What Happened In June 1948 In History

Historical Events for June, 1948

• 7th » Edvard Beneš resigns as List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia known as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
• 8th » Milton Berle hosts the debut of 'Texaco Star Theater.'
• 9th » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• 16th » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares Malayan Emergency e.g a state of emergency.
• 20th » 'Toast of the Town', later 'The Ed Sullivan Show', makes its television debut.
• 21st » Columbia Records introduces the LP album known as long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City called New York, New York.
• 24th » Start of the Berlin Blockade: the Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• 25th » The Berlin Blockade The start of the Berlin Airlift e.g Berlin airlift begins.
• 26th » The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
• 26th » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• 28th » The Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia"; Yugoslavia is expelled from the Communist bloc.
• 28th » Boxer Dick Turpin (boxer) named Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1948

• 1st » Joe Andrew (academic) e.g Joe Andrew, English author and academic
• 1st » Powers Boothe, American actor
• 1st » Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1st » Tom Sneva, American race car driver
• 1st » Juhan Viiding, Estonian poet and actor (d. 1995)
• 2nd » Jerry Mathers, American actor and director
• 3rd » Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 4th » Bob Champion, English jockey
• 4th » Sandra Post, Canadian golfer
• 4th » Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
• 6th » Richard Sinclair, English bass player (Caravan (band) known as Caravan, The Wilde Flowers, Camel (band) called Camel, and Hatfield and the North)
• 7th » Jim Walton, American businessman
• 8th » Lorna Heilbron, Scottish actress
• 9th » Jim Bailey (American football) called Jim Bailey, American football player
• 9th » Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
• 11th » Dave Cash (baseball) or Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 11th » Stephen Schnetzer, American actor
• 11th » Michael Swan, American actor
• 12th » Hans Binder, Austrian race car driver
• 12th » Lyn Collins, American singer (d. 2005)
• 12th » Herbert Meyer (footballer) known as Herbert Meyer, German footballer
• 13th » Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2001)
• 13th » Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
• 14th » Laurence Yep, American author
• 15th » Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
• 15th » Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
• 15th » Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
• 16th » Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
• 16th » V. Hanumantha Rao, Indian politician
• 17th » Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
• 17th » Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
• 17th » Karol Sikora, English physician and academic
• 18th » Philip Jackson (actor) e.g Philip Jackson, English actor
• 18th » Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
• 18th » Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano
• 19th » Nick Drake, Burmese-English singer-songwriter (d. 1974)
• 19th » Barry Hearn, English accountant and businessman
• 19th » Phylicia Rashād, American actress and singer
• 20th » Cirilo Flores, American bishop (d. 2014)
• 20th » Ludwig Scotty, Nauruan politician, 10th President of Nauru
• 21st » Jovan Aćimović, Serbian footballer and manager
• 21st » Ian McEwan, English author and screenwriter
• 21st » Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (d. 2011)
• 21st » Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish author
• 21st » Philippe Sarde, French composer
• 22nd » James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, Scottish businessman
• 22nd » Steve Eastin, American actor
• 22nd » Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nazz, Utopia (band) known as Utopia, and The New Cars)
• 23rd » Myles Goodwyn, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (April Wine)
• 23rd » Luther Kent, American singer
• 23rd » Clarence Thomas, American judge
• 24th » Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter (Yes (band) called Yes, The Moody Blues, and Refugee (band) e.g Refugee)
• 27th » Camile Baudoin, American guitarist (The Radiators (American band) known as The Radiators)
• 28th » Kathy Bates, American actress, singer, and director
• 28th » Sergei Bodrov, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 28th » Deborah Moggach, English author and screenwriter
• 28th » John Pugh, English politician
• 28th » Dominic Walker (bishop) or Dominic Walker, English bishop
• 28th » Daniel Wegner, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 29th » Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
• 29th » Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
• 29th » Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple and Paice Ashton Lord)
• 29th » Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician
• 30th » Vilen Künnapu, Estonian architect and academic
• 30th » Murray McLauchlan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Famous Deaths for June 1948

• 1st » Alex Gard, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1st » Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1914)
• 2nd » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 2nd » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 2nd » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 2nd » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 2nd » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 6th » Auguste and Louis Lumière called Louis Lumière, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 13th » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 25th » William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
• 26th » Lilian Velez, Filipino actress and singer (b. 1924)

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