30 January 1948Death of Orville WrightOrville Wright
Death of Orville Wright
Historical records for United States of America in 1948, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of Orville Wright
Birth of Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier
Leaves active Army leadership to take up the presidency of Columbia University.
Lee entered Clark Elementary School on March 19, 1948, after leaving Clayton Public School during his mother's divorce proceedings.
Marshall Plan assistance begins supporting European reconstruction and American export markets.
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty is signed
The North Atlantic Treaty is signed
The western powers & the US are committed to the defense of Germany & Berlin
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
The North Atlantic Treaty is signed
Describes the Treaty as a "sheild against agression & the fear of agression"
The western powers & the US are committed to the defense of Germany & Berlin
Inaugurated as president of Columbia University.
Clay states that the United States will remain in Berlin despite Soviet pressure and access restrictions.
Announces only a war can drive the US out of Berlin
The west anounces a counter-blockade from west to east. Russia blockades Berlin, the US says that it will stay in Berlin
The US Senate ratifies the NATO Treaty after 2 weeks of debate
The US Senate ratifies the NATO Treaty after 2 weeks of debate
Appointed President of the USA, 33rd President, 2nd term
Birth of Glenn Frey, later founding guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with Eagles.
Monroes only film at Colombia is the low-budget musical Ladies of the Chorus (1948), in which she had her first starring role as a chorus girl who is courted by a wealthy man
"The Naked and the Dead", based on his personal experiences during World War II, hailed by many as one of the best American novels to come out of the war years and named one of the "100 best novels in English language" by the Modern Library
Submits a short story titled "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" to The New Yorker
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo
Alpher publishes work on element formation in a hot dense early universe
Bethe is included on the alpha beta gamma paper that publicises early universe nucleosynthesis
Gamow promotes the hot Big Bang model as a way to explain cosmic element abundances
Stars in, "Black Magic"
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Alpher predicts with Herman that the expanding universe should contain cooled remnant radiation
Herman predicts with Alpher that a relic radiation field should remain from the hot early universe
Godel discovers a rotating universe solution of general relativity with closed timelike curves
Publication of "Crusade In Europe"
Appointed Head the US Economic Cooperation Administration
Appointed Head the US Economic Cooperation Administration
Defeated by Harry S Truman
Calculates the leading quantum-electrodynamic correction to the electron magnetic moment with striking agreement to experiment.
The London Reccomendations plan for West Germany in the European Recovery Programme
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Publishes a generalized theory of gravitation during his continuing search for a unified field theory.
Under Shaw's management, the International Trade Mart opened its first location in 1948.
Develops the junction-transistor concept, providing a more robust way to control charge carriers in semiconductors.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Publication of "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
Directs the Marshall Plan in Europe
Hughes owns the RKO movie studio from 1948 to 1955
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
"The Naked and the Dead", based on his personal experiences during World War II, hailed by many as one of the best American novels to come out of the war years and named one of the "100 best novels in English language" by the Modern Library
Develops radar meteorology after wartime radar experience.
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