What Happened In February 1948 In History

Historical Events for February, 1948

• 4th » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the Commonwealth of Nations called British Commonwealth.
• 19th » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• 21st » NASCAR is incorporated.
• 22nd » Communism or Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1948

• 1st » Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (d. 2004)
• 1st » Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Ina Garten, American chef and author
• 2nd » Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 2nd » Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
• 3rd » Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese bishop
• 3rd » Gavin Henderson, English trumpet player and conductor
• 3rd » Henning Mankell, Swedish author
• 4th » Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 4th » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (d. 2013)
• 4th » Pauline Latham, English politician
• 4th » Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 5th » Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
• 5th » Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (d. 2012)
• 5th » Christopher Guest, American actor and director
• 5th » Barbara Hershey, American actress
• 5th » Errol Morris, American director and producer
• 5th » Tom Wilkinson, English actor
• 6th » Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (Third World (band) e.g Third World and Inner Circle (band) or Inner Circle) (d. 2014)
• 7th » Jimmy Greenspoon, American keyboard player (Three Dog Night)
• 8th » Lynda Lyon Block, American murderer (d. 2002)
• 8th » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (England Dan and John Ford Coley) (d. 2009)
• 8th » Ron Tyson, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations)
• 9th » Guy Standing (economist) known as Guy Standing, British industrial relations economist
• 10th » Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
• 10th » Conrad Cummings, American composer
• 11th » Peter Conrad (academic) e.g Peter Conrad, Australian academic
• 11th » Al Johnson (musician) e.g Al Johnson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Unifics) (d. 2013)
• 11th » Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (d. 2014)
• 11th » Chris Rush, American comedian, actor, and author
• 12th » Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, English lawyer and politician
• 12th » Ray Kurzweil, American engineer and author
• 12th » Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 12th » Nicholas Soames, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 13th » David Banks (journalist) or David Banks, English journalist
• 14th » Teller (entertainer) called Teller, American magician and actor
• 14th » Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer
• 15th » Ron Cey, American baseball player
• 15th » Tino Insana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 15th » Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
• 16th » Troy Evans (actor) called Troy Evans, American actor
• 16th » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014)
• 16th » Andy Van Hellemond, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
• 17th » José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 17th » Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 17th » Don Scardino, American actor and director
• 18th » Georg Brunnhuber, German politician
• 18th » Sinéad Cusack, Irish-English actress
• 18th » Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific (band) named Southern Pacific) (d. 2005)
• 18th » Gilbert Sicotte, Canadian actor
• 18th » Geoff Thomas (footballer born 1948) or Geoff Thomas, Welsh footballer (d. 2013)
• 19th » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Spirit (band) called Spirit, Firefall, Jo Jo Gunne, and Heart (band) or Heart)
• 19th » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist and politician (d. 2002)
• 19th » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell (band) known as Heaven & Hell, Velvett Fogg, and Mythology (UK band) known as Mythology)
• 19th » Big John Studd, American wrestler and actor (d. 1995)
• 20th » Juhan Aare, Estonian journalist and politician
• 20th » Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 20th » Andrew Fabian, English astronomer and astrophysicist
• 21st » Jiřina Křížová, Czech field hockey
• 22nd » John Ashton (actor) known as John Ashton, American actor
• 22nd » Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player
• 22nd » Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
• 22nd » Linda de Suza, Portuguese-French singer and actress
• 23rd » Bill Alexander (director) e.g Bill Alexander, English director and producer
• 23rd » Doug Moench, American author
• 23rd » Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sweet (band) or Sweet)
• 24th » Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 24th » François Lacombe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 24th » Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 24th » Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist (Smile (band) or Smile, Humpy Bong, and Morgan (band) or Morgan)
• 24th » Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer
• 25th » Aldo Busi, Italian author
• 25th » Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
• 26th » David Edgar (playwright) named David Edgar, English playwright
• 26th » Sharyn McCrumb, American author
• 26th » Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton, Scottish judge and politician
• 27th » Lois Snow-Mello, American politician
• 28th » Bineshwar Brahma, Indian poet and author (d. 2000)
• 28th » Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate
• 28th » Mike Figgis, English director, screenwriter, and composer
• 28th » Seppo Harjanne, Finnish race car driver
• 28th » Geoff Nicholls, English keyboard player (Black Sabbath and Quartz (metal band) called Quartz)
• 28th » Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author
• 28th » Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
• 28th » Alfred Sant, Maltese politician, 11th Prime Minister of Malta
• 29th » Jirō Akagawa, Japanese author
• 29th » Gérard Darmon, French-Moroccan actor and singer
• 29th » Ken Foree, American actor and producer
• 29th » Hermione Lee, English academic
• 29th » Patricia A. McKillip, American author

Famous Deaths for February 1948

• 2nd » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker (b. 1870)
• 2nd » Bevil Rudd, South African runner (b. 1894)
• 5th » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 14th » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 15th » Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Indian poet (b. 1904)
• 23rd » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher (b. 1866)
• 29th » Rebel Oakes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)

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