April 1948 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1948 Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
• 03 Apr 1948 US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan (US$5 billion aid to 16 European countries).
• 04 Apr 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to first base; it ends in a tie.
• 05 Apr 1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
• 07 Apr 1948 The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• 08 Apr 1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in San Francisco
• 09 Apr 1948 Jorge Eliecer Gaitan's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogota (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia known as La violencia.
• 10 Apr 1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek.
• 11 Apr 1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279.
• 13 Apr 1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus.
• 14 Apr 1948 New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
• 15 Apr 1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
• 16 Apr 1948 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris, France.
• 18 Apr 1948 International Court of Justice opens at The Hague, Netherlands.
• 19 Apr 1948 ABC-TV network begins in the US.
• 20 Apr 1948 New York City hikes subway fare from 5 cents to 10 cents
• 21 Apr 1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
• 22 Apr 1948 WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 23 Apr 1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
• 24 Apr 1948 The Costa Rican Civil War ends.
• 26 Apr 1948 The XP-86 prototype for the US Sabre Jet first "officially" breaks the sound barrier.
• 27 Apr 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River.
• 29 Apr 1948 Bradman scores 107 Aust vs. Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
• 30 Apr 1948 Inside USA opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances

Famous Birthday

• Evelyne Dheliat
• Bernard-Marie Koltès

  French playwright and director.

• Marcello Lippi

  Italian soccer coach, formerly coach of the Juventus, one of the major Italian teams and a consistent winner.

• Howard Sasportas

  American professional astrologer, author, lecturer and editor who wrote three books on Psychological Astrology with Liz Greene.

• Gonzalo Pena Tamez
• Catherine Millet
• Noëlle Lenoir
• Frank Abagnale

  American professional imposter, (surname is pronounced Ab-big-nail; born April 27, 1948, in Bronxville, NY; son of Frank W. (a company...

• John Oates
• John Oates

  Musician.

• Terry Pratchett

  English author.

• Pascal Quignard

  French writer.

• Régis Wargnier

  French film director, film producer, screenwriter and film score composer.

• Jimmy Cliff

  Jamaican singer and actor.

• Jan Hammer

  Czech pianist composer and producer.

• Michael Kamen

  American composer and conductor (d. 2003).

• Yvon Abiven
• Gregory Itzin

  American actor.

• Nadia Potts

  British-Canadian dancer.

• Kriss Graffiti (radio host)
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Famous Deaths

• Josef B Kjellgren

  Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40.

• Johan P Earl of Limburg Stirum

  Diplomat, dies at 75.

• Carlos Lopez Buchardo

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Joseph Wihtol

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Manuel Marua Ponce

  Mexican Composer (Ferial), dies at 65.

• Rosita Marstini

  Actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54.

• Aldo Leopold

  American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, and environmentalist.

• Radola Gajda

  Czech military commander and politician (Born 1892).

• George Carpenter

  American 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Freddy Martin & His Orchestra - Sabre Dance Boogie
2. Art Mooney & His Orchestra - Baby Face
3. Dick Haymes - Little White Lies
4. Ken Griffin (Organ) (Vocal Jerry Wayne) - You Can't Be True, Dear
5. Tex Beneke & His Orchestra - St. Louis Blues March