Year (''' MCMXLVIII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
- June 3 - Palomar Observatory Telescope finished in California .
- June 16
- ---Communist guerillas kill three rubber planters in Malaya .
- ---Three armed men hijack Cathay Pacific passenger plane ''Miss Macao'' and shoot the pilot; the plane crashes - one of 27 survives.
- 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
- --- State Of Emergency declared in Malaysia for communist insurgency - Malayan Emergency begins.
- ---First democratic General Election with Universal Suffrage in Italy .
- June 20 - U.S.Congress : Commencement of Congressional Recess for the remainder of 1948 after an overtime session closed on this Saturday at 0700 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 the first group of several hundred black immigrants to Tilbury near London from the Caribbean countries. This would be the start of Multiculturalism in Britain.
- June 24
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- ---The first World Health Assembly of World Health Organisation was held in Geneva.
- June 25 - 3 US-Code Titles (USC 3;18;28) were "fraudulently" claimed to have passed CONGRESS - Truman signed at 12:23 PM with Senate President pro tempore (stand-in) and House Speaker Public law Nr 772 et al, while CONGRESS was in recess for 5 days. These ACTS, invalid at best, keep supplying unjustified powers to the U.S. government for 59 years. Legal challenges are blocked by activist Federal Judges firmly instructed at Fed.Judge-School to deny any factual review of this fraud in a Court of law.
- June 26 - William Shockley filed the original patent for the Grown Junction Transistor , the first Bipolar Junction Transistor .
- June 28
- --- Cominform Resolution marks the beginning of the Informbiro period in Yugoslavia and Soviet/Yugoslav split.
- --- David Lean 's '' Oliver Twist '', based on Charles Dickens 's famous novel, premieres in the UK. It will be banned for 3 years in the U.S. because of alleged Anti-Semitism in depicting master criminal Fagin , played by Alec Guinness .
- ---Earthquake hits Fukui , Japan killing 3,895.
- Brandeis University is founded.
- Casimir Effect discovered by Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir .
- Fresh Kills , world's largest Landfill , opens in Staten Island, New York .
- Literature In the spring, playwright Arthur Miller writes "Death of a Salesman." He completes Act I in less than a day. Act II and the Requiem are completed in the next six weeks. He writes his new play in a small, freshly built studio that he constructed himself on his property in Roxbury, CT.
- The Law Firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is founded.
- Miranda , the innermost Moon of Uranus , is discovered by Gerard Kuiper .
- Oakridge Transit Centre opened in Vancouver, British Columbia .
- The Slovak city Gúta was renamed to Kolárovo .
- Tunnel of Vielha is opened in Val D'Aran , Spanish Pyrenees .
- The Caspian Tiger became extinct in Kazakhstan by this date.
- January 2
- --- Mary Archer , British scientist
- --- Deborah Watling , British actress
- January 5
- --- Wally Foreman , Australian media icon (d. 2006 )
- January 7
- --- Kenny Loggins , American singer
- January 10
- --- Donald Fagen , American keyboardist
- --- Mischa Maisky , Latvian cellist
- January 12
- --- Kenny Allen , English footballer
- January 14
- --- Alan Henry DeBoer , American discjockey WIMA (AM)
- --- T-Bone Burnett , American record producer and musician
- --- Carl Weathers , American football player and actor
- January 15
- --- Ronnie Van Zant , American musician (d. 1977 )
- January 16
- --- John Carpenter , American film director and composer
- --- Cliff Thorburn , Canadian snooker player
- January 17 - Davíð Oddsson , Prime Minister Of Iceland
- January 19 - Frank McKenna , Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador
- January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian-born dancer
- January 28 - Charles Taylor , Liberian president
- January 29 - Marc Singer , Canadian actor
- January 31 - Muneo Suzuki , Japanese politician
- February 1
- --- Elisabeth Sladen , British actress
- --- Rick James , American musician (d. 2004 )
- February 3 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo , East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- February 4
- --- Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier), American hard rock singer and musician
- --- Roedy Green , Canadian programmer and LGBT activist
- February 5
- --- Sven-Göran Eriksson , Swedish football manager
- --- Christopher Guest , American actor, writer, director, and composer
- February 6 - Jack Conway , musician, composer, arranger, guitarist
- February 7 - Tony Iommi , English guitarist ( Black Sabbath )
- February 12 - Raymond Kurzweil , American inventor and author
- February 14
- --- Teller , American magician
- --- Jackie Martling , American comedian and radio personality
- February 17 - José José , Mexican singer and actor
- February 24
- --- J. Jayalalithaa , Indian politician
- --- Walter Smith , Scottish football manager
- February 25 - Danny Denzongpa , Indian actor
- February 28
- --- Steven Chu , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- --- Mike Figgis , American director, writer, and composer
- --- Bernadette Peters , American actress and singer
- --- Mercedes Ruehl , American actress
- March 1 - Burning Spear , Jamaican singer and musician
- March 2
- --- R. T. Crowley , pioneer of electronic commerce
- --- Rory Gallagher , Irish musician
- --- Jeff Kennett , Australian politician
- March 4
- --- Lindy Chamberlain , Australian author
- --- James Ellroy , American writer
- --- Tom Grieve , American baseball player
- --- Leron Lee , American baseball player
- --- Chris Squire , British bassist
- Shakin' Stevens , Welsh singer
- March 9 - Jeffrey Osborne , American singer
- March 11 - Dominique Sanda , French actress
- March 12 - James Taylor , American musician
- March 15 - Sérgio Vieira De Mello , Brazilian diplomat (d. 2003 )
- March 17 - William Gibson , American writer
- March 20
- --- John De Lancie , American actor
- --- Bobby Orr , Canadian hockey player
- March 22
- --- Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist
- --- Andrew Lloyd Webber , English composer
- March 26 - Steven Tyler , American singer ( Aerosmith )
- March 28 - Dianne Wiest , American actress
- March 31
- --- Al Gore , former Vice President Of The United States
- --- Rhea Perlman , American actress
- April 1 - Jimmy Cliff , Jamaican musician
- April 4 - Derek Thompson , Northern Irish actor
- April 12 - Jeremy Beadle , TV presenter
- April 13 - Nam Hae-il , 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic Of Korea Navy
- April 15 - Michael Kamen , American composer (d. 2003 )
- April 27 - Kate Pierson , American singer ( The B-52's )
- April 29 - Michael Karoli , German musician (d. 2001 )
- May 6 - Richard Bryant , African American pastor
- May 8
- --- Felicity Lott , English soprano
- --- Stephen Stohn , Canadian television producer ('' Degrassi '')
- May 11 - Shigeru Izumiya , Japanese musician
- May 12
- --- Steve Winwood , English singer
- --- Bob Carolgees , British comedy entertainer
- May 14 - Bob Woolmer , British cricket coach
- May 15 - Brian Eno , English musician and record producer
- May 19 - Grace Jones , Jamaican singer and actress
- May 21 - Leo Sayer , English musician
- May 26 - Stevie Nicks , American singer and songwriter ( Fleetwood Mac )
- May 27 - Wubbo De Boer , Dutch civil servant
- May 29 - Michael Berkeley , British composer
- May 31 - John Bonham , British drummer ( Led Zeppelin ) (d. 1980 )
- June 2 - Jerry Mathers , American actor
- June 13 - Garnet Bailey , Canadian hockey player and scout (d. 2001 )
- June 15 - Paul Michiels , Belgian singer-songwriter
- June 17 - Dave Concepcion , Venezuelan baseball player
- June 19
- --- Phylicia Rashad , American actress
- --- Nick Drake , English musician (d. 1974 )
- June 20 - Ludwig Scotty , President Of Nauru
- June 21
- --- Lionel Rose , Australian boxer
- --- Andrzej Sapkowski , Polish writer
- --- Don Airey , English musician ( Deep Purple )
- June 22 - Todd Rundgren , American singer and record producer
- June 29 - Ian Paice , English drummer ( Deep Purple , Whitesnake )
- June 30 - Vladimir Yakunin , Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company
- 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
- --- Ed Hinton , American sportswriter
- --- Cat Stevens , English musician
- --- Garry Trudeau , American cartoonist
- --- Mikhail Zadornov , Russian stand-up comedian and writer
- July 22
- --- Neil Hardwick , British-born Finnish director and writer
- --- Susan Eloise Hinton , American author
- --- Don Henley , American musician
- July 23 - John Cushnahan , Northern Irish politician
- July 25 - Steve Goodman , a Grammy Award -winning Folk Music singer and songwriter from Chicago , United States . (d. 1984 )
- July 27 - Peggy Fleming , American figure skater
- July 28 - Sally Struthers , American actress
- July 30 - Jean Reno , French actor
- July 31 - Jonathan Dollimore , famous author and professor
- August 2
- --- Dennis Prager , American radio talk show host and author
- --- Bob Rae , Canadian politician
- August 3 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin , Prime Minister Of France
- August 13 - Kathleen Battle , American soprano
- August 15 - Uschi Digard , American erotic actress and figure model
- August 20 - Robert Plant , English singer ( Led Zeppelin )
- August 24 - Kim Sung-Il , Chief of Staff of the Republic Of Korea Air Force
- August 30 - Lewis Black , American comedian
- September 1 - James Rebhorn , American actor
- September 4 - Samuel Hui , Hong Kong singer
- September 5 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner , Austrian diplomat and politician
- September 10
- --- Bob Lanier , American basketball player
- --- Margaret Trudeau , ex-wife of former Prime Minister of Canada
- September 13 - Nell Carter , American singer and actress (d. 2003 )
- September 17 - John Ritter , American actor (d. 2003 )
- September 19 - Nadezhda Tkachenko , former Soviet pentathlete
- September 22 - Denis Burke , Australian politician
- September 24
- --- Heinz Chur , German composer
- --- Phil Hartman , Canadian comedian (d. 1998 )
- September 25 - Vladimir Yevtushenkov , a Russian Oligarch
- September 26 - Olivia Newton-John , Australian singer and actress
- September 27 - Michele Dotrice , English actor
- September 29
- --- Bryant Gumbel , American television broadcaster
- --- Theo Jörgensmann , German jazz clarinetist
- October 1 - Sir Peter Blake , New Zealand yachtsman (d. 2001 )
- October 2
- --- Avery Brooks , American television actor
- --- Chris LeDoux , American singer and rodeo star (d. 2005 )
- October 6 - Gerry Adams , Northern Irish politician
- October 7 - Diane Ackerman , American poet and essayist
- October 8 - Johnny Ramone , American guitarist ( The Ramones ) (d. 2004 )
- October 9 - Jackson Browne , American musician
- October 13
- --- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , Pakistani musician
- --- Ted Poe , American politician
- --- John Ford Coley , American musician
- October 16 - Leo Mazzone , American baseball coach
- October 17 - George Wendt , American television actor
- October 18 - Hans Köchler , Austrian philosopher
- November 3 - Lulu (singer) , Scottish singer
- November 5 - William Daniel Phillips , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 10 - Vincent Schiavelli , American actor (d. 2005 )
- November 14 - Prince Charles of Edinburgh, now Prince Of Wales
- November 16 - Mutt Lange , Rhodesian-born record producer
- November 17 - Howard Dean , American politician
- November 20
- --- John R. Bolton , Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN
- --- Barbara Hendricks , American-born soprano
- December 2 - T. Coraghessan Boyle , American writer
- December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne , British singer
- December 6
- --- Keke Rosberg , Finnish Formula One Champion
- --- JoBeth Williams , American actress
- December 7
- --- Gary Morris , singer and actor
- --- Mads Vinding , Danish bassist
- December 10 - Abu Abbas , founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004 )
- December 14 - Lester Bangs , American music journalist
- December 18 - Bill Nelson , (born William Nelson) is a British guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician.
- December 21
- --- Samuel L. Jackson , American actor
- --- Willi Resetarits , Austrian musician and cabaret artist
- December 22
- --- Lynne Thigpen , American actress (d. 2003 )
- --- Noel Edmonds , British TV presenter
- December 27 - Gérard Depardieu , French actor
- December 28 - Dick Siegel , American songwriter
- ''date unknown''
- --- Ciarán Carson , Northern Irish poet and novelist
- --- Maurizio Gucci , Italian businessman and murder victim (d. 1995 )
- --- Johnny Nicholas , American Blues Music ian
- --- Edward Rutherfurd , British novelist
- --- Kenny Troutt , billionaire businessman
- January 5 - Mary Dimmick Harrison , wife of President Benjamin Harrison (b. 1858 )
- January 21 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , Italian composer (b. 1876 )
- January 30
- --- Mahatma Gandhi , Indian independence movement leader (assassinated) (b. 1869 )
- --- Orville Wright , American co-inventor of the airplane (b. 1871 )
- February 2 - Bevil Rudd , South African athlete (b. 1894 )
- February 11 - Sergy Eisenstein , Russian film director (b. 1898 )
- February 23 - John Robert Gregg , Irish-born inventor of shorthand (b. 1866 )
- March 4 - Antonin Artaud , playwright, actor and director (b. 1896 )
- March 6 - Ross Lockridge, Jr. , American novelist (suicide) (b. 1914 )
- March 10 - Jan Masaryk , Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886 )
- March 24 - Nikolai Berdyaev , Russian religious and political philosopher (b. 1874 )
- March 31 - Egon Erwin Kisch , Austrian journalist and author (b. 1885 )
- July 2 - Baba Sawan Singh , Known as "The Great Master," was an Indian Saint (b. July 27 1858 )
- July 5 - Georges Bernanos , French writer (b. 1888 )
- July 15 - John J. Pershing , American general (b. 1860 )
- July 18 - May Moss , Australian women's rights activist (b. April 27 1869 )
- July 21 - Arshile Gorky , Armenian-born painter (b. 1904 )
- July 23 - David Wark Griffith , American film director (b. 1875 )
- July 31 - Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd , Franklin Roosevelt 's lover (b. 1891 )
- August 12 - Harry Brearley , English inventor of stainless steel (b. 1871 )
- August 16 - Babe Ruth , baseball player (b. 1895 )
- August 27 - Charles Evans Hughes , Chief Justice Of The United States (b. 1862 )
- September 2 - Sylvanus G. Morley , American scholar and World War I spy (b. 1883 )
- September 5 - Richard C. Tolman , American mathematical physicist (b. 1881 )
- September 11 - Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah , Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan (b. 1876 )
- September 30 - Edith Roosevelt , First Lady Of The United States (b. 1861 )
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