1948 in the United States

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1948 in the United States
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Events from the year 1948 in the United States.

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Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

February

March

April 30: OAS

April

May

June

June 24: Berlin Airlift

July

August

August 3: Alger Hiss is accused of being a Communist

September

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

  • January 23 – Anita Pointer, singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters)
  • January 24 – Elliott Abrams, attorney and conservative policy analyst.
  • February 4 – Rod Grams, United States Senator from Minnesota from 1995 till 2001. (d. 2013)
  • February 7 – Jimmy Greenspoon, singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015)
  • March 11 – Kent Conrad, United States Senator from North Dakota from 1987 till 2013.
  • March 14 – Tom Coburn, United States Senator from Oklahoma from 2005 till 2015.
  • March 31 – Al Gore, United States Senator from Tennessee from 1985 till 1993 and 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 till 2001.
  • May 8 – Steve Braun, American baseball player and coach
  • May 18 – Tom Udall, United States Senator from New Mexico since 2009.
  • June 23 – Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991.
  • November 12 – Cliff Harris, American football player
  • December 6 – Don Nickles, United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 till 2005.
  • December 12 – David K. Karnes, United States Senator from Nebraska from 1987 till 1988.
  • December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson, actor and producer

Deaths

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  • July 5 – Carole Landis, American actress (born 1919)
  • July 11 – Franz Weidenreich, German-born American anatomist (born 1873)
  • August 16 – Babe Ruth, baseball player (born 1895)

References

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External links

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