August 1948 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1948 The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is founded.
• 03 Aug 1948 FDR advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a communist
• 04 Aug 1948 Five-day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax.
• 05 Aug 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game
• 06 Aug 1948 Dreesgovt (KVP / Social Democratics / CHU / Liberal) forms
• 07 Aug 1948 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns
• 08 Aug 1948 Hold It! opens at National Theater NYC for 46 performances
• 10 Aug 1948 WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 11 Aug 1948 Summer Olympics opens in London
• 12 Aug 1948 Cleveland Indians get 29 hits in a 9 inning game
• 13 Aug 1948 Satchel Paige at age 42 pitches his first major league complete game.
• 14 Aug 1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain
• 15 Aug 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed
• 16 Aug 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem
• 17 Aug 1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
• 18 Aug 1948 The Australian cricket team completed a 4 : 0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
• 20 Aug 1948 15th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Cards 28, All-Stars 0
• 21 Aug 1948 Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson
• 23 Aug 1948 Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
• 24 Aug 1948 The first meeting of the charter members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) is held.
• 25 Aug 1948 The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: ''Confrontation Day'' between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 31 Aug 1948 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee

Famous Birthday

• Robert Plant

  British musician, a member of Led Zeppelin which he established along with Jimmy Page.

• Jean-Michel Jarre

  French musician, songwriter and recording artist, known for keyboarding and as a synthesizer genius.

• Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Son of Jean, French deputy.

• Kathleen Battle

  American soprano, vastly gifted and a fiercely perfectionistic lyric coloratura.

• Patrick Balkany

  French politician, a member of the National Assembly of France.

• Allain Bougrain-Dubourg
• Yves de Chaisemartin
• Richard Astre
• Jamie Binder

  American pro astrologer.

• Tipper Gore

  American political wife of Al Gore.

• Angry Anderson
• Sauli Niinistö

  Finnish captain and politician 12th President of Finland.

• John Noble

  Australian actor and director.

• Rudolf Schenker

  German guitarist and songwriter (Scorpions).

• Hugues Quester
• Liam Genockey
• Alain Claeys

  French politician, a member of the Socialist Party, Mayor of Poitiers since 2008 and a Member of the National Assembly of France for the...

• Jacki Piper
• Pierre Bertrand
• Consuelo Penna

  Brazilian psychologist who specialized in Tibetan Nyingma techniques.

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Famous Deaths

• Albert F Pollard

  British Historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78.

• E Ball-Hennings

  Writer, dies at 63.

• Nico J Polak

  Dutch economist, dies at 60.

• David John de Lloyd

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Oley Speaks

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez

  Composer, dies at 50.

• Andrei A Zjdanov

  Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52.

• Charles Evans Hughes

  U.

• Andrew Brown

  Scottish football coach (Born 1870).

• Kwan-Ichi Asakawa

  Japanese historian (Born 1873).

• Harry Brearley

  English metallurgist (d. 1948).

• Montague Summers

  English clergyman and author (d. 1948).

• Billy Laughlin

  American actor (Born 1932).

• Elaine Hammerstein

  American actress (Born 1897).

• Babe Ruth

  American baseball star, a legend in his own time, called the best baseball player who ever lived.

• Edwin Maxwell

  Actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62.

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. Anne Vincent - You Call Everybody Darlin'
2. Primo Scala & His Banjo & Accordion Orchestra with The Keynotes - Underneath the Arches
3. Gordon MacRae - Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue