...Date... AGE Event
1948/--/-- -1 - Alec Guinness stars as Fagin in the film of Dicken's Oliver Twist.
1948/--/-- -1 - Alfred Kinsey publishes his report on Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
1948/--/-- -1 - American opera singer Beverly Sills debuts in Bizet's Carmen.
1948/--/-- -1 - American writer Norman Mailer publishes the war novel The Naked and the Dead.
1948/--/-- -1 - Arab armies invade Israel in the first Arab-Israeli War.
1948/--/-- -1 - Bell Labs invent transistor
1948/--/-- -1 - Britain grants independence to Burma.
1948/--/-- -1 - Communism quashed in US
1948/--/-- -1 - Communist leader Kim Il Sung establishes the People's Republic of Korea (N. Korea).
1948/--/-- -1 - Dutch track star Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four gold medals in the Olympic Games.
1948/--/-- -1 - George Balanchine's Ballet Society is renamed the New York City Ballet.
1948/--/-- -1 - Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.
1948/--/-- -1 - Israel created
1948/--/-- -1 - Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica directs The Bicycle Thieves.
1948/--/-- -1 - NATO formed; Cold War begins
1948/--/-- -1 - Palestinian Jews proclaim the independent state of Israel.
1948/--/-- -1 - Stalin expels Yugoslavia from the Communist bloc.
1948/--/-- -1 - The Communist party assumes power in Hungary under Matyas Rakosi.
1948/--/-- -1 - The Malayan Communist party begins an insurrection against British rule.
1948/--/-- -1 - The Republic of Korea (S. Korea) is inaugurated, Syngman Rhee becomes president.
1948/--/-- -1 - The Soviets blockade West Berlin; Britain and the U.S. begin the Berlin Airlift.
1948/--/-- -1 - The U.S. Air Force begins the Project Blue Book study of the UFO phenomenon.
1948/--/-- -1 - The apartheid policy of racial segregation is made official in South Africa.
1948/--/-- -1 - The transistor is invented at Bell Laboratories in the U.S.
1948/01/15 0 *** Upchurch, Virginia Sue - Born to Upchurch, Clarence Abraham and Harlan, Dora Elsie (Upchurch)
1948/01/15 0 *** Upchurch, Virginia Sue - Died Albany, Kentucky Peolia Cemetery
1948/10/-- 0 - World Series NL BOSTON (2) AL CLEVELAND (4)
1948/10/30 0 *** Harlan, Betty Josephine (Neal) [1st cousin once removed] - Born to Harlan, John Howard and Huddleston, Betty Alois (Harlan)
In 1948 Transportation was by:
Foot
Bicycle
Train
Car & Bus
Diesel ship
Propeller airplane
Helicopter
Jet
In 1948 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
Telephone
In 1948 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
Gas
Refrigeration
In 1948 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1948 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1948 War Making was by:
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Assault rifle
tank
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
TNT
Mines
Chemical agents
Aeroplane
Missiles
Atomic Bomb
In 1948 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
Radio Signals
Radar
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:57:11