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Question: Did anything interesting happen in 1948!?
I'm using that year, Just wondering if I can link it to anything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Here's a few of the things to have happened in 1948!.

January 30th: Gandhi was assassinated, the same day the 1948 Winter Olympics were kicked of St!. Moritz, Switzerland!.

February 4th: Ceylon (Sri Lanka today) became independent within the British Empire!. As a result King George VI became the King of Ceylon!.

March 17th: The Hell's Angels were founded!.

April 30th: the Land Rover was unveiled for the first time at a car show in Amsterdam!.

June 11th: Albert I, the first US monkey in space, was launched into space from White Sands, NM!.

June 24th: The Soviets began the Berlin Blockade!.

July 29th: The 1948 Summer Olympics began in London, England (if you don't already know, the Winter Olympics began in 1924 and from that time until after 1992 both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year)!.

July 31st: Idlewild Field became New York International Airport (today it's JFK)!.

August 15th: The Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea) was founded!.

September 9th: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) was founded!.

November 2nd: Truman defeated Dewey in the presidential election!.

November 3rd: The Chicago Tribune printed the now historic, and incorrect "Dewey Defeats Truman" article!. Truman is photographed in St!. Louis holding up a copy of the Tribune and smiling at it's inaccuracy!.

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Yes, in the year 1948, George Orwell wrote his book 1984!. He simply revered the year number from 48 to 84 to put it into some future time!.

At the link below you can read 1984 or parts thereof!.
http://www!.george-orwell!.org/1984/index!.!.!.!.

This GoogleSearch gets you lots of sites related to 1948
http://www!.google!.com/search!?q=1948&rls=!.!.!.

1948 images from Googlehttp://images!.google!.com/images!?q=1948&r!.!.!.

1948 State of Israel Born


http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=L3sKCylTT!.!.!.
click right for more Israel declaration of independence etc!. !. !. !.


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I don't know if this is interesting for you:

Long-playing method invented by P!.Goldmark
200-inch Mount Palomar reflecting telescope
Gandhi assassinated in India
Communist coup de etat in Czechoslovakia
US Congress passes Marshall Plan
Jewish sate (Israel) comes into existence
War between Arab states over PlaestineWww@QuestionHome@Com

The jews stole the land from the Palestinians to make the State of Israel
The Olympic Games were held in LondonWww@QuestionHome@Com

In UK- National Health Service!

Gandhi was assassinated

I was born!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was concieved so my parents thought that was quite interestingWww@QuestionHome@Com

President Truman was elected on November 2nd 1948

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here is a whole lot of stuff!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I started school!.Www@QuestionHome@Com