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List of events
Events from the year 1948 in the United States .
Incumbents Events January February March April
April 30:
OAS
May June
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 , based on
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 . July August
August 3:
Alger Hiss is accused of being a
Communist
September October November December Undated Ongoing Births January
Carl Weathers
John Carpenter
Paul Jabara
January 1 –
Joe Petagno , American illustrator
January 2
January 5 –
Ted Lange , African-American actor, director (
The Love Boat )
January 7 –
Kenny Loggins , American rock singer
January 10
January 11 –
Larry Harvey , American co-founder of
Burning Man (d.
2018 )
January 12 –
Khalid Muhammad , black supremacist (d.
2001 )
January 14
January 15 –
Ronnie Van Zant , American rock musician (
Lynyrd Skynyrd ) (d.
1977 )
January 16 –
John Carpenter , American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer
January 18 –
M. C. Gainey , American actor
January 20 –
Jerry L. Ross ,
United States Air Force officer, engineer and
NASA astronaut
January 22 –
Gilbert Levine , American conductor
January 23
January 24 –
Elliott Abrams , American attorney and conservative policy analyst
January 28 –
Charles Strum , American journalist and author (d.
2021 )
January 31 –
Paul Jabara , American actor, singer and songwriter (d.
1992 ) February
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 author
February 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 comedian
February 12 –
Raymond Kurzweil , American inventor, author
February 13 –
Kitten Natividad , Mexican-American film actress
February 14
February 15
February 17 –
Rick Majerus , basketball player and coach (d.
2012 )
February 20 –
Jennifer O'Neill , American model, actress
February 22
February 28
February 29
March
James Taylor
Billy Crystal
Steven Tyler
Al Gore
March 2 –
R. T. Crowley , American pioneer of electronic commerce
March 3 –
Steve Wilhite , American computer scientist (d.
2022 )
March 4
March 5 –
Leslie Marmon Silko , American author of
Laguna Pueblo descent
March 6 –
Anna Maria Horsford , African-American actress
March 9 –
Jeffrey Osborne , African-American singer (
On the Wings of Love )
March 11 –
Kent Conrad , American politician
March 12 –
James Taylor , American singer, songwriter (
Fire and Rain )
March 14
March 17 –
William Gibson , American/Canadian writer
March 20 –
John de Lancie , American actor
March 22 –
Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist (
CNN )
March 25 –
Bonnie Bedelia , American actress
March 26 –
Steven Tyler , American rock singer, songwriter (
Aerosmith )
March 28
March 29
March 31
April
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, director
April 15 –
Michael Kamen , American composer (d.
2003 )
April 20 –
Paul Milgrom , American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
April 21 –
Paul Davis , American singer, songwriter (
Cool Night ) (d.
2008 )
April 27
Frank Abagnale , American con man, imposter
Si Robertson , American reality star, preacher, hunter, outdoorsman, and U.S. Army veteran
April 28 –
Marcia Strassman , American actress, singer (
Welcome Back, Kotter ) (d.
2014 ) May
Larry Gatlin
Stevie Nicks
June
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 announcer
June 11 –
Dave Cash , American baseball player
June 14 –
Laurence Yep , American author
June 19 –
Phylicia Rashad , African-American actress (
The Cosby Show )
June 21 –
Greg Hyder , American professional basketball player
June 22
June 23
June 25
June 27 –
Camile Baudoin , American rock guitarist
June 28 –
Kathy Bates , American actress
June 29 –
Fred Grandy , American actor, politician
June 30 –
Raymond Leo Burke , American cardinal, prelate July
Richard Simmons
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Sally Struthers
July 5
July 6
Jeff Webb , American professional basketball player
Sid Smith , American football offensive lineman
July 7
July 10 –
Rich Hand , American professional baseball player
July 12
July 13 –
Daphne Maxwell Reid , African-American actress
July 14 –
Tom Latham , American politician
July 16 –
Jeff Van Wagenen , American professional golfer
July 17 –
Doug Berry , American-Canadian football coach
July 20 –
Muse Watson , American actor
July 21
July 22 –
Susan Eloise Hinton , American author
July 25
July 27 –
Peggy Fleming , American figure skater
July 28
August
Tipper Gore
Sgt. Slaughter
August 2 –
Dennis Prager , American radio talk show host, author
August 7 –
James P. Allison , American immunologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018
August 13 –
Kathleen Battle , African-American soprano
August 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 wrestler
August 29 –
Robert S. Langer , American chemical engineer
August 30
August 31 –
Cyril Jordan , American musician September
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 actor
September 7 –
Susan Blakely , American actress
September 10
September 13 –
Nell Carter , African-American singer, actress (
Gimme a Break! ) (d.
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 author
Ken Brett , baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
September 20 –
George R. R. Martin , American novelist and short-story writer
September 22 –
Jim Byrnes , American voice actor, blues musician and actor
September 27 –
A Martinez , American actor, singer
September 29
October
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 essayist
October 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 player
October 28 –
Telma Hopkins , African-American actress, singer (
Tony Orlando and Dawn )
October 29 –
Kate Jackson , actress (
Charlie's Angels ) November
Glenn Frey
Dee Wallace
John Bolton
November 1 –
Anna Stuart , American actress
November 5
November 6 –
Glenn Frey , American guitarist, singer (
The Eagles ) (d.
2016 )
November 7
November 9 –
Kelly Harmon , American actress and model
November 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 politician
November 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 actor
November 26 –
Gayle McCormick , American singer (
Smith ) (d.
2016 )
November 28 –
Dick Morris , American political consultant
November 30 –
Stan Rogow , American television producer (d.
2023 ) December
Samuel L. Jackson
Donna Summer
December 2 –
T. C. Boyle , American writer
December 3 –
Rick Cua , American singer, evangelist
December 6
December 7
December 9 –
Gray H. Miller , senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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December 11 –
Chester Thompson , American rock drummer
December 12 –
David K. Karnes , American politician
December 13 –
Ted Nugent , American musician, singer, songwriter and political activist
December 16 –
Pat Quinn , American lawyer and politician, 41st
governor of Illinois
December 18 –
Edmund Kemper , American serial killer
December 21 –
Samuel L. Jackson , American actor and producer
December 22
December 23 –
Jim Ferguson , American guitarist, composer, educator, author and music journalist
December 25 –
Barbara Mandrell , American country singer, musician and actress
December 26 –
Candy Crowley , American news anchor
December 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 Deaths 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 References
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"History of NASCAR" . NASCAR. 2010-08-17. Archived from
the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2017-02-25 .
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"On This Day" , New York Times , retrieved 24 August 2016
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"ABC TV Network" (PDF) . Broadcasting. April 19, 1948. Retrieved 26 November 2014 .
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Chris Madden, Lifestyle Author and Personality, Dies at 73
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"Driver Tom Sneva Career Statistics" . Racing-Reference.info . Retrieved 24 June 2019 .
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"Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts" . CNN . 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2021 .
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NBA great Bob Lanier, Hall of Fame center for Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks, dies at 73
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OBITUARY Michael Vernon McCoy SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 – OCTOBER 17, 2021
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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 .
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"Miller, Gray Hampton - Federal Judicial Center" . www.fjc.gov .
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"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.
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