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December 12, 1948 (Sunday) Batang Kali massacre: British troops killed 24 unarmed villagers during the Malayan Emergency. Italy and the Soviet Union signed a series of trade and reparations agreements in Moscow. Italy conceded all assets in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria as reparations.
Dutch forces in the Dutch East Indies, 1948 December 1 – José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica , making it the first country in history to do so. December 2 – The United States House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenas and retrieves the " Pumpkin Papers " from the farm of Whittaker Chambers .
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January 1 – Joe Petagno, American illustratorJanuary 5 – Ted Lange, African-American actor, director (The Love Boat)January 7 – Kenny Loggins, American rock singerFebruary 1 – Rick James, African-American urban singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (d. 2004)February 2 – Ina Garten, American cooking authorMarch 2 – R. T. Crowley, American pioneer of electronic commerceMarch 3 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (d. 2022)March 5 – Leslie Marmon Silko, American author of Laguna PueblodescentApril 2 – Bob Lienhard, American basketball player (d. 2018)April 5 – Neil Portnow, American president of The Recording Academy(NARAS)April 7 – John Oates, American rock singer, guitarist (Hall & Oates)August 2 – Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host, authorAugust 7 – James P. Allison, American immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinein 2018August 13 – Kathleen Battle, African-American sopranoAugust 17 – Edward Lazear, American economist (d. 2020)September 1 – James Rebhorn, American actor (d. 2014)September 3 – Don Brewer, American drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)September 4 – Michael Berryman, American actorJanuary 19 – The Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. January 20 – President Harry S. Truman begins his full term. Alben W. Barkley is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. January 25 – The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
May 10, 2024 · 1948 Arab-Israeli War: December 1948. Also called: Israel’s War of Independence or Nakba. Date: May 15, 1948 - July 20, 1949. Participants: Egypt. Iraq. Israel. Lebanon. Syria. Key People: David Ben-Gurion. Greve Folke Bernadotte. Ralph Bunche. Ariel Sharon.
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Historical events in December 1948. Learn about 46 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in Dec 1948 or search by date or keyword.
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
