* 1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress

* 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach

* 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany

* 1948 – Lois Reeves, American singer ( Martha and the Vandellas )

* 1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.

* 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Perry King, American actor

* 1948 – Alexander Onassis, American Greek socialite, son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis ( d. 1973 )

* 1948 – Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive

* 1948 – John Mehler, American drummer ( Love Song )

* 1948 – Sgt.

* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Bill Campbell, American baseball player

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano

* 1948 – Scott Powell, American singer ( Sha Na Na )

In 1948 Australia set new standards, completely outplaying their hosts to win 4 – 0 with one draw.

* 1948 – Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Amen Corner and Fair Weather )

* 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

Perkins resigned the county attorney's office on January 1, 1948 to become counsel for the Kentucky Department of Highways.

Texas Gas Transmission Corporation was created in 1948 with the merger of Memphis Natural Gas Company and Kentucky Natural Gas Corporation and made its headquarters in Owensboro.

Some planned capitals include Abuja, Nigeria ( 1991 ); Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil ( 1855 ); Ankara, Turkey ( 1923 ); Austin, Texas ( 1839 ); Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil ( 1897 ); Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 1971 ); Brasília, Brazil ( 1960 ); Canberra, Australia ( 1927 ); Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil ( 1933 ); Islamabad, Pakistan ( 1960 ); Frankfort, Kentucky ( 1792 ); Jefferson City, Missouri ( 1821 ); Jhongsing New Village, Taiwan, Republic of China ( 1955 ); New Delhi, India ( 1911 ); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ( 1889 ); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( 1857 ); Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil ( 1989 ); Quezon City, Philippines ( 1948 – 1976 ); Raleigh, North Carolina, USA ( 1792 ); Washington D. C., USA ( 1800 ); and Wellington, New Zealand ( 1865 ).

In 1948, he became the leader of the Dixiecrat movement in Kentucky.

Other members of the Supreme Court worried about Reed's commitment to civil rights, as he was a member of the ( then ) all-white Burning Tree Club in Washington, D. C., and his Kentucky home had an all-white restrictive covenant ( a covenant which had led Reed to recuse himself from a civil rights case in 1948 ).

Anne Meagher Northup ( born January 22, 1948 ) is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky.

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Although he had voted with the Republicans just 51 % of the time during his partial term – the lowest average of any member of the party – Cooper headed the Kentucky delegation to the 1948 Republican National Convention.

Another name change took place in 1948, when the school became simply Western Kentucky State College.

* Fabulous Five ( Kentucky Wildcats ), nickname of the 1948 Kentucky Wildcats NCAA Championship team

From 1948 to 1949 Jones was a unit instructor and then assistant operations and training officer with the 2236th Air Force Reserve Training Center, Godman Field, Kentucky.

The Olympians were led by University of Kentucky alumni Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, both of whom were key contributors on the gold medal winning 1948 US Olympic basketball team.

In 1948 – 49, the last season of the NBL, the Red Skins unveiled a fresh group of stars, including Kentucky all-American Bob Brannum, Valparaiso star Milt Schoon, Texas guard Danny Wagner, Washington guard Merlin " Boody " Gilbertson, Iowa center Noble Jorgensen and flashy Wisconsin guard Bobby Cook.

The 1948 Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 12 to July 14, and resulted in the nominations of President Harry S Truman for a full term and Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky for Vice President in the 1948 presidential election.

Perkins resigned the county attorney's office on January 1, 1948 to become counsel for the Kentucky Department of Highways.

Dozens of similar programs cropped up on AM radio stations all across the United States, from New England to Los Angeles, including the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia ( 1933 ), the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Kentucky ( 1939 ), the Louisiana Hayride ( 1948 ), the Tennessee Jamboree ( 1953 ) and Ozark Jubilee ( 1954 ).

They tied 13-13 in Lexington, Kentucky, on November 6, 1948.

* Frisch's ( Ohio, Kentucky, S. Indiana, Tennessee ; Florida until the early 1990s, 1948 +, founded ( as Big Boy ) by David Frisch ) The Cincinnati restaurant chain and first franchisee, began serving Big Boy hamburgers in 1948 ; Frisch's now operates 88 Big Boys & franchises 32 Big Boys to others.

On October 20, 1951, former Kentucky players Alex Groza, Ralph Beard, and Dale Barnstable were arrested for taking bribes from gamblers to shave points during the National Invitation Tournament game against the Loyola Ramblers in the 1948 – 49 season.

Vonda Neel McIntyre ( born Louisville, Kentucky, on August 28, 1948 ) is an American science fiction author.

NIDA's roots can be traced back to 1935, when a research facility ( named the Addiction Research Center in 1948 ) was established in Lexington, Kentucky as part of a USPHS hospital.