September 1948 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1948 Bradman scores 143 Aust vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six
• 04 Sep 1948 Angel in the Wings closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 performances
• 05 Sep 1948 In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
• 06 Sep 1948 Mr Strauss Goes to Boston opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 07 Sep 1948 First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio.
• 08 Sep 1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound
• 09 Sep 1948 Hilarities (of 1949) opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 14 performances
• 10 Sep 1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life
• 11 Sep 1948 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan, dies. Pakistan is in a state of shock as it mourns the departure of the father of the nation. The day is a public holiday nation-wide.
• 12 Sep 1948 Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah's death.
• 13 Sep 1948 Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
• 14 Sep 1948 Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters
• 15 Sep 1948 Small Wonder opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances
• 16 Sep 1948 Heaven on Earth opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 17 Sep 1948 KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles / Hollywood, CA (IND) begins
• 18 Sep 1948 Hilarities (of 1949) closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 14 performances
• 19 Sep 1948 62nd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough
• 20 Sep 1948 Magdalena opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 21 Sep 1948 Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV
• 23 Sep 1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
• 24 Sep 1948 Yanks, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL
• 25 Sep 1948 Heaven on Earth closes at Century Theater NYC after 12 performances
• 26 Sep 1948 Boston Braves win first National League championship since 1914.
• 27 Sep 1948 Carib Song opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 36 performances
• 28 Sep 1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
• 29 Sep 1948 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins

Famous Birthday

• Jeremy Irons

  British actor of stage and screen.

• Olivia Newton-John

  American singer raised in Australia, an actress and businesswoman who has won four Grammy awards for her music.

• George R R Martin

  American writer.

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• John Ritter

  American actor and member of a theatrical family.

• Phil Hartman

  Canadian-American actor with a comedy background as a regular on a TV variety show in 1985 which was followed by "Saturday Night Live" in...

• Margaret Trudeau

  Canadian noted family, the daughter of a former cabinet minister and political wife of Pierre Trudeau from 4 March 1971 to 1976.

• Christa McAuliffe

  American astronaut and teacher, the first private citizen allowed into outer space via national selection and an instant celebrity in her...

• Dominique Chapatte
• Terry Bradshaw

  American football player, a champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

• Terry Bradshaw

  American football player, a champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

• Eva Darlan
• Nell Carter

  American actress, 4' 11" and portly.

• Maurizio Gucci

  Italian entrepreneur, CEO of the House of Gucci, His grandfather, Guccio Gucci, was founder of the fashion empire and the father of two...

• Mario Conde

  Spanish lawyer and financier known as "The Shark," found guilty of fraud and embezzlement as the chairman of Banco Espanol de Credito, known...

• Shakti Gawain

  Author.

• Kenny Jones

  British musician, a drummer with the rock group, "The Who.

• Jacques Esclassan

  French road bicycle racer, who won the green jersey in the 1977 Tour de France.

• Gloria Star

  American pro astrologer and author of "Astrology: Woman to Woman," and "The Optimum Child: Developing Your Child's Fullest Potential through...

• Gordon Clapp

  North Conway, New Hampshire -- Actor (Greg Medavoy-NYPD Blue).

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Famous Deaths

• Gregg Toland

  Cinematographer, dies at 44.

• Paul Wegener

  German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.

• Gerrit H Kersten

  Vicar / founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66.

• Henricus A Poels

  Dutch RC Theologist / social foreman, dies at 80.

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah

  1st Governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies at 71.

• Ferdinand I MKLM

  Prince of Saxony-Coburg / tsar of Bulgaria.

• Count Folke Bernadotte

  UN mediator for Palestine, assassinated.

• Lillian Brainthwaite

  British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75.

• Ruth Benedict

  American anthropologist (Born 1887).

• Frank Cellier

  Actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64.

• Edvard Benes

  2nd President of Czechoslovakia (Born 1884).

• Richard C Tolman

  American mathematical physicist (Born 1881).

• Thomas Mofolo

  Lesotho writer (Born 1876).

• King Ferdinand

  of Bulgaria (Born 1861).

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  founder of Pakistan (Born 1876).

• Folke Bernadotte

  Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948).

• Husain Salaahuddin

  Maldivian poet and scholar (d. 1948).

• Sylvanus Morley

  American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1948).

• James Baskett
• EJ Ratcliffe
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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Andrews Sisters - You Call Everybody Darling
2. Andrews Sisters - Underneath The Arches
3. Al Trace & His Orchestra - You Call Everybody Darlin'
4. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Until
5. Benny Strong & His Orchestra - That Certain Party