1948

Year 1948 () was a (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the.

January

 * of  to form ways.
 * Arab lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of.
 * First day of the.
 * First day of the.
 * - gains its independence from the.
 * - shows the first color  ( and the ).
 * - between nationalist n and Dutch troops in.
 * - British foreign secretary proposes the formation of a Western Union between,  and the  countries to stand up against the . The  is signed  as a consequence, a predecessor to.
 * - : a man masquerading as a doctor poisons 12 of 15 bank employees of the Tokyo branch of Imperial Bank and takes the money; artist is later sentenced for the crime.
 * n pacifist and leader is murdered by.
 * - open in,.
 * n pacifist and leader is murdered by.
 * - open in,.

February

 * - begins to jam  broadcasts.
 * - (later renamed ) becomes independent within the . King  becomes King of Ceylon.
 * -, head of government since 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition. is appointed  of  (formerly called the ) by President.
 * - The Party seizes control of . This day was celebrated by the regime as the "" (:"Vítězný únor"; :"Víťazný Február") until.

March

 * - The rules that religious instruction in public schools did not violate the.
 * - foreign minister  killed in fall from a window of his apartment in . Later communist government rules it "suicide".
 * - founded in.
 * First elections in.
 * Renowned conductor  makes his television debut, conducting the  in an all- program.
 * Renowned conductor  makes his television debut, conducting the  in an all- program.

April

 * - Scientists and  publish the  about the big bang.
 * signs the which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
 * 's is played on television in its entirety for the first time, in a concert featuring Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The chorus is conducted by.
 * The is established by the.
 * monastery burns in - 20 monks dead.
 * 's assassination provokes a violent riot in (the '), and a further ten years of violence in all of  (').
 * The takes place in.
 * - End of the
 * 's assassination provokes a violent riot in (the '), and a further ten years of violence in all of  (').
 * The takes place in.
 * - End of the

May

 * - 213 communists executed in.
 * - Hour of Charm's last broadcast.
 * - 's film version of  receives its world premiere in.
 * - becomes.
 * The of a three-year-old girl in,  leads to the  of more than 40,000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer.
 * - :, , , , and  attack.
 * - is elected as the first.
 * - The First of the  officially convenes in.
 * - The passes  which permanently establishes the  as the auxiliary of the.
 * - A dike along the breaks, obliterating  within minutes: 15 people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
 * - The passes  which permanently establishes the  as the auxiliary of the.
 * - A dike along the breaks, obliterating  within minutes: 15 people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

June

 * -  finished in.
 * Communist guerillas kill three rubber planters in.
 * Three armed men hijack passenger plane Miss Macao and shoot the pilot; the plane crashes - one of 27 survives.
 * - A carrying  crashes near, killing all 43 people on board.
 * declared in for communist insurgency -  begins.
 * First democratic with  in.
 * - : Commencement of Congressional Recess for the remainder of 1948 after an overtime session closed on this Saturday at 0700 D.C. time (to be shortly interrupted by Truman's recall from Congressional recess for July 20, 1948).
 * - The becomes official currency of the future.
 * - The ship brings the first group of several hundred black immigrants to  near  from the  countries. This would be the start of  in Britain.
 * The begins.
 * The first of  was held in Geneva.
 * - filed the original patent for the, the first.
 * Resolution marks the beginning of the period in  and Soviet/Yugoslav split.
 * 's , based on 's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It will be banned for 3 years in the because of alleged  in depicting master criminal, played by.
 * Earthquake hits, killing 3,895.
 * Resolution marks the beginning of the period in  and Soviet/Yugoslav split.
 * 's , based on 's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It will be banned for 3 years in the because of alleged  in depicting master criminal, played by.
 * Earthquake hits, killing 3,895.
 * Earthquake hits, killing 3,895.


 * June - The, the oldest juried art fair in the American midwest, is founded.

July

 * - Act enacted.
 * - The and es reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous ate. Five s are immediately consecrated by the, and the successor to  is granted the power to consecrate new bishops, who are empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church.
 * Attempted assassination of, general secretary of the , incites number of strikes all over the country.
 * First chapter of
 * - : President issues the second peacetime  in the  amid increasing tensions with the  (the first peacetime draft occurred in 1940 under President Roosevelt).
 * - Great oil fire in the harbor of, *
 * July 24- makes his debut in the Bugs Bunny cartoon Haredevil Hare.
 * - U.S. President signs, ending in the.
 * - Around 200 die in explosion at a chemical plant in,.
 * - begin in, the first Summer Olympics since World War II.
 * - At Idlewild Field in, New York International Airport (later renamed ) is dedicated.
 * - At Idlewild Field in, New York International Airport (later renamed ) is dedicated.

August

 * - The is founded.
 * - is born.
 * - -  prepares the draft for the.
 * - Establishment of the ..
 * - Passed Away
 * - Soviet troops fire at German demonstrators that protest against the.
 * - established.
 * - established.

September

 * - Queen abdicates for health reasons.
 * - becomes Prime Minister of France.
 * - becomes Queen of the.
 * - Death of Quaid-e-Azam, Founder and first of  (b. 1876).  is in a state of shock as it mourns the departure of the father of the nation. The day is a  nation-wide.
 * - Invasion of the by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader 's death to assist damage control.  led to the deaths of an estimated tens of thousands of Hyderabadi Muslims.
 * - assassinates count.
 * - 's  opens in the . It will become the first, and through, the only film version of a play to win s for  and . It will bring Olivier his only Best Actor , though he will receive an honorary one late in life.

October

 * - defeat the  to win the, four games to two.
 * - settles into.

November

 * - : defeats  and  for the.
 * - In, an international s tribunal sentences seven ese military and government officials to death, including General , for their roles in.
 * - becomes 's twelfth.
 * - to transport s from  to  begins.
 * - divorces his second wife, the former Princess.
 * - rediscovers the, last seen 50 years ago, near ,.
 * - In, president is ousted by a . A  takes over the government.

December

 * - General Assembly adopts.
 * - Last troops withdraw from.
 * - Member of assassinates ian Prime Minister.
 * - The play  opens for the first of 1,077 performances.
 * - : i troops drive ians from.

Undated

 * is founded.
 * discovered by Dutch physicist.
 * , world's largest, opens in.
 * In the spring, playwright Arthur Miller writes "Death of a Salesman." He completes Act I in less than a day. Act II and the Requiem are completed in the next six weeks. He writes his new play in a small, freshly built studio that he constructed himself on his property in Roxbury, CT.
 * The of  is founded.
 * , the innermost of, is discovered by.
 * Oakridge Transit Centre opened in.
 * The Slovak city Gúta was renamed to.
 * Tunnel of Vielha is opened in, Spanish.
 * The became extinct in  by this date.

January-February

 * , British scientist
 * , British actress
 * , Australian media icon (d. )
 * , American singer
 * , American keyboardist
 * , Latvian cellist
 * , English footballer
 * , American keyboardist
 * , Latvian cellist
 * , English footballer
 * , English footballer
 * , English footballer


 * , American record producer and musician
 * , American football player and actor
 * , American musician (d. )
 * , American film director and composer
 * , Canadian snooker player
 * -, Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador
 * -, Russian-born dancer
 * -, Liberian president
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Japanese politician
 * , British actress
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the
 * (born Vincent Damon Furnier), American hard rock singer and musician
 * , Canadian programmer and LGBT activist
 * , Swedish football manager
 * , American actor, writer, director, and composer
 * -, musician, composer, arranger, guitarist
 * -, English guitarist
 * -, American inventor and author
 * , American magician
 * , American comedian and radio personality
 * -, Mexican singer and actor
 * , Indian politician
 * , Scottish football manager
 * -, Indian actor
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , American director, writer, and composer
 * , American actress and singer
 * , American actress
 * , Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992-) and Prime Minister of Malta (1996-1998)
 * , Indian politician
 * , Scottish football manager
 * -, Indian actor
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , American director, writer, and composer
 * , American actress and singer
 * , American actress
 * , Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992-) and Prime Minister of Malta (1996-1998)
 * , American actress
 * , Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992-) and Prime Minister of Malta (1996-1998)

March-April

 * -, Jamaican singer and musician
 * , pioneer of electronic commerce
 * , Irish musician
 * , Australian politician
 * , Australian author
 * , American writer
 * , American baseball player
 * , American baseball player
 * , British bassist
 * , Welsh singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, French actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, Brazilian diplomat (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * , American actor
 * , Canadian hockey player
 * , American television journalist
 * , English composer
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * , former
 * , American actress
 * -, Jamaican musician
 * -, Northern Irish actor
 * -, TV presenter
 * -, 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, German musician (d. )
 * -, TV presenter
 * -, 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, German musician (d. )

May-June

 * -, African American pastor
 * , English soprano
 * , Canadian television producer ()
 * -, Japanese musician
 * , English singer
 * , British comedy entertainer
 * -, British cricket coach
 * -, English musician and record producer
 * -, Jamaican singer and actress
 * -, English musician
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, Dutch civil servant
 * -, British composer
 * -, British drummer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, English Jump Jockey
 * -, Canadian hockey player and scout (d. )
 * -, Belgian singer-songwriter
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * , American actress
 * , English musician (d. )
 * , Australian boxer
 * , Polish writer
 * , English musician
 * -, American singer and record producer
 * -, English drummer
 * -, Russian official, head of state-run company
 * , Polish writer
 * , English musician
 * -, American singer and record producer
 * -, English drummer
 * -, Russian official, head of state-run company

July-August

 * -, Finnish comics artist
 * -, Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist
 * -, Egyptian-born children's entertainer
 * -, American television personality and fitness expert
 * -, Australian film director (d. )
 * -, Israeli violinist
 * -, German chemist, laureate
 * -, American actor
 * , American sportswriter
 * , English musician
 * , American cartoonist
 * , Russian stand-up comedian and writer
 * , British-born Finnish director and writer
 * , American author
 * , American musician
 * -, Northern Irish politician
 * -, a -winning singer and songwriter from , . (d. )
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American actress
 * -, French actor
 * -, famous author and professor
 * , American radio talk show host and author
 * , Canadian politician
 * -, American soprano
 * , American erotic actress and figure model
 * , British engineer
 * -, English singer
 * -, Chief of Staff of the
 * -, American comedian
 * , American erotic actress and figure model
 * , British engineer
 * -, English singer
 * -, Chief of Staff of the
 * -, American comedian

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * -, Hong Kong singer
 * -, Austrian diplomat and politician
 * , American basketball player
 * , ex-wife of former Prime Minister of Canada
 * -, American singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, former pentathlete
 * -, Australian politician
 * , German composer
 * , Canadian comedian (d. )
 * -, a
 * -, Australian singer and actress
 * -, English actor
 * , American television broadcaster
 * , German jazz clarinetist
 * -, New Zealand yachtsman (d. )
 * , American television actor
 * , American singer and rodeo star (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish politician
 * -, American poet and essayist
 * -, American guitarist (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * , Pakistani musician
 * , American politician
 * , American musician
 * -, American baseball coach
 * -, American television actor
 * -, American novelist
 * -, Austrian philosopher
 * , American musician
 * -, American baseball coach
 * -, American television actor
 * -, American novelist
 * -, Austrian philosopher

November-December

 * -, Scottish singer
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * - Prince Charles of Edinburgh, now
 * -, Rhodesian-born record producer
 * -, American politician
 * , Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN
 * , American-born soprano
 * -, American writer
 * -, singer
 * , Finnish Formula One Champion
 * , American actress
 * , singer and actor
 * , Danish bassist
 * -, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. )
 * -, American music journalist
 * -, (born William Nelson), British guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician
 * , American actor
 * , Austrian musician and cabaret artist
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , British TV presenter
 * -, French actor
 * -, American songwriter
 * date unknown
 * , Northern Irish poet and novelist
 * , Italian businessman and murder victim (d. )
 * , American ian
 * , British novelist
 * , billionaire businessman
 * , Northern Irish poet and novelist
 * , Italian businessman and murder victim (d. )
 * , American ian
 * , British novelist
 * , billionaire businessman

January - March

 * -, wife of President (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * , Indian independence movement leader (assassinated) (b. )
 * , American co-inventor of the airplane (b. )
 * -, South African athlete (b. )
 * -, Russian film director (b. )
 * -, Irish-born inventor of shorthand (b. )
 * -, playwright, actor and director (b. )
 * -, American novelist (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. )
 * -, Russian religious and political philosopher (b.)
 * -, Austrian journalist and author (b. )
 * -, Austrian journalist and author (b. )

April - June

 * , 5th General of (b. )
 * , Colombian politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - Father, Irish-born priest and founder of Boys Town (b. )
 * -, British friend of Hitler (b. )
 * -, American general (b. )
 * -, American general (b. )

July - September

 * -, Known as "The Great Master," was an Indian Saint (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American general (b. )
 * -, Australian women's rights activist (b. )
 * -, Armenian-born painter (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, 's lover (b. )
 * -, English inventor of stainless steel (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American scholar and World War I spy (b. )
 * -, American mathematical physicist (b. )
 * - Quaid-e-Azam, Founder and first Governor General of (b. )
 * -, (b. )

October - December

 * - (b. )
 * -, educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (b.).
 * -, Hungarian composer (b. )
 * -, Irish politician (b. )
 * - Japanese war leaders (hanged):
 * , spy (b. )
 * , (b. )
 * , general (b. )
 * , military officer (b. )
 * , general (b. )
 * -, English land and water racer (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded