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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 actor1948 – Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic; 1948 – John Waters, English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist; 1949 – Mary Gordon, American author, critic, and academic; 1949 – Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter; 1949 – Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic
1948 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
1948 – George T. Johnson, American basketball player; 1948 – Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist; 1948 – Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter; 1948 – Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist; 1949 – David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980)
