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| Born : | 06/22/1948 | "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks) |
| Born : | 04/18/1948 | "Tiny" Nate Archibald, NBA guard (Cincinnati) |
| Born : | 02/02/1948 | Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) |
| Born : | 03/31/1948 | Albert Gore Jr, Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993- ) |
| Born : | 06/02/1948 | Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho) |
| Born : | 10/15/1948 | Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 07/13/1948 | Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 05/11/1948 | Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968) |
| Born : | 02/04/1948 | Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier], Detroit, rocker (School's Out) |
| Born : | 01/16/1948 | Anatoli Y Soloviyov, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5, TM-9) |
| Born : | 01/20/1948 | Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/‚migr‚ |
| Born : | 11/18/1948 | Andrea Marcovicci, NYC, actress (Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John) |
| Born : | 10/20/1948 | Andrei Suraikin, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972) |
| Born : | 03/22/1948 | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway composer (Into the Woods, Phantom) |
| Born : | 08/27/1948 | Andy Turnell, horse trainer |
| Born : | 06/27/1948 | Angel Penna Jr, horse trainer |
| Born : | 01/23/1948 | Anita Pointer, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy) |
| Born : | 05/29/1948 | Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 06/11/1948 | Anthony Nelson, British Sec of Treasury |
| Born : | 07/21/1948 | Art Hindle, Halifax Nova Scotia, actor (Jeff-Dallas, Berrengers) |
| Born : | 09/21/1948 | Artis Gilmore, ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels) |
| Born : | 03/10/1948 | Austin Carr, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers) |
| Born : | 02/05/1948 | Barbara Hershey, Atlanta Ga, (Stuntman, Shy People, World Apart) |
| Born : | 12/25/1948 | Barbara Mandrell, Houston Tx, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters) |
| Born : | 12/21/1948 | Barry Gordon, Brookline Mass, actor (Gary-Archie Bunker's Place) |
| Born : | 08/16/1948 | Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist (Golden Earring) |
| Born : | 04/04/1948 | Berry Oakley, rocker (Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man) |
| Born : | 07/19/1948 | Beverly Archer, Oak Park Ill, actress (Iola-Mama's Family) |
| Born : | 09/22/1948 | Bill Orton, (Rep-D-Utah) |
| Born : | 05/05/1948 | Bill Ward, rocker (Black Sabbath) |
| Born : | 03/04/1948 | Billy Gibbons, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango) |
| Born : | 05/04/1948 | Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984) |
| Born : | 06/04/1948 | Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey |
| Born : | 09/10/1948 | Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) |
| Born : | 03/20/1948 | Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF hockey pro (Boston Bruins) |
| Born : | 12/14/1948 | Boudew˜n Buch, writer/TV host |
| Born : | 07/06/1948 | Brad Park, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins) |
| Born : | 10/05/1948 | Brian Connolly, rocker (Sweet) |
| Born : | 05/15/1948 | Brian Eno, Woodbridge England, singer (On Land) |
| Born : | 06/16/1948 | Brian Eno, rocker (Here Comes the Warm Jets) |
| Born : | 07/17/1948 | Brian Glascock, drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely) |
| Born : | 07/25/1948 | Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author (Day of Wrath) |
| Born : | 09/29/1948 | Bryant Gumbel, New Orleans La, sportscaster/TV host (Today Show) |
| Born : | 02/19/1948 | Byron K Lichtenburg, Stroudsburg Pa, astronaut (STS 9, STS 45) |
| Born : | 01/14/1948 | Carl Weathers, New Orlean La, actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky) |
| Born : | 12/21/1948 | Carol Potter, NYC, actress (Maggie Clinton-Today's FBI) |
| Born : | 04/22/1948 | Carole Drinkwater, actress |
| Born : | 02/18/1948 | Carolyn B Maloney, (Rep-D-NY) |
| Born : | 04/18/1948 | Catherine Malfitano, NYC, soprano (Metropolitan Opera) |
| Born : | 07/17/1948 | Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 07/18/1948 | Cesar Zuiderwijk, drummer (Golden Earring) |
| Born : | 08/29/1948 | Charles D Walker, astronaut (STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B) |
| Born : | 11/14/1948 | Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall |
| Born : | 04/14/1948 | Chester G Atkins, (Rep-D-MA) |
| Born : | 11/16/1948 | Chi Coltrane, US pianist/singer |
| Born : | 04/09/1948 | Chico Ryan, rocker (Sha Na Na) |
| Born : | 12/26/1948 | Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman (NY Yankee) |
| Born : | 03/04/1948 | Chris Squire, London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water) |
| Born : | 02/05/1948 | Christopher Guest, actor (SNL, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride) |
| Born : | 12/--/1948 | Christopher William Stearns, NYC, actor (Mary Kay & Johnny) |
| Born : | 06/23/1948 | Clarence Thomas, 108th US Supreme Court Justice (1991- ) |
| Born : | 08/12/1948 | Cliff Fish, rocker (Paper Lace) |
| Born : | 01/16/1948 | Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player |
| Born : | 09/13/1948 | Clyde Kusatsu, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Ali-Bring 'em Back Alive) |
| Born : | 04/20/1948 | Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful) |
| Born : | 10/01/1948 | Cub Koda, rocker (Brownsville Station) |
| Born : | 11/08/1948 | Dale A Gardner, Fairmont Minn, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 8, STS 51A) |
| Born : | 10/06/1948 | Dan Hamburg, (Rep-D-California) |
| Born : | 08/28/1948 | Daniel Seraphine, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) |
| Born : | 07/13/1948 | Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place) |
| Born : | 10/11/1948 | Daryl Hall, rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile) |
| Born : | 10/25/1948 | Dave Cowens, NBA forward (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks) |
| Born : | 12/21/1948 | Dave Kingman, baseball player (Mets, Yanks, Giants) |
| Born : | 10/09/1948 | Dave Samuels, vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) |
| Born : | 05/20/1948 | Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV) |
| Born : | 06/17/1948 | David Concepcion, Venezuela, all star shortstop (Cincinatti Reds) |
| Born : | 02/05/1948 | David Denny, rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) |
| Born : | 12/15/1948 | David Gwillim, Plymouth England, (RADA), actor |
| Born : | 02/24/1948 | Dennis "Minder" Waterman, London England, actor (Fair Exchange) |
| Born : | 02/22/1948 | Dennis Awtrey, NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Suns) |
| Born : | 03/28/1948 | Dianne Wiest, actress (Radio Days, Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose) |
| Born : | 01/15/1948 | Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host (CITY-TV) |
| Born : | 12/06/1948 | Don Nickles, (Sen-R-Okla) |
| Born : | 07/13/1948 | Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr‚al, Green Bay) |
| Born : | 01/10/1948 | Donald Fagan, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg) |
| Born : | 10/02/1948 | Donna Karan, Forest Hills NY, fashion designer (Coty Award-1977) |
| Born : | 12/31/1948 | Donna Summer, Boston, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio) |
| Born : | 05/31/1948 | Duncan L Hunter, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 02/27/1948 | Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) |
| Born : | 04/24/1948 | Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-72) |
| Born : | 03/05/1948 | Eddy Grant, reggae performer (Electric Avenue) |
| Born : | 02/05/1948 | Elco [LC] Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC (CDA) |
| Born : | 12/11/1948 | Elizabeth Baur, LA Calif, actress (Fran-Ironside, Teresa-Lancer) |
| Born : | 04/11/1948 | Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941) |
| Born : | 10/01/1948 | Ellen McIlwaine, Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel) |
| Born : | 01/24/1948 | Elliott Abrams, asst secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras |
| Born : | 07/15/1948 | Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-1968) |
| Born : | 08/23/1948 | Ernst Jansz, singer (Doe Maar) |
| Born : | 11/12/1948 | Errol Brown, singer (Hot Chocolate) |
| Born : | 02/28/1948 | Frank Bonner, Little Rock Ark, actor (Herb-WKRP, Sidekicks) |
| Born : | 07/07/1948 | Fred Brown, NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic) |
| Born : | 06/29/1948 | Fred Grandy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Gopher-Love Boat)/(Rep-R-Iowa) |
| Born : | 11/26/1948 | Galina Prozumenschikova, USSR, 200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 04/03/1948 | Garrick Ohlsson, Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969) |
| Born : | 04/21/1948 | Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California) |
| Born : | 12/07/1948 | Gary Morris, country singer/actor (Colbys) |
| Born : | 01/10/1948 | George Foreman, Houston Tx, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74) |
| Born : | 03/11/1948 | George Kooymans, guitarist/singer: Golden Earring |
| Born : | 09/20/1948 | George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, US, sci-fi author (Wild Cards) |
| Born : | 10/17/1948 | George Wendt, Chicago Ill, actor (Norm-Cheers) |
| Born : | 07/28/1948 | Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show) |
| Born : | 04/26/1948 | Gerry Sikorski, (Rep-D-MN, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 11/06/1948 | Glenn Frey, Detroit, rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy) |
| Born : | 05/19/1948 | Grace Jones, [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer/actress (Vamp) |
| Born : | 08/12/1948 | Graham Zellick, principal (Queen Mary & Westfield College London) |
| Born : | 11/10/1948 | Greg Lake, rock guitarist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Tarkus) |
| Born : | 01/06/1948 | Guy S Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS-27, STS-35) |
| Born : | 12/27/1948 | G‚rard Depardieu, France, actor (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton) |
| Born : | 09/28/1948 | Helen Shapiro, London England, rocker (Straighten Up) |
| Born : | 07/27/1948 | Henny Vrienten, bassist/singer (Doe Maar) |
| Born : | 12/23/1948 | Jack Ham, NFL linebacker (Steelers) |
| Born : | 11/18/1948 | Jack Tatum, Cherryville NC, NFL defensive back (Raiders) |
| Born : | 10/09/1948 | Jackson Browne, Germany, rocker (Lawyers in Love) |
| Born : | 11/14/1948 | Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66) |
| Born : | 03/05/1948 | Jacques Kloes, singer (Dizzy Man's band) |
| Born : | 11/17/1948 | Jaime Huelamo, Spain, cyclist (Olympic-bronze-1972) drug disqualified |
| Born : | 08/04/1948 | James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 03/12/1948 | James Taylor, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof) |
| Born : | 03/09/1948 | Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls) |
| Born : | 04/17/1948 | Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV) |
| Born : | 04/03/1948 | Jap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 12/13/1948 | Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues) |
| Born : | 03/09/1948 | Jeffrey Osborne, singer (On the Wings of Love) |
| Born : | 10/--/1948 | Jeramie Rain, WV, actress (Last House on Left, Abductors) |
| Born : | 09/19/1948 | Jeremy Irons, England, actor (French Lieutenant's Woman) |
| Born : | 07/04/1948 | Jeremy Spencer, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well) |
| Born : | 01/20/1948 | Jerry L Ross, Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55) |
| Born : | 06/02/1948 | Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver) |
| Born : | 08/26/1948 | Jet Black, rocker (Stranglers-Dreamtime) |
| Born : | 12/17/1948 | Jim Bonfanti, rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way) |
| Born : | 03/30/1948 | Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy) |
| Born : | 02/07/1948 | Jimmy Greenspoon, keyboardist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) |
| Born : | 04/02/1948 | Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune) |
| Born : | 12/31/1948 | Joe Dallesandro, Pensicola Fla, actor (Heat, Trash, AW Frankenstein) |
| Born : | 06/21/1948 | Joey Malland, rocker (Badfinger-Come & Get It) |
| Born : | 05/31/1948 | John "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven) |
| Born : | 01/16/1948 | John Carpenter, director (Halloween, The Thing) |
| Born : | 03/28/1948 | John Evans, drummer (Blades-A Song for Jeffrey) |
| Born : | 09/29/1948 | John M McHugh, (Rep-R-New York) |
| Born : | 10/22/1948 | John Peterson, US, Middleweight (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 05/20/1948 | John R McKernan Jr, (Rep-R-ME, 1983-86/Gov-Maine) |
| Born : | 05/08/1948 | John Reid, MP |
| Born : | 09/17/1948 | John Ritter, Burbank Calif, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire) |
| Born : | 12/06/1948 | Jonathan King, London, singer (Everyone's Gone to the Moon) |
| Born : | 09/10/1948 | Judy Geeson, Arundei Sussex Engld, actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk) |
| Born : | 07/05/1948 | Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Wash DC, daughter of Richard Milhaus |
| Born : | 10/29/1948 | Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels) |
| Born : | 08/13/1948 | Kathleen Battle, Portsmouth Ohio, soprano (Shephard-Tannh„user) |
| Born : | 04/13/1948 | Kathleen Battle, US soprano (Tannh„user) |
| Born : | 06/28/1948 | Kathy Bates, academy award winning actress (Misery) |
| Born : | 12/13/1948 | Kathy Garver, Long Beach Calif, actress (Cissy-Family Affair) |
| Born : | 04/27/1948 | Katie Pierson, vocals/guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) |
| Born : | 01/07/1948 | Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer |
| Born : | 07/19/1948 | Keith Godchaux, keyboardist (Grateful Dead) |
| Born : | 09/16/1948 | Kenny Jones, rock singer |
| Born : | 01/07/1948 | Kenny Loggins, singer (Loggins & Messina-This is it, Footloose) |
| Born : | 03/12/1948 | Kent Conrad, (Sen-D North Dakota) |
| Born : | 07/08/1948 | Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man) |
| Born : | 10/24/1948 | Kweisi Mfume, (Rep-D-Maryland) |
| Born : | 03/26/1948 | Kyung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters) |
| Born : | 12/27/1948 | Larry Byrom, rocker (Steppenwolf-Hour of the World) |
| Born : | 04/14/1948 | Larry Ferguson, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) |
| Born : | 05/02/1948 | Larry Gatlin, country singer (Gatlan Brothers) |
| Born : | 01/03/1948 | Larry McNeeley, Lafayette Ind, banjo player (Glen Campbell Hour) |
| Born : | 02/21/1948 | Larry Ragland, Richmond Va, comedian (Keep on Truckin') |
| Born : | 05/21/1948 | Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love) |
| Born : | 06/21/1948 | Leo Sayers, rocker (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing) |
| Born : | 10/13/1948 | Leona Mitchell, Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Boh‚me) |
| Born : | 12/13/1948 | Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 05/29/1948 | Linda Esther Gray, opera singer |
| Born : | 05/12/1948 | Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart) |
| Born : | 05/06/1948 | Lolita, [Abr zame], spanish singer (Esp‚rame) |
| Born : | 11/03/1948 | Lulu, Glasgow Scotland, singer/actress (To Sir With Love) |
| Born : | 09/08/1948 | Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, US, sci-fi author (Black Flame) |
| Born : | 01/11/1948 | Madeline Manning, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 04/28/1948 | Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter) |
| Born : | 09/10/1948 | Margaret Trudeau, Vancouver BC, former Canadian 1st lady |
| Born : | 03/16/1948 | Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning) |
| Born : | 10/17/1948 | Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress (Lois Lane, Amityville Horror) |
| Born : | 09/04/1948 | Marian HJ Soutend˜k, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 09/28/1948 | Marielle Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 09/29/1948 | Mark Farner, Mich, guitar/vocalist (Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion) |
| Born : | 10/26/1948 | Marshall Colt, New Orleans La, actor (Eric-Lottery) |
| Born : | 04/03/1948 | Mary Gordon-Watson, England, equestrian 3 day event (Oly-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 05/29/1948 | Michael Berkley, composer/broadcaster |
| Born : | 09/19/1948 | Michael Cooper, SF Calif, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List) |
| Born : | 09/21/1948 | Michael Finneran, diver (1st perfect 10 on 10m platform) |
| Born : | 06/25/1948 | Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time) |
| Born : | 08/06/1948 | Michael Peters, choreographer |
| Born : | 01/17/1948 | Mick Taylor, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) |
| Born : | 01/27/1948 | Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That's Dancing) |
| Born : | 09/03/1948 | Minouche Janmat-Abee, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 09/19/1948 | Nadyezhda Tkachenko, USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 06/09/1948 | Nathaniel Rosen, Altadena Calif, cellist (Tchaikovsky Gold 1978) |
| Born : | 09/13/1948 | Nell Carter, Birmingham Ala, actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo) |
| Born : | 02/29/1948 | Nikolai Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Born : | 12/22/1948 | Noel Edmonds, British TV personality (Foul-ups, Bleeps & Blunders) |
| Born : | 07/26/1948 | Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) |
| Born : | 09/26/1948 | Olivia Newton-John, Cambridge England, singer (Lets Get Physical) |
| Born : | 12/03/1948 | Ozzy Osbourne, English heavy metal musician; ate a bat (Suicide) |
| Born : | 08/10/1948 | Pal Gerevich, Hungary, fencer (Olympic-bronze-1972, 80) |
| Born : | 03/20/1948 | Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) |
| Born : | 02/14/1948 | Pat O'Brien, reporter (Entertainment Tonight) |
| Born : | 02/29/1948 | Patricia [Anne] McKillip, US, sci-fi author (Fool's Run) |
| Born : | 08/10/1948 | Patti Austin, singer (Real Me) |
| Born : | 07/03/1948 | Paul Berrere, rocker (Little Feat-Truck Stop Girl) |
| Born : | 04/21/1948 | Paul Davis, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy) |
| Born : | 07/27/1948 | Peggy Fleming Jenkins, San Jose Calif, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 03/08/1948 | Peggy March, rock vocalist (I Will Follow Him) |
| Born : | 04/30/1948 | Perry King, actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad") |
| Born : | 05/27/1948 | Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship) |
| Born : | 11/05/1948 | Peter Hammill, English singer/songwriter (Patient) |
| Born : | 09/28/1948 | Phil Hartman, Canada, comedian (SNL) |
| Born : | 09/25/1948 | Phyllis Pearsall, founder (Geographers' A to Z Map Company) |
| Born : | 07/16/1948 | Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967) |
| Born : | 11/14/1948 | Prince Charles, Britain, Prince of Wales |
| Born : | 02/26/1948 | Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien) |
| Born : | 07/08/1948 | Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga) |
| Born : | 03/22/1948 | Randy Hobbs, rocker (McCoys) |
| Born : | 07/04/1948 | Ren‚ Arnoux, France, formula-1 racer (6th place-1980) |
| Born : | 05/31/1948 | Rhea Perlman, Bkln NY, actress (Carla-Cheers, Zena-Taxi) |
| Born : | 03/31/1948 | Rhea Perlman, Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers) |
| Born : | 04/08/1948 | Richard Alan Litchfield, Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted) |
| Born : | 05/22/1948 | Richard Baker, (Rep-R-Louisiana) |
| Born : | 05/06/1948 | Richard Cox, NYC, actor (Mark-Executive Suite) |
| Born : | 07/20/1948 | Richard H Lehman, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 03/25/1948 | Richard Lundy, horse trainer |
| Born : | 07/12/1948 | Richard Simmons, exercise guru (Deal-a-Meal) |
| Born : | 10/12/1948 | Rick Parfitt, rocker (Status Quo-Wanderer) |
| Born : | 08/22/1948 | Rob Buckman, British broadcaster |
| Born : | 09/23/1948 | Rob van Koningsbruggen, sculptor |
| Born : | 10/20/1948 | Robert A Borski, (Rep-D-PA, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 03/17/1948 | Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database |
| Born : | 02/04/1948 | Robert Coover, novelist (Pricksongs & Descants) |
| Born : | 01/06/1948 | Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 11/14/1948 | Robert Ginty, Bkln NY, actor (Paper Chase, White Fire) |
| Born : | 08/02/1948 | Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth) |
| Born : | 08/01/1948 | Robert Spink, British MP |
| Born : | 07/13/1948 | Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam) |
| Born : | 02/04/1948 | Rod Grams, (Rep-R-Minnesota) |
| Born : | 02/15/1948 | Ron "Penguin" Cey, Tacoma Wash, 3rd baseman (LA Dodgers) |
| Born : | 08/23/1948 | Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman (NY Yankees)/1st designated hitter |
| Born : | 08/12/1948 | Ron Mael, rocker (Sparks) |
| Born : | 07/13/1948 | Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island) |
| Born : | 09/03/1948 | Ronald W Harris, Canton Oh, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 10/10/1948 | Rosemary Casals, SF Calif, tennis doubles player (5 times Wimbeldon) |
| Born : | 09/16/1948 | Rosemary Casals, tennis player (US Open doubles 1967,71,74) |
| Born : | 06/04/1948 | Rosemary Joyce, model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow) |
| Born : | 11/15/1948 | Roy P Dyson, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 07/16/1948 | Rub‚n Blades, salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight) |
| Born : | 08/18/1948 | Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ |
| Born : | 10/05/1948 | Sal Viscuso, Bkln NY, actor (Soap, Montefuscos) |
| Born : | 11/20/1948 | Samuel E Wright, Camden SC, actor (Enos, Ball Four) |
| Born : | 05/20/1948 | Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 10/08/1948 | Sarah Purcell, Richmond Ind, actress/TV hostess (Real People) |
| Born : | 03/04/1948 | Shakin' Stevens, [Mike Barrett], rocker (You Drive Me Crazy) |
| Born : | 09/02/1948 | Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut (Challenger) |
| Born : | 11/09/1948 | Sharon Stouder, US, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 11/13/1948 | Sheila Frazier, NYC, actress (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome) |
| Born : | 04/18/1948 | Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People) |
| Born : | 12/04/1948 | Southside Johnny Lyon, NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home) |
| Born : | 11/24/1948 | Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret) |
| Born : | 12/22/1948 | Steve Garvey, 1st baseman (LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres) |
| Born : | 07/25/1948 | Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble) |
| Born : | 11/16/1948 | Steve Railsback, actor (Blue Monkey, Green Monkey, Escape 2000) |
| Born : | 05/12/1948 | Steve Winwood, England, rocker (A Higher Love) |
| Born : | 11/24/1948 | Steve Yeager, catcher (LA Dodger) |
| Born : | 03/26/1948 | Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun) |
| Born : | 04/26/1948 | Stevie Nicks, Calif, rocker/druggie (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours) |
| Born : | 09/07/1948 | Susan Blakely, Frankfurt Germany, actress (Rich Man Poor Man) |
| Born : | 12/23/1948 | Susan Lucci, Westchester NY, actress (All My Children, Mafia Princess) |
| Born : | 08/08/1948 | Svetlana Yevgeniyevna Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12) |
| Born : | 09/03/1948 | Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, Suriname/Dutch politican (Green Leftwing) |
| Born : | 08/21/1948 | Taurean Black, actor (Hill Street Blues) |
| Born : | 12/13/1948 | Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees) |
| Born : | 10/28/1948 | Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters) |
| Born : | 09/02/1948 | Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
| Born : | 04/23/1948 | Tesa Wyatt, actress |
| Born : | 03/31/1948 | Thijs van Leer, singer/flutist (Introspection) |
| Born : | 04/10/1948 | Thomas Spencer, conservative MEP |
| Born : | 06/22/1948 | Todd Rundgren, rock singer (Hello it's Me, Bang on the Drum All Day) |
| Born : | 05/19/1948 | Tom Scott, LA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show) |
| Born : | 11/03/1948 | Tom Shales, TV Critic (Washington Post) |
| Born : | 06/01/1948 | Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983) |
| Born : | 07/14/1948 | Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO (CBS records) |
| Born : | 01/15/1948 | Tommy Nolan, Montreal Canada, actor (Jody-Buckskin) |
| Born : | 02/02/1948 | Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge) |
| Born : | 02/19/1948 | Tony Iommi, rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man) |
| Born : | 08/13/1948 | Tony Santini, rocker (Sha Na Na) |
| Born : | 10/02/1948 | Trevor Brooking, English soccer player |
| Born : | 11/18/1948 | Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 10/28/1948 | Valeri Vasiliyevich Baberdin, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 08/26/1948 | Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford's partner (Like a Rock) |
| Born : | 09/29/1948 | Viktor Krovopouskov, USSR, sabres (Olympic-gold-1976, 1980) |
| Born : | 12/31/1948 | Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11) |
| Born : | 03/12/1948 | Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health |
| Born : | 09/26/1948 | Vladimir Remek, 1st Czechoslovakian space traveler (in Soyuz 28) |
| Born : | 08/28/1948 | Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV) |
| Born : | 02/14/1948 | Wally Tax, guitarist |
| Born : | 07/12/1948 | Walter Egan, rocker (Not Shy, Fundamental Roll) |
| Born : | 12/21/1948 | Willem AFG Vermeend, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 01/09/1948 | William Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills-Hair) |
| Born : | 01/10/1948 | William Sanderson, US, actor (Newhart, Blade runner) |
| Born : | 03/17/1948 | William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero) |
| Born : | 03/28/1948 | Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22) |
| Born : | 12/07/1948 | Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki) |
| Born : | 02/29/1948 | Yuri Pimenov, USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympic-silver-1976) |
| Died : | 10/18/1948 | (Heinrich AH) Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marschal, dies |
| Died : | 05/06/1948 | 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens |
| Died : | 08/03/1948 | Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies |
| Died : | 09/17/1948 | Andr‚ S‚rot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies |
| Died : | 01/14/1948 | Ans Van Dike, nazi-collaborator, executed |
| Died : | 03/04/1948 | Antonin Artaud, French poet/dramatist/director, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 07/21/1948 | Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43 |
| Died : | 10/22/1948 | Augustyn Hlond, Polish cardinal, dies |
| Died : | 08/16/1948 | Babe Ruth, Baseball legend, dies in NY at 53 |
| Died : | 04/16/1948 | Babe Ruth, baseball legend, dies |
| Died : | 11/21/1948 | Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair & l˜en), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 12/20/1948 | C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 07/05/1948 | Carole Landis, US actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29 |
| Died : | 05/01/1948 | Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered |
| Died : | 10/31/1948 | Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies |
| Died : | 05/22/1948 | Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 07/23/1948 | D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, US director/producer, dies |
| Died : | 09/03/1948 | Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies |
| Died : | 03/31/1948 | Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Rasende Reporter), dies |
| Died : | 03/04/1948 | Elsa Br„ndstr”m, [Angel of Siberia], Swedish philanthropist, dies |
| Died : | 09/16/1948 | Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxon-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies |
| Died : | 07/11/1948 | Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies |
| Died : | 12/23/1948 | Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) & 6 other Japs hung for war crimes |
| Died : | 03/10/1948 | Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide |
| Died : | 12/18/1948 | Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers |
| Died : | 02/05/1948 | Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered to Wageningen), dies |
| Died : | 07/15/1948 | John J Persing, US General (WW I), dies at 87 |
| Died : | 04/09/1948 | Jorge Elecier Gait n, Colombian politician, murdered |
| Died : | 12/04/1948 | Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies |
| Died : | 02/09/1948 | Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies |
| Died : | 01/20/1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated |
| Died : | 03/30/1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi |
| Died : | 12/28/1948 | Mahmud Nokrashy Pasja, premier of Egypt, assassinated |
| Died : | 04/24/1948 | Manuel M Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies |
| Died : | 01/30/1948 | Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies |
| Died : | 08/26/1948 | Oscar L Fern ndez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at 50 |
| Died : | 07/14/1948 | Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's CPI chairman, assassinated |
| Died : | 09/13/1948 | Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Golem, Svengali), dies |
| Died : | 09/11/1948 | Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, dies |
| Died : | 01/08/1948 | Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (L‚har), dies |
| Died : | 12/21/1948 | Seisjiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged |
| Died : | 02/10/1948 | Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50 |
| Special : | 11/28/1948 | "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV |
| Special : | 06/08/1948 | "Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV |
| Special : | 02/05/1948 | "Nature of Things" science show premiers on NBC prime time |
| Special : | 12/03/1948 | "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) |
| Special : | 03/21/1948 | "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premiers on ABC radio |
| Special : | 09/21/1948 | "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV |
| Special : | 06/20/1948 | "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV |
| Special : | 08/14/1948 | 14th Olympic games in London closes |
| Special : | 04/15/1948 | 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated |
| Special : | 02/12/1948 | 1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps |
| Special : | 04/03/1948 | 1st US figure skating championships held |
| Special : | 12/24/1948 | 1st US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass |
| Special : | 12/03/1948 | 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in |
| Special : | 05/05/1948 | 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier |
| Special : | 05/10/1948 | 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel |
| Special : | 07/26/1948 | 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show |
| Special : | 03/11/1948 | 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) |
| Special : | 03/10/1948 | 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca |
| Special : | 01/13/1948 | 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premiers on WLW Cin |
| Special : | 01/18/1948 | 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Special : | 07/12/1948 | 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires) |
| Special : | 01/27/1948 | 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates |
| Special : | 01/01/1948 | 1st newsreel in color filmed, Pasadena, Calif |
| Special : | 06/21/1948 | 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I |
| Special : | 01/27/1948 | 1st tape recorder sold |
| Special : | 09/07/1948 | 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh |
| Special : | 10/30/1948 | 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania |
| Special : | 06/03/1948 | 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory |
| Special : | 12/19/1948 | 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra |
| Special : | 07/24/1948 | 4 Duluth Minn Dukes (St Louis Cards Class C farm team) die in crash |
| Special : | 08/04/1948 | 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax |
| Special : | 07/08/1948 | 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow |
| Special : | 01/30/1948 | 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland |
| Special : | 07/07/1948 | 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy |
| Special : | 12/19/1948 | 8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3") |
| Special : | 04/14/1948 | A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon |
| Special : | 08/10/1948 | ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, NY) |
| Special : | 07/13/1948 | AL beats NL 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, St Louis) |
| Special : | 03/05/1948 | Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson |
| Special : | 07/15/1948 | Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain |
| Special : | 08/17/1948 | Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent |
| Special : | 08/10/1948 | Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC |
| Special : | 06/18/1948 | American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights |
| Special : | 04/27/1948 | Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River |
| Special : | 12/01/1948 | Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine |
| Special : | 08/16/1948 | Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem |
| Special : | 02/22/1948 | Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die |
| Special : | 08/05/1948 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins golf's US open |
| Special : | 06/13/1948 | Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th |
| Special : | 04/21/1948 | Baltimore beats Philadelphia, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 11/30/1948 | Baseball's Negro National League disbands |
| Special : | 11/19/1948 | Belgian cabinet of Spaak, forms |
| Special : | 11/26/1948 | Belgian cabinet of Spaak, resigns |
| Special : | 05/05/1948 | Belgian cabinet-Spoke resigns |
| Special : | 05/25/1948 | Ben Hogan wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 06/12/1948 | Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 10/24/1948 | Bernard M Baruch introduces term "Cold war" |
| Special : | 09/09/1948 | Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits NY Giants, 2-0 |
| Special : | 08/06/1948 | Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics |
| Special : | 09/26/1948 | Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 |
| Special : | 05/16/1948 | Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion |
| Special : | 01/01/1948 | Britain nationalizes its railways |
| Special : | 11/17/1948 | Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry |
| Special : | 07/05/1948 | Britain's National Health Service Act begins |
| Special : | 09/08/1948 | British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound |
| Special : | 01/04/1948 | Burma declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 09/10/1948 | B˜z Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life |
| Special : | 07/17/1948 | C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1685 Toro |
| Special : | 03/07/1948 | C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1863 Antinous |
| Special : | 05/16/1948 | CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece |
| Special : | 10/01/1948 | Calif Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages |
| Special : | 10/12/1948 | Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager |
| Special : | 04/19/1948 | Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
| Special : | 10/15/1948 | China's Red army conquerors Chinchov |
| Special : | 12/03/1948 | Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 |
| Special : | 06/30/1948 | Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 |
| Special : | 10/11/1948 | Cleve Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series |
| Special : | 12/19/1948 | Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game |
| Special : | 07/07/1948 | Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige |
| Special : | 10/03/1948 | Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo |
| Special : | 09/18/1948 | Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) |
| Special : | 06/07/1948 | Communist complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Pres Bernes resigns |
| Special : | 02/24/1948 | Communist coup in Czechoslovakia |
| Special : | 09/01/1948 | Communist form North China People's Republic |
| Special : | 02/25/1948 | Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier |
| Special : | 08/12/1948 | Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years |
| Special : | 02/20/1948 | Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns |
| Special : | 05/01/1948 | Dem People's Rep of Korea (N Korea) established |
| Special : | 06/20/1948 | Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany |
| Special : | 02/05/1948 | Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion |
| Special : | 02/03/1948 | Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US |
| Special : | 08/06/1948 | Drees cabinet (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms |
| Special : | 10/21/1948 | Dutch Constellation crashes at Prestwick Scotland (40 murder) |
| Special : | 01/24/1948 | Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD) |
| Special : | 07/05/1948 | E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1618 Dawn |
| Special : | 08/23/1948 | Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine |
| Special : | 05/15/1948 | Eddie Arcaro on Citation wins 73rd Preakness Stakes (2:02.6) |
| Special : | 05/15/1948 | Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel |
| Special : | 01/26/1948 | Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed |
| Special : | 09/15/1948 | F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speech record of 1080 kph |
| Special : | 08/03/1948 | FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist" |
| Special : | 10/21/1948 | Facsimile high-speed radio transmission demonstrated (Washington DC) |
| Special : | 08/06/1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics |
| Special : | 02/01/1948 | Federation Malaysia formed/shaped out 9 sultanate |
| Special : | 02/01/1948 | Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates |
| Special : | 10/28/1948 | Flag of Israel is adopted |
| Special : | 12/15/1948 | Former state dept official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury |
| Special : | 03/14/1948 | Freedom Train arrives in SF |
| Special : | 07/19/1948 | French govt of Schuman, resigns |
| Special : | 11/25/1948 | Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed |
| Special : | 01/01/1948 | General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective |
| Special : | 09/14/1948 | Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary |
| Special : | 04/19/1948 | Gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon |
| Special : | 02/10/1948 | Greek Gen Markos' guerilla army bombs Saloniki |
| Special : | 12/24/1948 | Greek govt disbands due to state of war, press censorship |
| Special : | 02/05/1948 | Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion |
| Special : | 09/14/1948 | Groundbreaking ceremony for UN world headquarters |
| Special : | 10/09/1948 | H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1786 Raahe |
| Special : | 09/07/1948 | H L Giclas discovers asteroid #3382 |
| Special : | 05/11/1948 | Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa |
| Special : | 04/03/1948 | Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries) |
| Special : | 12/26/1948 | Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested |
| Special : | 07/28/1948 | I.G. Farben chemical plant explodes in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 182 die |
| Special : | 12/28/1948 | IDF crosses Egyptian border |
| Special : | 04/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created |
| Special : | 10/04/1948 | Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game |
| Special : | 12/18/1948 | Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election |
| Special : | 04/18/1948 | International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands |
| Special : | 05/28/1948 | Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement |
| Special : | 12/21/1948 | Ireland leaves Commonwealth |
| Special : | 06/01/1948 | Israel & Arabs agree to a cease fire |
| Special : | 05/14/1948 | Israel declares independence from under British administration |
| Special : | 05/16/1948 | Israel issues its 1st postage stamps |
| Special : | 10/27/1948 | Israel recaptures Nizzanim in Negev |
| Special : | 05/14/1948 | Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 08/16/1948 | Israeli pound becomes legal tender |
| Special : | 01/01/1948 | Italy adopts constitution |
| Special : | 01/31/1948 | J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY |
| Special : | 11/12/1948 | Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal |
| Special : | 03/11/1948 | Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed |
| Special : | 04/10/1948 | Jewish Hagana repells an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek |
| Special : | 06/17/1948 | Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader |
| Special : | 05/23/1948 | Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs |
| Special : | 06/25/1948 | Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship |
| Special : | 02/11/1948 | John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland |
| Special : | 03/23/1948 | John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) |
| Special : | 06/08/1948 | John Rudder becomes 1st negro commissioned officer in US marines |
| Special : | 12/08/1948 | Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine |
| Special : | 09/06/1948 | Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands |
| Special : | 09/17/1948 | KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins |
| Special : | 04/15/1948 | KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 10/06/1948 | KHJ TV channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/25/1948 | KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/25/1948 | KING-TV, Seattle, goes on air with 1st Pacific NW telecast |
| Special : | 02/06/1948 | KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 11/29/1948 | KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/22/1948 | KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/23/1948 | KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 03/13/1948 | Kentucky wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 07/29/1948 | King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London |
| Special : | 06/14/1948 | Klemens Gottwald becomes president of Czechoslovakia |
| Special : | 06/03/1948 | Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore |
| Special : | 03/19/1948 | Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC |
| Special : | 11/23/1948 | Lens to provide zoom effects patented-FG Back |
| Special : | 07/16/1948 | Leo Durocher changes managership from Dodgers to Giants |
| Special : | 05/11/1948 | Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy |
| Special : | 08/03/1948 | M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1569 Evita |
| Special : | 11/23/1948 | M Laugier discovers asteroid #1681 Steinmetz |
| Special : | 11/08/1948 | M Laugier discovers asteroid #1690 Mayrhofer |
| Special : | 01/08/1948 | M Laugier discovers asteroid #2068 Dangreen |
| Special : | 02/15/1948 | Mao Tse Tung's army occupies Jenan |
| Special : | 11/01/1948 | Mao's Red army conquerors Mukden, Manchuria |
| Special : | 09/20/1948 | Mexican Basebball league disbanded |
| Special : | 09/24/1948 | Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC |
| Special : | 09/14/1948 | Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater |
| Special : | 02/16/1948 | Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time |
| Special : | 01/12/1948 | Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast |
| Special : | 10/03/1948 | NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of the week |
| Special : | 12/05/1948 | NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions |
| Special : | 05/21/1948 | NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR) |
| Special : | 07/01/1948 | NYC subway fare goes to 10›, bus fare to 7› & combo fare at 12› |
| Special : | 06/18/1948 | National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time |
| Special : | 01/17/1948 | Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire |
| Special : | 11/04/1948 | Nobel for literature awarded to TS Eliot |
| Special : | 12/21/1948 | O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place |
| Special : | 02/07/1948 | Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff |
| Special : | 04/30/1948 | Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia |
| Special : | 04/16/1948 | Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC), forms |
| Special : | 01/01/1948 | Orissa province accedes to India |
| Special : | 09/10/1948 | P Shajn discovers asteroid #1735 ITA |
| Special : | 10/04/1948 | P Shajn discovers asteroid #2108 Otto Schmidt |
| Special : | 02/01/1948 | Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed |
| Special : | 07/18/1948 | Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game |
| Special : | 09/09/1948 | People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed |
| Special : | 12/19/1948 | Phila Eagles shutout Chicago Cards 7-0 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 06/18/1948 | Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates |
| Special : | 12/01/1948 | Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player |
| Special : | 07/31/1948 | Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY |
| Special : | 07/15/1948 | Pres Truman nominated for another term (Phila) |
| Special : | 02/02/1948 | President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program |
| Special : | 07/17/1948 | Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea |
| Special : | 07/30/1948 | Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont) |
| Special : | 07/23/1948 | Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President |
| Special : | 05/03/1948 | Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams |
| Special : | 09/04/1948 | Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne |
| Special : | 05/12/1948 | Queen Wilhelmina resigns |
| Special : | 10/01/1948 | Radio Denmark begins transmitting |
| Special : | 09/18/1948 | Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine |
| Special : | 05/23/1948 | Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel |
| Special : | 08/15/1948 | Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) |
| Special : | 06/24/1948 | Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey |
| Special : | 07/02/1948 | Robert Falkenburg wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 04/07/1948 | Rogers & Hammerstein's "South Pacific" opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 11/25/1948 | S Arend discovers asteroid #1565 Lemaitre |
| Special : | 10/09/1948 | S Arend discovers asteroid #1570 Brunonia |
| Special : | 09/30/1948 | S Arend discovers asteroids #1576 Fabiola & #1579 Herrick |
| Special : | 05/25/1948 | SF receives its 1st telecast |
| Special : | 12/04/1948 | SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die |
| Special : | 08/13/1948 | Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game |
| Special : | 07/09/1948 | Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inn for Cleve |
| Special : | 05/26/1948 | South Africa elects a nationalist govt with apartheid policy |
| Special : | 06/24/1948 | Soviet Union begins Berlin Blockade |
| Special : | 07/24/1948 | Soviets blockades Berlin from west |
| Special : | 11/30/1948 | Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin |
| Special : | 10/25/1948 | Special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration |
| Special : | 02/04/1948 | Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 12/21/1948 | State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence |
| Special : | 08/11/1948 | Summer Olympics opens in London |
| Special : | 07/20/1948 | Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea |
| Special : | 01/18/1948 | Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) |
| Special : | 05/04/1948 | The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter to the death |
| Special : | 04/14/1948 | Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 06/30/1948 | Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) |
| Special : | 01/17/1948 | Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in NYC |
| Special : | 11/02/1948 | Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters & newspapers |
| Special : | 06/25/1948 | Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US) |
| Special : | 06/18/1948 | UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights |
| Special : | 12/10/1948 | UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| Special : | 12/09/1948 | UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide |
| Special : | 10/21/1948 | UN reject Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons |
| Special : | 09/01/1948 | UN's World Health Organization forms |
| Special : | 07/20/1948 | US Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested |
| Special : | 12/29/1948 | US State Dept announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 01/12/1948 | US Supreme Court decision (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents) |
| Special : | 11/20/1948 | US balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) |
| Special : | 06/26/1948 | US denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin |
| Special : | 08/20/1948 | US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin |
| Special : | 01/07/1948 | US president Truman raises taxes for the Marshall-plan |
| Special : | 03/05/1948 | US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height |
| Special : | 06/28/1948 | US/British airlift to West-Berlin begins |
| Special : | 06/19/1948 | USSR blocks access road to West-Berlin |
| Special : | 09/03/1948 | W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party |
| Special : | 08/10/1948 | WABC TV channel 7 in New York, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/24/1948 | WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/11/1948 | WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/29/1948 | WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 09/28/1948 | WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/14/1948 | WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/09/1948 | WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/15/1948 | WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/18/1948 | WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/05/1948 | WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/11/1948 | WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/15/1948 | WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WMGM |
| Special : | 10/24/1948 | WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/02/1948 | WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/--/1948 | WKYC TV channel 3 in Cleveland, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/17/1948 | WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/09/1948 | WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/--/1948 | WMAQ TV channel 5 in Chicago, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/11/1948 | WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/02/1948 | WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, NY (PBS) begins |
| Special : | 06/15/1948 | WPIX TV channel 11 in NY, NY (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/29/1948 | WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/21/1948 | WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/15/1948 | WTNH TV channel 8 in New Haven, CT (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/22/1948 | WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/09/1948 | WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/20/1948 | Walter P Reuther UAW pres shot & wounded at his home in Detroit |
| Special : | 11/15/1948 | William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada |
| Special : | 10/04/1948 | World Council of Churches established under W Fisherman It Hooft) |
| Special : | 08/23/1948 | World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries |
| Special : | 04/07/1948 | World Health Organization established by UN |
| Special : | 02/13/1948 | Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England |
| Special : | 03/29/1948 | Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game |
| Special : | 08/26/1948 | 103øF highest temperature for August in NYC |
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