What day of the week was August 10, 1948?

The day of the week August 10th, 1948 fell on was a Tuesday.

Kan'ichi Asakawa the Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873) died on this day in 1948. As did Andrew Brown the Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870) , Montague Summers the English clergyman and author (b. 1880) .

Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.