September 1948
The following events occurred in September 1948: September 1, 1948 (Wednesday) A parliamentary assembly tasked with writing a provisional constitution for western Germany formally convened at Bonn. Christian Democratic leader Konrad Adenauer was elected Assembly President. 44 people, most of them circus performers, as well as an assortment of circus animals drowned off the coast of Colombia in the sinking of the Honduran ship Euzkera. 12 survived. A German appeals court acquitted Hjalmar Schacht of charges that he had been a major Nazi offender and ordered him released from prison. Born: James Rebhorn, actor, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014) Died: Muhammad VII al-Munsif, 67, ruler of Tunisia 1942–43 September 2, 1948 (Thursday) 1948 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash: The Douglas DC-3 Lutana crashed en route from Brisbane to Sydney, killing all 13 on board. The Longshore strike began on the west coast of the United States. Andrei Zhdanov was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis after a state funeral in which Joseph Stalin served as a pallbearer. Born: Nate Archibald, basketball player, in New York City; Terry Bradshaw, American football quarterback and TV sports analyst, in Shreveport, Louisiana; Christa McAuliffe, teacher and astronaut, in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986) Died: Tancred