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Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Events January February March April May June - June 3 – The Palomar Observatory telescope is finished in California.
- June 10 – Hasan Saka forms the new government of Turkey. (17th government; Hasan Saka had served twice as a prime minister)
- June 11 – The first monkey astronaut, Albert I, is launched into space from White Sands, New Mexico.
- June 16
- Communist guerrillas kill 3 rubber planters in Malaya.
- Three armed men hijack the Cathay Pacific passenger plane Miss Macao and shoot the pilot; the plane crashes, killing 26 of 27 people on board.
- June 17 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
- June 18 – Malayan Emergency: A state of emergency is declared in the Malayan Union due to a communist insurgency.
- June 20 – The U.S. Congress recesses for the remainder of 1948, after an overtime session closes at 7:00 a.m. D.C. time (to be shortly interrupted by Truman's recall from Congressional recess for July 20, 1948).
- June 21 – The Deutsche Mark becomes official currency of the future Federal Republic of Germany.
- June 22 – The ship Empire Windrush brings a large group of Afro-Caribbean immigrants to Tilbury near London, the start of a large wave of immigration to Britain.
- June 24
- June 26 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
- June 28
July August September October November - November 2 – United States presidential election, 1948: Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats Republican Thomas E. Dewey and 'Dixiecrat' Strom Thurmond.
- November 12 – In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences 7 Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.
- November 15 – Louis Stephen St. Laurent becomes Canada's 12th prime minister.
- November 16
- November 17 – Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi divorces his second wife, the former Princess Fawzia of Egypt.
- November 20 – Geoffrey B. Orbell rediscovers the Takah , last seen 50 years previously, near Lake Te Anau, New Zealand.
- November 24 – In Venezuela, president R mulo Gallegos is ousted by a military junta.
- November 27 – The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12 7 before 20,013 fans at Toronto's Varsity Stadium to capture their first Grey Cup and complete the only perfect season to date in Canadian Football.
December Date unknown Births January February - February 1 Rick James, Motown performer (d. 2004)
- February 2 – Ina Garten, American cooking author
- February 3
- February 4
- February 5
- February 6 – Jack Conway, American musician, composer, arranger, and guitarist
- February 10 – John Magnier, Irish businessman and thoroughbred racehorse breeder
- February 11 – Chris Rush, American stand-up comedian
- February 12 – Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
- February 13 – Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American film actress
- February 14
- February 17 – Jos Jos , Mexican singer and actor
- February 19
- February 20 – Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born American model and actress
- February 22
- February 24
- February 25 – Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
- February 28 – Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- February 28
March - March 2
- March 4
- March 5 – Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
- March 6 – Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
- March 9 – Jeffrey Osborne, American singer
- March 11 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
- March 12 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter
- March 14 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
- March 15 – S rgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003)
- March 17 – William Gibson, American/Canadian writer
- March 20
- March 22
- March 25 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress
- March 26 – Steven Tyler, American rock singer
- March 28
- March 29 – Bud Cort, American actor
- March 30 – Eddie Jordan, Irish founder of Jordan Grand Prix
- March 31
April May - May 2 – Vladimir Matorin, Russian opera singer
- May 4 – Tanya Falan, American singer
- May 5
- May 8
- May 9 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and analyst
- May 11 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese musician
- May 12 – Steve Winwood, English rock singer
- May 14 – Bob Woolmer, British cricket coach (d. 2007)
- May 15
- May 16 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor
- May 19 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- May 20 – Tessh Genda, Japanese seiyu
- May 21
- May 25 – Klaus Meine, German singer (Scorpions)
- May 26 – Stevie Nicks, American rock singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
- May 27 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant
- May 29 – Michael Berkeley, British composer
- May 31 – John Bonham, British rock drummer (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
June - June 1
- June 2 – Jerry Mathers, American actor
- June 4 – Bob Champion, English jump jockey
- June 6
- June 9
- June 11 – Dave Cash, American baseball player
- June 13 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (d. 2001)
- June 14 – Laurence Yep, American author
- June 15 – Paul Michiels, Belgian singer-songwriter
- June 17 – Dave Concepci n, Venezuelan baseball player
- June 19
- June 20 – Ludwig Scotty, President of Nauru
- June 21
- June 22 – Todd Rundgren, American rock singer and record producer
- June 23
- June 24 – Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player
- June 27 – Camile Baudoin, American rock guitarist
- June 28 – Kathy Bates, American actress
- June 29 – Fred Grandy, American actor and politician
- June 30 – Vladimir Yakunin, Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company
July - July 1 – John Ford (musician), Best known for penning Part of the Union whilst in Strawbs
- July 3 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
- July 8 – Raffi, Egyptian-born children's entertainer
- July 12 – Richard Simmons, American television personality and fitness expert
- July 15 – Richard Franklin, Australian film director (d. 2007)
- July 16 – Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist
- July 18 – Hartmut Michel, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 20 – Muse Watson, American actor
- July 21
- July 22 – Susan Eloise Hinton, American author
- July 23 – John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician
- July 25 – Steve Goodman, Grammy Award-winning folk music singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
- July 27 – Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
- July 28 – Sally Struthers, American actress
- July 30
- July 31 – Jonathan Dollimore, British author and professor
August September - September 2
- September 3
- September 4 – Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
- September 5 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
- September 7 – Susan Blakely, American actress
- September 8 – Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler
- September 10
- September 11 – John Martyn, British folk-rock guitarist (d. 2009)
- September 13 – Nell Carter, American singer and actress (d. 2003)
- September 16 – Ron Blair, American bassist (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
- September 17 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
- September 19
- September 20 – George R.R. Martin, American speculative fiction author
- September 22
- September 24 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1998)
- September 25
- September 26 – Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress
- September 27 – Michele Dotrice, English actress
- September 29
October - October 1 – Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman (d. 2001)
- October 2
- October 4 – Meg Bennett, American soap opera writer
- October 6 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- October 7 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
- October 8 – Johnny Ramone, American rock guitarist (Ramones) (d. 2004)
- October 9 – Jackson Browne, American rock musician
- October 11 – Cynthia Clawson, American gospel singer
- October 13
- October 14
- October 15 – Chris de Burgh, Irish singer (Lady in Red)
- October 16 – Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
- October 17
- October 18 – Hans K chler, Austrian philosopher
- October 19 – Patrick Simmons, American musician (The Doobie Brothers)
- October 21
- October 22 – Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford
- October 23 – Sir Gerry Robinson, Irish businessman
- October 25
- October 26 – Toby Harrah, American former baseball player
- October 28 – Telma Hopkins, American actress and singer
- October 29 – Kate Jackson, American actress
November - November 1 – Anna Stuart, American actress
- November 3 – Lulu, Scottish singer and actress
- November 4 – Amadou Toumani Toure, former President of Mali
- November 5
- November 6 – Glenn Frey, American guitarist and singer (The Eagles)
- November 7 – Jim Houghton, American actor and director
- November 9 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football player and manager
- November 10 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (d. 2005)
- November 13 – Humayun Ahmed Bengali language Writer.
- November 13 – Lockwood Smith, New Zealand politician
- November 14
- November 15 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (d. 2007)
- November 16
- November 17 – Howard Dean, American politician
- November 20
- November 21 – Michel Suleiman, current President of Lebanon
- November 23 – Dominique-France Picard, queen of Egypt
- November 24 – Joe Howard, American actor
- November 27 – James Avery, American actor
- November 28 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and screenwriter
December - December 2
- December 3
- December 6
- December 7
- December 10 – Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
- December 11 – Chester Thompson, American rock drummer
- December 13
- December 14
- December 19 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
- December 21
- December 22
- December 23 – Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, educator, author, and music journalist
- December 25 – Barbara Mandrell, American country singer
- December 27 – G rard Depardieu, French actor
- December 28 – Dick Siegel, American songwriter
- December 29 – Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician
- December 31
Date unknown Deaths January–March - January 1 – Edna May, American actress (b. 1878)
- January 5 – Mary Dimmick Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison (b. 1858)
- January 8 – Edward Stanley Kellogg, 16th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1870)
- January 21 – Eliza Moore, Last person born into slavery in the United States (b. 1843)
- January 21 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (b. 1876)
- January 24 – Bill Cody, American actor (b. 1891)
- January 29 – Tomislav II of Croatia, (Aimone 4th Duke of Aosta), king (b. 1900)
- January 30
- February 1 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (b. 1878)
- February 2 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
- February 11 – Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director (b. 1898)
- February 23 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-born inventor of shorthand (b. 1866)
- February 25 – Alexander du Toit, South African geologist (b. 1878)
- March 4 – Antonin Artaud, French playwright, actor and director (b. 1896)
- March 6 – Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (suicide) (b. 1914)
- March 10
- March 24 – Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian religious and political philosopher (b. 1874)
- March 31 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1885)
- May 9 – Viola Allen, stage actress, (b. 1867)
April–June - April 9
- April 15 – Manuel Roxas, 5th President of the Philippines (b. 1892)
- April 17 – Kantar Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
- April 20 – Mitsumasa Yonai, 37th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1880)
- April 24 – Manuel Ponce, Mexican composer (b. 1882)
- May 3 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish nobleman, assassin of Minister Ritavuori (b. 1876)
- May 13 – Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, American daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1920)
- May 15 – Father Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-born priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
- May 21 – Jacques Feyder, French filmmaker (b. 1885)
- May 28 – Unity Mitford, British friend of Adolf Hitler (b. 1914)
- May 29 – May Whitty, British actress (b. 1865)
- May 30 – J zsef Klekl, Slovene politician in Hungary (b. 1874)
- June 6 – Louis Lumi re, French film pioneer (b. 1864)
- June 13 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese writer (b. 1909)
- June 25 – William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
- June 26 – Lilian Velez, Filipino actress (murder) (b. 1924)
July–September - July 2 – Baba Sawan Singh, Indian saint known as "The Great Master," (b. 1858)
- July 5
- July 9 – James Baskett, American actor (Uncle Remus in Disney's Song of the South) (d. 1948) (b. 1904)
- July 11 – King Baggot, American actor (b. 1879)
- July 15 – John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
- July 18 – May Moss, Australian women's rights activist (b. 1869)
- July 21 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born painter (b. 1904)
- July 23 – David Wark Griffith, American film director (The Birth Of A Nation) (b. 1875)
- July 27 – Susan Glaspell, American playwright (b. 1882)
- July 31 – Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd, Franklin Roosevelt's lover (b. 1891)
- August 3 – Tommy Ryan, American boxing champion (b. 1870)
- August 10
- August 12 – Harry Brearley, English inventor of stainless steel (b. 1871)
- August 16 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- August 17 – Ettie Garner, Second Lady of the United States (b. 1869)
- August 27 – Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
- September 1 – Muhammad VII al-Munsif, ruler of Tunisia 1942 43 (b. 1881)
- September 2 – Sylvanus G. Morley, American scholar and World War I spy (b. 1883)
- September 3 – Edvard Bene , President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
- September 5 – Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)
- September 10 – Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Tsar of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
- September 11 – Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
- September 12 – Rupert D'Oyly Carte, English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario (b. 1876)
- September 17 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (assassinated) (b. 1895)
- September 20 – Husain Salaahuddin, Famous Mahl writer (b. 1881)
- September 24 – Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
- September 26 – Gregg Toland, American cinematographer (b. 1904)
- September 30 – Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (b. 1861)
October–December - October 1 – Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Prime Minister of Siam (b. 1884)
- October 12 – Susan Sutherland Isaacs, British educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
- October 13 – Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (b. 1875)
- October 15 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)
- October 18 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- October 21 – Elissa Landi, Italian actress (b. 1904)
- October 24 – Franz Leh r, Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
- October 31 – Mary Nolan, American actress (b. 1905)
- November 9 – Edgar Kennedy, American actor (b. 1890)
- November 11 – Fred Niblo, American film director (b. 1874)
- November 28 – D.D. Sheehan, Irish politician (b. 1873)
- December 2 – Chano Pozo, Cuban percussionist (b. 1915)
- December 20 – C. Aubrey Smith, British actor (b. 1863)
- December 23 – Japanese war leaders (hanged):
- December 31 – Sir Malcolm Campbell, English land and water racer (b. 1885)
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