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1948 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2032. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1948 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1948
- January 21, 1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
- February 10, 1948 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
- April 28, 1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
- July 1, 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
- July 5, 1948 – National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
- August 25, 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: “Confrontation Day” between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
- November 1, 1948 – Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people die as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
- December 10, 1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- December 23, 1948 – Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
- December 28, 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
Who Were Born On 1948?
- January 25, 1948 – Ros Kelly, Australian educator and politician; 1st Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
- March 24, 1948 – Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (d. 2013)
- May 15, 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
- May 26, 1948 – Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
- May 29, 1948 – Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
- June 15, 1948 – Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
- July 26, 1948 – Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (Energit and Framus Five)
- July 28, 1948 – Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director (Devo and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers)
- September 22, 1948 – Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- December 7, 1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor