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1.11 December

• December 10 - United Nations General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• December 28 - Member of Muslim Brotherhood assassinates Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi.
• December 30 - The play Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances.
• December 31 - Israeli troops drive Egyptians from Negev.

1.12 Undated

• Hell's Angels motorcycle gang forms
• Empire Windrush immigrant ship arrives in Britain
• Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark
• Civil war in Costa Rica
• Civil war in Colombia

2 Unknown date

• Porsche is founded.
• Miranda, the innermost moon of Uranus, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
• Casimir effect discovered by Dutch physicist Hendrik Casimir .
• Tunnel of Vielha is opened in Val d'Aran, Spanish Pyrenees.
• Fresh Kills, world's largest landfill, opens in Staten Island, New York.
• The law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is founded.

3 Year in topic

• 1948 in film
  • Hamlet
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart
  • Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman and José Ferrer
  • Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, starring Jimmy Stewart
• 1948 in literature
• 1948 in music
  • Columbia Records introduces the 33⅓ rpm LP (“long playing”) record.
• 1948 in sports
  • February 21 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) was incorporated by William HG France to organize and promote the sport of stock car racing.
  • February 28 - Bud Gartiser sets a new world record after clearing the 50-yard low hurdles in 6.8 seconds.
  • 1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland
  • 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom
  • Baseball World Series: Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves.
• 1948 in television
  • CBS begins network programming.
  • ABC opens its first television station in New York.
  • June 20 - Toast of the Town, with Ed Sullivan, premieres on CBS, with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
  • June 21 - The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia.
  • July 30 - Professional wrestling premieres in prime-time on the DuMont Network.
  • August 10 - Candid Camera debuts on ABC.
  • August 15 - The first network nightly newscast, CBS-TV News, debuts on CBS with Douglas Edwards .
  • September - Milton Berle becomes the first television star, with Texaco Star Theatre on NBC.
  • Television manufacturing begins in Canada.

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19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital 1948 Arab-Israeli WarThe 1948 Arab-Israeli War called the War of Independence by Israelis and al Nakba "the catastrophe" by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. It established the state of Israel as an independent state, with the rest of the 1948 Winter OlympicsThe V Olympic Winter Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland and opened on January 30, 1948. Moritz was also the site of the 1928 Winter Olympics. These Games were the first in twelve years, as none were held during World War II. Highlights A North Ame 1948 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. After a hiatus of 12 years caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Games of the XIV Olympi 1948 in musicSee also 1947 in music, other events of 1948, 1949 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Events Aldeburgh Festival is founded by Benjamin Britten, Eric Crozier and Peter Pears. Al Jolson is voted the "Most Popular Male Vocalist" in 1948 by a Variety 1948 in televisionSee also 1947 in television, other events of 1948, 1949 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events January 5 BBC Television Newsreel first broadcast. June 21 The first network telecast of political conventions from Philadelphia. July 30 P 1948 in film 1948 in literature 1948 Olympics 1948 Governor General's Awards 1948 in sports 1948 in Canada 1948 in India 1948 in aviation 1948 in science