his 1st full term at Democratic Convention (Philadelphia Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

• Jul 17 Israeli army captures Nazareth
• Jul 17 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea
• Jul 17 US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen encounters children in at Templehof Airport in Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, giving him the idea to drop candy in 'Operation Little Vittles'
• Jul 18 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in an 11 inning game
• Jul 19 French government of Schuman resigns

• Jul 20 US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested
• Jul 21 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Jul 23 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for US President
• Jul 24 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St Louis Cards Class C farm team) players die in crash

• Jul 26 1st Black host of a network show - Bob Howard Show on CBS
• Jul 26 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as manager of New York Giants
• Jul 26 President Harry Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 to desegregate the US armed forces, directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in the military
• Jul 27 Australia set 404 to win v England at Headingley
• Jul 27 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
• Jul 27 Otto Skorzeny escapes anti-nazi camp at Darmstadt
• Jul 28 I G Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die
• Jul 28 London's Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".

• Jul 30 Professional wrestling premieres on US prime-time TV (DuMont Network)
• Jul 31 American sprinter Harrison Dillard runs an Olympic record 10.3s to beat countryman Barney Ewell for the 100m gold medal at the London Olympics
• Jul 31 American swimmer Wally Ris wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the London Olympics beating teammate Alan Ford by 0.4 seconds
• Jul 31 US President Harry Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (now Kennedy Airport), NYC
• Aug 1 The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.
• Aug 2 Danish swimmer Greta Anderson (1:06.3) touches out American Ann Curtis by 0.2 in the women's 100m freestyle at the London Olympics
• Aug 2 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the 100m in 11.9 at the London Olympics; 1st of unprecedented 3 individual track & field gold medals
• Aug 2 Italians Adolfo Consolini and Giuseppe Tosi go 1-2 in the men's discus final at the London Olympics
• Aug 3 American divers Vicki Draves, Zoe Ann Olsen and Patsy Elsener go 1-2-3 in a US clean sweep of the medals in the women's 3m springboard at the London Olympics
• Aug 3 An American 1-2 in the men's 200m at the London Olympics with Mel Patton (21.1) beating teammate Barney Ewell
• Aug 3 An American clean sweep of the medals in the men's 3m springboard diving at the London Olympics with Bruce Harlan winning gold, Miller Anderson silver and Sammy Lee bronze
• Aug 3 An American sweep of the medals in the men's shot put at the London Olympics with Wilbur Thompson taking gold ahead of teammates Jim Delaney & Jim Fuchs
• Aug 3 FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused of being a "communist"
• Aug 3 Negro League veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, age 42, debuts in Cleveland after controversial signing, goes 7 innings in 5-3 win v Washington
• Aug 3 The US 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith swim a world record 8:46.0 to win gold at the London Olympics
• Aug 4 5 day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America's poll tax
• Aug 4 An American sweep of the medals in the 110m hurdles at the London Olympics with William Porter taking gold, ahead of Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon
• Aug 4 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the 80m hurdles in Olympic record 11.2 at the London Olympics; 2nd of unprecedented 3 individual track & field gold medals
• Aug 4 Hungary's Olga Gyarmati wins the first ever Olympic women's long jump competition at the London Games
• Aug 4 The women's shot put introduced to track & field program at the London Olympics; inaugural gold medallist Micheline Ostermeyer of France who also won the women's discus gold
• Aug 5 A Jamaican 1-2 in the men's 400m at the London Olympics with Arthur Wint (46.2) beating teammate Herb McKenley for the gold medal
• Aug 5 A Swedish sweep of the medals in the 3000m steeplechase at the London Olympics with Tore Sjöstrand taking gold ahead of teammates Erik Elmsäter & Göte Hagström
• Aug 5 Americans Sammy Lee and Bruce Harlan go 1-2 in the 10m platform diving at the London Olympics
• Aug 5 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) in a 3-0 win v Washington
• Aug 6 17-year-old American Bob Mathias scores 7,139 points to edge out Ignace Heinrich of France by just 165 in the decathlon at the London Olympics
• Aug 6 A Swedish 1-2 in the men's 1,500m at the London Olympics with Henry Eriksson (3:49.8) beating teammate Lennart Strand by 0.6 seconds
• Aug 6 Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins London Olympics 200m in 24.4s to become the first women to claim 3 individual track & field gold at a Games, having already won the 100m and 80m hurdles
• Aug 6 Vicki Draves wins her second diving gold medal at the London Olympics beating American teammate Patsy Elsener in the 10m platform
• Aug 6 Willem Drees forms Socialist government (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) in the Netherlands
• Aug 7 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
• Aug 7 American Alice Coachman becomes the first black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal when she takes out the high jump at the London Games
• Aug 7 American swimmer Jimmy McLane wins the 1,500m for his 2nd gold medal at the London Olympics (4 x 200m freestyle relay); marks a US clean sweep of every men's swimming gold medal at the Games
• Aug 7 Delfo Cabrera of Argentina wins dramatic marathon in 2:34:51.6 at the London Olympics
• Aug 7 Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins her 4th track & field gold medal of the London Olympics as part of the Dutch 4 x 100m relay team in 47.5

• Aug 9 Italian rider Mario Ghella beats Reg Harris of Great Britain for the gold medal in the cycling sprint final at the London Olympics
• Aug 9 The US crew blitzes the field to win the rowing eights gold medal at the London Olympics; beat silver medallists Great Britain by 10.2 seconds
• Aug 10 ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY)
• Aug 10 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
• Aug 10 Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
• Aug 11 The weightlifting competition at the London Olympics concludes with the US (4) and Egypt (2) dominant, combining to win all of the 6 gold medals
• Aug 12 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
• Aug 12 Court of justice sentences General Friedrich Christiansen, commander of the German Wehrmacht in the Netherlands, to 12 years imprisonment
• Aug 12 Indian maestro Balbir Singh Dosanjh scores twice as India beats Great Britain 4-0 for the field hockey gold medal at the London Olympics; India's 4th consecutive Olympic hockey title
• Aug 12 The canoeing program at the London Olympics concludes with Sweden (4) and Czechoslovakia (3) dominant, combining for 7 of the 9 gold medals
• Aug 13 3 Finnish gymnasts dead heat for the gold medal in the pommel horse section at London Olympics; Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen & Heikki Savolainen all awarded gold
• Aug 13 Hungarian boxer László Papp wins the first of 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals; beats British middleweight Johnny Wright on points at the London Games
• Aug 13 Johan Gren scores twice as Sweden beats Yugoslavia 3-1 to win the football gold medal at the London Olympics
• Aug 13 José Beyaert of France wins the cycling road race at the London Olympics; Belgium takes gold in the teams section beating Great Britain & France
• Aug 13 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game
• Aug 13 The United States successfully defends its Olympic basketball title with a 65-21 win over France at the London Games
• Aug 14 Australian fast bowler Ray Lindwall takes 6-20 as England dismissed for a record low 52 in 5th cricket Test at the Oval; Don Bradman out for 0 in final Test innings
• Aug 14 XIV Olympic Games close at London, Great Britain
• Aug 15 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
• Aug 16 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
• Aug 16 Israeli pound becomes legal tender
• Aug 17 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent
• Aug 17 Phillies commit 8 errors in a baseball game for the 2nd time
• Aug 17 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
• Aug 20 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0 (101,220)
• Aug 20 US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin
• Aug 21 Cleveland Indians 47-inning scoreless streak is broken as future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon yields a home run to Aaron Robinson in a 3-2 loss to Chicago White Sox
• Aug 23 Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
• Aug 23 World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
• Aug 25 Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
• Aug 27 102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August

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

• 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 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

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

• 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 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WMGM
• 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 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)

• Sep 20 Mexican Baseball league disbanded

• 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 26 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
• Sep 28 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting

• Sep 29 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins
• Sep 29 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Oct 1 California Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages, in Perez v. Sharp case
• Oct 1 Radio Denmark begins transmitting
• Oct 3 Columbia University reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo
• Oct 4 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8 - 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the AL pennant; keys are the pitching of Gene Bearden and hitting of Lou Boudreau
• Oct 4 World Council of Churches forms under W Fisherman It Hooft
• Oct 6 Earthquake in Ashgabat kills 100,000 in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
• Oct 6 KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

• Oct 9 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting

• Oct 14 Batavia lt-governor-general van Mook dismissed
• Oct 14 Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt
• Oct 15 China's Red army occupies Chinchou in Guangdong

• Oct 18 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
• Oct 21 Beersheba liberated by Israeli army
• Oct 21 Dutch Constellation crashes at Prestwick Scotland (40 murder)
• Oct 21 Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington, D.C.)
• Oct 21 UN rejects Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons
• Oct 22 First Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Navy sinks Egyptian Navy flagship 'King Farouk' using explosive-laden motorboat in the Mediterranean Sea near Gaza
• Oct 24 Bernard Baruch introduces the term "Cold War"
• Oct 24 Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonietta" premieres

• Oct 24 WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 25 Special Council of Annulment convicts writer Friedrich Weinreb for collaboration with the Nazis

• Oct 27 Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev

• Oct 28 Flag of Israel is adopted
• Oct 29 Israeli forces liberate Meron & Gush-Halev
• Oct 29 Safsaf massacre, Israeli defence forces attack Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee
• Oct 30 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
• Oct 30 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee
• Nov 1 Mao's Red army conquers Mukden, Manchuria
• Nov 2 US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
• Nov 2 WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Nov 3 Kleggie Hermsen and Bones McKinney each score 17 points as Washington Capitols beat Philadelphia Warriors, 77-70 at Washington Coliseum to win first of 15 straight games to start season; best start in NBA history

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