July 1948 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1948 Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours
• 02 Jul 1948 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich
• 03 Jul 1948 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart
• 05 Jul 1948 National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom
• 06 Jul 1948 The world's first Air Car-ferry service is flown by a Bristol Freighter of Silver City Airways from Lympne to Le Touquet.
• 07 Jul 1948 Indians sign Satchel Paige at 42
• 08 Jul 1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
• 09 Jul 1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland Indians.
• 10 Jul 1948 Allegro closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 318 performances
• 11 Jul 1948 1st air bombing of Jerusalem
• 13 Jul 1948 The attempted assassination of Palmiro Togliatti, general secretary of the Italian Communist Party, incites numerous strikes all over the country.
• 14 Jul 1948 Israel bombs Cairo
• 15 Jul 1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
• 16 Jul 1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager
• 17 Jul 1948 Israeli army captures Nazareth
• 18 Jul 1948 Marinka opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
• 19 Jul 1948 French government of Schuman, resigns
• 20 Jul 1948 Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ
• 21 Jul 1948 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 22 Jul 1948 The Dominion of Newfoundland votes to join Canada after a referendum.
• 23 Jul 1948 Progressive party convention nominates Henry Wallace for President.
• 24 Jul 1948 4 Duluth Minn Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash
• 26 Jul 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant
• 27 Jul 1948 Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley
• 28 Jul 1948 The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the ''Battle of London Airport''.
• 29 Jul 1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London
• 30 Jul 1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record
• 31 Jul 1948 Brigadoon closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 581 performances

Famous Birthday

• Jean Reno

  French actor, seen in "The Professional," directed by Luc Besson.

• Anne Sinclair

  French and American television and radio interviewer who hosted one of the most popular political shows for more than thirteen years on TF1,...

• Nathalie Baye

  French actress who's films include "Day for Night," "The Man Who Loved Women" and "The Return of Martin Guerre.

• Cat Stevens

  (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,...

• Gérard Miller
• Hubert-Felix Thiefaine
• Richard Simmons

  American guru in the multimillion dollar industry of diet and physical fitness.

• Richard Simmons

  American guru in the multimillion dollar industry of diet and physical fitness.

• Catherine Breillat

  French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.

• Christine Caron
• Peggy Fleming

  American professional skater.

• Rubén Blades

  Panamanian singer-songwriter guitarist and actor.

• Carel Struycken
• René Arnoux

  French racing car driver, he competed in twelve Formula 1 seasons (1978-89).

• Bruce Scofield

  American astrologer, lecturer and author.

• Yves-Thibault de Silguy
• Ciro Discepolo

  Italian astrologer, journalist and writer.

• Robert Paparemborde
• Françoise Rudetzki
• Gérard de Cortanze
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Famous Deaths

• Arshile Gorky

  Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948).

• King Baggot

  Actor (Tish, San Francisco), dies at 68.

• Peter JM Aalberse

  Dutch Minister of Labor, dies at 77.

• Gerhard Kittel

  German anti-semite theologist.

• John J Pershing [Black Jack]

  US General (Mexico, WWI), dies at 87.

• Francesco Spetrino

  Composer, dies at 91.

• Maria "Marie" Hens

  Flemish actress (Female Revue), dies at 70.

• Donald Nichols Tweedy

  Composer, dies at 58.

• D[avid] W[ark] Griffith

  US director / producer.

• John J Pershing

  U.

• Adrien H Gerhard

  Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90.

• Monteiro Lobato

  Brazilian writer (Born 1882).

• Herman Gummerus

  Finnish historian and politician (Born 1877).

• Joe Tinker

  American baseball player (Born 1880).

• Georges Bernanos

  French writer noted for powerful and violent works, including "Un Crime," 1935 and "Diary of a Country Priest," 1937.

• Carole Landis

  American actress and writer.

• Achille Varzi

  Italian race car driver (Born 1904).

• Woolf Barnato

  English race car driver and financier (d. 1948).

• D W Griffith

  American film director (Born 1875).

• G Bernanos

  Writer, dies at 60.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sarah Vaughan - Nature Boy
2. Gordon MacRae - It's Magic
3. Blue Barron & His Orchestra - You Were Only Fooling
4. Art Mooney & His Orchestra - Bluebird of Happiness
5. Ken Griffin - You Can't Be True, Dear