1948

«	1948	»

The year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-six years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Non-Fiction

Events

• Mountain Dew is introduced by Barney and Ally Hartman as a lemon-lime drink to be mixed with whiskey.

Births

• ???? — Barry Stigler

January

• January 15 — Kazuo Oka

February

• February 12 — Issei Masamune

March

• March 15 — Yūji Mikimoto, Yūsaku Yara

May

• May 20 — Tesshō Genda

June

• June 12 — Len Wein

July

• July 12 — Susan Blu, Kōji Totani

September

• September 22 — Jim Byrnes

October

• October 20 — Jeff MacKay

November

• November 27 — James Avery