1 January 1948Nationalisation of TransportAlfred Barnes
Railways and long-distance road haulage transfer to the British Transport Commission.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1948, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Railways and long-distance road haulage transfer to the British Transport Commission.
Burma becomes an independent republic
Burma becomes an independent republic
Birth of Anthony Frank Iommi, later guitarist and sole continuous member of Black Sabbath.
Offers concessions to secure medical profession participation.
Birth of Christopher Russell Edward Squire, later Yes bassist and founding member.
The Treaty of Brussels, signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom, is considered the precursor to the NATO agreement
The British Electricity Authority and regional boards assume control of the electricity supply industry.
Present at the signing ceremony
Awarded by George VI marking the 600th anniversary of the Order of the Garter
Enters the Commons as one of the youngest MPs of the post-war Parliament.
Begins his first period of service in the House of Commons.
Wins the Southwark Central by-election and enters the House of Commons.
Birth of William Thomas Ward, later drummer and founding member of Black Sabbath.
Birth of Steve Winwood.
Britain surrenders its mandate over Palestine
Britain surrenders its mandate over Palestine
Birth of Olivia Trinidad Arias
Birth of John Bonham
Birth of John Bonham, later Led Zeppelin's drummer.
Attends the Congress of Europe at the Hague, Churchill becomes its central figure
Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France
Elizabeth & Philip make their 1st official tour, a royal state visit to France
The London Recommendations call on German Laender premiers to convene a Constituent Assembly
Western governments answer Soviet restrictions with economic countermeasures while refusing to abandon Berlin.
The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east. Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin
Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin
First day of the Berlin Airlift
Attlee's government demands restoration of access to Berlin and rejects Soviet pressure on the Western sectors.
Churchill warns that the confrontation over Berlin poses a grave international danger comparable with earlier European crises.
Demands that Russia lift its blockade of Berlin
Makes a speech saying the crisis is potentially as serious as the Munich conference
Secures broad general practitioner participation before launch.
Explains the new service to households before Appointed Day.
Promotes the new service before launch day.
Surrenders the title Emperor of India
Surrenders the title Emperor of India
Ambulance provision forms part of the new public service.
Dental treatment becomes available through the NHS.
Executive councils begin managing family practitioner services.
Brings most family doctors into the health service.
Receives symbolic hospital keys at Park Hospital.
Becomes the first patient treated at the symbolic launch hospital.
Establishes services free at the point of delivery.
General practice enters the new service after difficult negotiations.
Launches a service mainly funded through general taxation.
Oversees regional hospital boards at launch.
Consultants join the NHS while retaining private practice rights.
free medical treatment for the entire population from the cradle to the grave. Bevan opens the NHS, 90% of doctors sign up
Hospitals transfer into the new national service.
Local authorities begin new community health duties.
Maternity care is brought into the health service framework.
Mental hospitals transfer into the national hospital system.
By NHS Appointed Day, July 5, 1948, 90% of doctors had signed up for the new service. Bevan opens one of the world's first and most comprehensive health services to the British people
Ends doctors' professional independence and their right to buy or sell general practices. Charity hospitals and former poor law hospitals run by local authorities are nationalised.
The National Health Service begins across Britain.
The new service is financed mainly from taxation.
Presides over the government that launches the NHS.
Bevan opens the NHS at Park Hospital, Manchester; about 90 percent of doctors have signed up.
Launches the NHS at Park Hospital near Manchester.
Marks the opening of the health service at Park Hospital.
Launches a service universal and free at the point of use.
Launches the Scottish NHS arrangements on the same appointed day.
Optical treatment becomes available through the NHS.
Receives Bevan during the Park Hospital launch ceremony.
Charity hospitals and former poor law hospitals run by local authorities are nationalised
Former poor law hospitals become part of the NHS.
Prescriptions are supplied free under the new service.
Regional hospital boards begin administering hospital services.
Teaching hospitals receive special boards of governors.
Tuberculosis services are absorbed into the new health system.
Voluntary hospitals transfer into the national hospital service.
Birth of Robert Anthony Plant
Birth of Robert Plant, later Led Zeppelin's singer and lyricist.
Birth of later Who drummer Kenney Jones.
The Treaty of Brussels and the Soviet Berlin Blockade led to the creation of the Western European Union's Defence Organization in September 1948
Birth of Charles, Elizabeth Is 1st son & heir
Birth of Charles, Elizabeth's 1st son & heir
1st to break the sound barrier
Completes the manuscript of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Birth of John Michael Osbourne, later singer with Black Sabbath and a major solo artist.
The Princes godparents are King George VI, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, David Bowes-Lyon, Lady Brabourne, King Haakon VII of Norway (for whom the Earl of Athlone stood proxy), and Prince George of Greece. Prince Charles baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher
Wins the First Division championship in his first full season as Arsenal manager.
Advocates recognizing the state of Israel
Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 consolidates law on agricultural tenancies in England and Wales
Agricultural Holdings Scotland Act 1948 consolidates Scottish agricultural tenancy law
Informs the Cabinet Defence Committee the USA will be the major partner in conflicts
Stars in "Anna Karenina"
Works on Nineteen Eighty-Four while seriously ill.
Western powers answer the blockade by supplying Berlin from the air while governments prepare for possible escalation.
Musician Chris Smith is born in Birmingham.
The Russians blockade Berlin and the West responds with an airlift; during the Berlin crisis the government makes contingency plans for war
Doctors vote amid dispute over joining the new service.
British Nationality Act 1948 creates citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies
A 4-2 result over Blackpool brings Manchester United the trophy under Busby.
Healey serves as a councillor of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Begins writing a chess program for a computer that does not yet exist
Children Act 1948 reforms child care and local authority duties toward children
Oversees company law reform through the Companies Act during Attlee's Labour Government.
Companies Act 1948 consolidates and reforms company law
Attends the Congress of Europe at the Hague
Uses continuous creation of matter to preserve constant cosmic density in steady state cosmology.
Hoyle formulated a field theory in which matter creation maintained the density of an expanding steady-state universe.
Criminal Justice Act 1948 reforms sentencing and abolishes penal servitude
Makes his England debut against Switzerland; goes on to captain his country three times
Informs the Cabinet Defence Committee the USA will be the major partner in conflicts. Concludes a further secret agreement on intelligence collaboration with the USA
Leaves the National Physical Laboratory after delays in constructing the full ACE design.
Reduces the number of licences and permits required by businesses after wartime controls.
Exchange controls are removed, a trade surplus changes to a deficit
Rejoins Tribune as editor from 1948 to 1952
The visit to South Africa does not prevent Nationalist victory at the elections
Proposes wavefront reconstruction as a method to overcome limitations in electron microscopy, establishing the principle of holography.
Employment and Training Act 1948 provides powers for employment services and training after the war
Engages in Conservative debates over postwar European cooperation and security
Exchange controls are removed, a trade surplus changes to a deficit
Finance Act 1948 sets taxation and economic measures during austerity
Gas Act 1948 nationalises the gas industry and creates area gas boards
Describes a generalisation of Choleskys method with advantages for numerical accuracy and convenience.
Publication of "Heart of the Matter"
House of Commons Members Fund Act 1948 alters arrangements for assistance to former members and dependants
Publication of "Human Knowledge, Its Scope & Limits"
Writes the NPL report Intelligent Machinery, one of the earliest substantial discussions of machine intelligence.
Law Reform Personal Injuries Act 1948 changes civil damages rules in personal injury cases
Gets the Monopolies Act passed & is responsible for its implementation
The Monopolies Act is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
Local Government Act 1948 changes local government finance and Exchequer grant arrangements
Explores the idea that intelligent behaviour can emerge by training a machine through experience and modification.
Moves to the University of Manchester as Deputy Director of the Computing Machine Laboratory.
Begins contributing to the practical and theoretical development of the Manchester Mark I computer.
Shows that several standard matrix methods need not suffer catastrophic exponential accumulation of rounding error.
The Civil Defence Act is passed
Sponsors legislation creating machinery to investigate monopolies and restrictive trade practices.
Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Inquiry and Control Act 1948 creates machinery to investigate monopolies
Publishes Mr Attlee, an interim biography of the Labour Prime Minister.
National Assistance Act 1948 abolishes the Poor Law and creates a national assistance scheme
The railways are nationalised
Offers concessions to bring doctors into the new service.
During Clement Attlee's government, the National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
The Labour Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: The National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
This NHS development occurs while Clement Attlee serves as Prime Minister: The National Health Service begins, providing healthcare free at the point of delivery.
Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 regulates nurseries and child minding
Starts in "Oliver Twist", Fagin
Publication of "On Seeming To Presume"
FWA Footballer of the Year
Publishes Practical Forms of Type Theory, proposing nested-type and concealed-type logical systems.
Uses Tribune to criticise concentrated press ownership and defend independent socialist journalism.
Appointed President of the Ramblers Association
Begins removing wartime controls and rationing restrictions in a policy known as the bonfire of controls.
Gets the Monopolies Act passed & is responsible for its implementation
The Monopolies Act is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
The Development of Industry Bill is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
The Distribution of Industry Bill is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
The Export Guarantees Bill is passed, sponsored by the Board of Trade
Representation of the People Act 1948 reforms electoral law and abolishes plural voting
Publishes a major numerical-analysis paper examining error growth in methods for solving linear equations and inverting matrices.
From 1948 to 1960 he was a councillor for the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Healey begins service as a councillor of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Appears as Captain Robert Falcon Scott in Scott of the Antarctic
Elected Labour MP for Southwark Central at a by-election.
Supports the establishment and survival of Israel while challenging aspects of British policy.
Bondi formulates the steady state model in which the universe has no beginning in time
Gold helps formulate the steady state model as a rival to Big Bang cosmology
Develops the steady state alternative to evolving-universe cosmology with Bondi and Gold.
Hoyle, Bondi, and Gold developed related steady-state cosmologies while exchanging ideas in Cambridge.
Publication of "The Loved One"
Negotiates the Brussels alliance Treaty
Britain, France & the Benelux sign the Brussels Defence Treaty
Rejoins Tribune as editor from 1948 to 1952
Introduces unorganised machines as networks whose behaviour can be trained rather than completely fixed in advance.
The visit to South Africa does not prevent Nationalist victory at the elections
Wages Councils Act 1948 consolidates wage council law for trades with regulated minimum pay
Becomes one of the youngest Labour members in the postwar House of Commons.
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