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News in Color
Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel, presenting the 1948 Tournament of Roses -
Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz Switzerland -
Nascar is incorporated
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Hells Angels founded in California
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Marshall Plan
President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan which authorizes $5 billion in aid for 16 countries -
The World Health Organization founded
The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations -
Israel's Independence declared
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Israel attacked
1948 Arab-Israeli War: Mandate of Palestine is officially terminated by Britain; Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia enter Palestine and attack the nascent State of Israel . -
Al Jolson voted "Most Popular Male Vocalist" by Variety Poll
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Toast of the Town debuts
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First bipolar junction transistor
William Shockley files the original patent for the grown junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor -
Columbia Records introdues the LP
In a dramatic New York press conference, Columbia Records unveiled the the 33 1/3 rpm LP record -
Cold War
President Harry S. Truman issues the second peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union (the first peacetime draft occurred in 1940 under President Roosevelt). -
Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics begin in London, the first Summer Olympics since World War II -
Barbara and Stanley Schampan are Married
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House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. -
Laurence Olivier's Hamlet opens in the United States.
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World Series
Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves to win the World Series, four games to two -
57th Street Art Fair
The 57th Street Art Fair, the oldest juried art fair in the American midwest, is founded. -
Discovery of Deet awarded Nobel in Chemistry
Swiss chemist Paul Muller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT - Minnesotans rejoice! -
US Presidential Election
United States presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey and Strom Thurmond for the US presidency. -
Playwright Arthur Miller writes "Death of a Salesman"
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TS Eliot wins Nobel prize in Literature
