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4.4 April

April 1 - Jimmy Cliff, musician

4.5 May

May 12 - Steve Winwood, singer
May 15 - Brian Eno, musician, record producer
May 19 - Grace Jones, singer, actress
May 21 - Leo Sayer, musician
May 26 - Stevie Nicks, singer & songwriter ( Fleetwood Mac)
May 31 - John Bonham ("Bonzo"), drummer (d. 1980)

4.6 June

June 2 - Todd Rundgren, singer and producer
June 13 - Marc Flanagan , television writer and producer
June 13 - Garnet Bailey, professional hockey player & scout
June 19 - Phylicia Rashad, actress
June 21 - Lionel Rose, first aboriginal boxer to win a world title (in 1968)
June 21 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish fantasy writer

4.7 July

July 21 - Ed Hinton, sportswriter
July 21 - Cat Stevens, musician
July 21 - Garry Trudeau, cartoonist
July 25 - Peggy Fleming, figure skater
July 28 - Sally Struthers, actress
July 30 - Jean Reno, actor

4.8 August

August 2 - Dennis Prager, radio talk show host and author
August 3 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France
August 13 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano
August 20 - Robert Plant, singer ( Led Zeppelin)
August 30 - Lewis Black, stand-up comedian

5 =September

September 5 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
September 10 - Bob Lanier, Basketball Hall of Famer
September 10 - Margaret Trudeau, former First Lady of Canada
September 22 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
September 29 - Bryant Gumbel, television broadcaster

5.1 October

October 2 - Avery Brooks, American television actor
October 9 - Jackson Browne, musician
October 13 - Ted Poe, American politician
October 17 - George Wendt, American television actor

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1948 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Games of the XIV Olympi	1948 in musicSee also 1947 in music, other events of 1948, 1949 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Events Aldeburgh Festival is founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears. Al Jolson is voted the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" in 1948 by a Variety	1948 in televisionSee also 1947 in television, other events of 1948, 1949 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 5 BBC Television Newsreel first broadcast. June 21 The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia. July 30 P
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