Year
1948 (
MCMXLVIII) was a
leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar.
- Contents (full)
- 1 Events of 1948
- : - Jan. . Feb. . March . April
- : - May . June . July . Aug.
- : - Sept. . Oct. . Nov. . Dec.
- : - Undated . Ongoing
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
- 4 Nobel prizes - Ship events
- 5 See also - Notes - External links
Events of 1948
January
February
March
April
May
June
- June - The 57th Street Art Fair, the oldest juried art fair in the American midwest, is founded.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
- Brandeis University is founded.
- Casimir effect discovered by Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir.
- Fresh Kills, world's largest landfill, opens in Staten Island, New York.
- Literature 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 law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is founded.
- Miranda, the innermost moon of Uranus, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
- Oakridge Transit Centre opened in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- The Slovak city Gúta was renamed to Kolárovo.
- Tunnel of Vielha is opened in Val d'Aran, Spanish Pyrenees.
- The Caspian Tiger became extinct in Kazakhstan by this date.
Ongoing
Births
January-February
- January 2
- Mary Archer, British scientist
- Deborah Watling, British actress
- January 5
- Wally Foreman, Australian media icon (d. 2006)
- January 7
- Kenny Loggins, American singer
- January 10
- Donald Fagen, American keyboardist
- Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist
- January 12
- Kenny Allen, English footballer
- January 14
- T-Bone Burnett, American record producer and musician
- Carl Weathers, American football player and actor
- January 15
- Ronnie Van Zant, American musician (d. 1977)
- January 16
- John Carpenter, American film director and composer
- Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
- January 17 - Davíğ Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
- January 19 - Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador
- January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-born dancer
- January 28 - Charles Taylor, Liberian president
- January 29 - Marc Singer, Canadian actor
- January 31 - Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
- February 1
- Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
- Rick James, American musician (d. 2004)
- February 3 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- February 4
- Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier), American hard rock singer and musician
- Roedy Green, Canadian programmer and LGBT activist
- February 5
- Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager
- Christopher Guest, American actor, writer, director, and composer
- February 6 - Jack Conway, musician, composer, arranger, guitarist
- February 7 - Tony Iommi, English guitarist (Black Sabbath)
- February 12 - Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- February 14
- Teller, American magician
- Jackie Martling, American comedian and radio personality
- February 17 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
- February 24
- J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
- Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
- February 25 - Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
- February 28
- Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Mike Figgis, American director, writer, and composer
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
- Alfred Sant, Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992-) and Prime Minister of Malta (1996-1998)
March-April
- March 1 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
- March 2
- R. T. Crowley, pioneer of electronic commerce
- Rory Gallagher, Irish musician
- Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
- March 4
- Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author
- James Ellroy, American writer
- Tom Grieve, American baseball player
- Leron Lee, American baseball player
- Chris Squire, British bassist
- Shakin' Stevens, Welsh singer
- March 9 - Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
- March 11 - Dominique Sanda, French actress
- March 12 - James Taylor, American musician
- March 15 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
- March 17 - William Gibson, American writer
- March 20
- John de Lancie, American actor
- Bobby Orr, Canadian hockey player
- March 22
- Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer
- March 26 - Steven Tyler, American singer (Aerosmith)
- March 28 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
- March 31
- Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States
- Rhea Perlman, American actress
- April 1 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
- April 4 - Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
- April 12 - Jeremy Beadle, TV presenter
- April 13 - Nam Hae-il, 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korea Navy
- April 15 - Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
- April 27 - Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52's)
- April 29 - Michael Karoli, German musician (d. 2001)
May-June
- May 6 - Richard Bryant, African American pastor
- May 8
- Felicity Lott, English soprano
- Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
- May 11 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese musician
- May 12
- Steve Winwood, English singer
- Bob Carolgees, British comedy entertainer
- May 14 - Bob Woolmer, British cricket coach
- May 15 - Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- May 19 - Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- May 21 - Leo Sayer, English musician
- May 26 - Stevie Nicks, American singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
- May 27 - Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
- May 29 - Michael Berkeley, British composer
- May 31 - John Bonham, British drummer (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
- June 2 - Jerry Mathers, American actor
- June 13 - Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (d. 2001)
- June 15 - Paul Michiels, Belgian singer-songwriter
- June 17 - Dave Concepcion, Venezuelan baseball player
- June 19
- Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- June 20 - Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
- June 21
- Lionel Rose, Australian boxer
- Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer
- Don Airey, English musician (Deep Purple)
- June 22 - Todd Rundgren, American singer and record producer
- June 29 - Ian Paice, English drummer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
- June 30 - Vladimir Yakunin, Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company
July-August
- July 3 - Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
- July 6 - Wadih Saadeh, Lebanese-Australian poet and journalist
- July 8 - Raffi, Egyptian-born children's entertainer
- July 12 - Richard Simmons, American television personality and fitness expert
- July 15 - Richard Franklin, Australian film director (d. 2007)
- July 16 - Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist
- July 18 - Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 20 - Muse Watson, American actor
- July 21
- Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
- Cat Stevens, English musician
- Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
- Mikhail Zadornov, Russian stand-up comedian and writer
- July 22
- Neil Hardwick, British-born Finnish director and writer
- Susan Eloise Hinton, American author
- Don Henley, American musician
- July 23 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
- July 25 - Steve Goodman, a Grammy Award-winning folk music singer and songwriter from Chicago, United States. (d. 1984)
- July 27 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
- July 28 - Sally Struthers, American actress
- July 30 - Jean Reno, French actor
- July 31 - Jonathan Dollimore, famous author and professor
- August 2
- Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author
- Bob Rae, Canadian politician
- August 3 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
- August 13 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano
- August 15
- Uschi Digard, American erotic actress and figure model
- George Ryton, British engineer
- August 20 - Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin)
- August 24 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force
- August 30 - Lewis Black, American comedian
September-October
- September 1 - James Rebhorn, American actor
- September 4 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
- September 5 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
- September 10
- Bob Lanier, American basketball player
- Margaret Trudeau, ex-wife of former Prime Minister of Canada
- September 13 - Nell Carter, American singer and actress (d. 2003)
- September 17 - John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
- September 19 - Nadezhda Tkachenko, former Soviet pentathlete
- September 22 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
- September 24
- Heinz Chur, German composer
- Phil Hartman, Canadian comedian (d. 1998)
- September 25 - Vladimir Yevtushenkov, a Russian oligarch
- September 26 - Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress
- September 27 - Michele Dotrice, English actor
- September 29
- Bryant Gumbel, American television broadcaster
- Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
- October 1 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman (d. 2001)
- October 2
- Avery Brooks, American television actor
- Chris LeDoux, American singer and rodeo star (d. 2005)
- October 6 - Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- October 7 - Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
- October 8 - Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
- October 9 - Jackson Browne, American musician
- October 13
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician
- Ted Poe, American politician
- John Ford Coley, American musician
- October 16 - Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
- October 17 - George Wendt, American television actor
- October 17 - Robert Jordan, American novelist
- October 18 - Hans Köchler, Austrian philosopher
November-December
- November 3 - Lulu (singer), Scottish singer
- November 5 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 10 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- November 14 - Prince Charles of Edinburgh, now Prince of Wales
- November 16 - Mutt Lange, Rhodesian-born record producer
- November 17 - Howard Dean, American politician
- November 20
- John R. Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN
- Barbara Hendricks, American-born soprano
- December 2 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
- December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
- December 6
- Keke Rosberg, Finnish Formula One Champion
- JoBeth Williams, American actress
- December 7
- Gary Morris, singer and actor
- Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
- December 10 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
- December 14 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist
- December 18 - Bill Nelson, (born William Nelson), British guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician
- December 21
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician and cabaret artist
- December 22
- Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
- Noel Edmonds, British TV presenter
- December 27 - Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- December 28 - Dick Siegel, American songwriter
- date unknown
- Ciarán Carson, Northern Irish poet and novelist
- Maurizio Gucci, Italian businessman and murder victim (d. 1995)
- Johnny Nicholas, American blues musician
- Edward Rutherfurd, British novelist
- Kenny Troutt, billionaire businessman
Deaths
January - March
- January 5 - Mary Dimmick Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison (b. 1858)
- January 21 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
- January 30
- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence movement leader (assassinated) (b. 1869)
- Orville Wright, American co-inventor of the airplane (b. 1871)
- February 2 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
- February 11 - Sergy Eisenstein, Russian film director (b. 1898)
- February 23 - John Robert Gregg, Irish-born inventor of shorthand (b. 1866)
- March 4 - Antonin Artaud, playwright, actor and director (b. 1896)
- March 6 - Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (suicide) (b. 1914)
- March 10 - Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
- March 24 - Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian religious and political philosopher (b.1874)
- March 31 - Egon Erwin Kisch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1885)
April - June
July - September
- July 2 - Baba Sawan Singh, Known as "The Great Master," was an Indian Saint (b. July 27 1858)
- July 5 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (b. 1888)
- July 15 - John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
- July 18 - May Moss, Australian women's rights activist (b. April 27 1869)
- July 21 - Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born painter (b. 1904)
- July 23 - David Wark Griffith, American film director (b. 1875)
- July 31 - Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd, Franklin Roosevelt's lover (b. 1891)
- August 12 - Harry Brearley, English inventor of stainless steel (b. 1871)
- August 16 - Babe Ruth, baseball player (b. 1895)
- August 27 - Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
- September 2 - Sylvanus G. Morley, American scholar and World War I spy (b. 1883)
- September 5 - Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)
- September 11 - Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
- September 30 - Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (b. 1861)
October - December
Nobel prizes
Notes
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