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August 3, 1948

On August 3, 1948, whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.

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1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.

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On August 3, 1948

  1. 1948 Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

    American defected communist spy, writer, editor (1901–1961)

    Whittaker Chambers was an American author, journalist, and spy. After dropping out of Columbia University, Chambers joined the open Communist Party in 1925. He wrote and edited for the New Masses and the Daily Worker, before being ordered to go underground as a secret agent for the Soviet intelligence services.

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Régis Wargnier 1948– French director, producer, and screenwriter
John Pritchard 1948– English bishop
Jeff Baxter 1948– American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Lillian Board 1948– British athlete (died 1970)
Ted Nugent 1948– American musician
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu 1948– Zulu king (died 2021)

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