A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Submits a short story titled "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" to The New Yorker
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1948 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 77 historical events and records for United States of America in 1948.
Historical records for United States of America in 1948
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Academy Award
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Alpher publishes work on element formation in a hot dense early universe
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Bethe is included on the alpha beta gamma paper that publicises early universe nucleosynthesis
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Gamow promotes the hot Big Bang model as a way to explain cosmic element abundances
Black Magic
Stars in, "Black Magic"
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army
Constitution of USA
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Cosmic Microwave Background
Alpher predicts with Herman that the expanding universe should contain cooled remnant radiation
Cosmic Microwave Background
Herman predicts with Alpher that a relic radiation field should remain from the hot early universe
Cosmology
Godel discovers a rotating universe solution of general relativity with closed timelike curves
Crusade In Europe
Publication of "Crusade In Europe"
Economic Cooperation Administration
Appointed Head the US Economic Cooperation Administration
Economy of USA
Appointed Head the US Economic Cooperation Administration
Election
Defeated by Harry S Truman
Electron Anomalous Magnetic Moment
Calculates the leading quantum-electrodynamic correction to the electron magnetic moment with striking agreement to experiment.
Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline
Asimov published a mock scientific paper about thiotimoline, satirizing the language of academic research.
European Recovery Programme
The London Reccomendations plan for West Germany in the European Recovery Programme
Federal Republic
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
First Observation of Free-Neutron Decay
With Leonard Miller, observes free neutrons decaying into a proton and electron.
Free-Neutron Decay Observation
With Arthur Snell, records the first observation of free-neutron beta decay.
Generalized Theory of Gravitation
Publishes a generalized theory of gravitation during his continuing search for a unified field theory.
International Trade Mart First Location
Under Shaw's management, the International Trade Mart opened its first location in 1948.
Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Work
Arendt worked to recover and preserve European Jewish cultural materials after the war.
Junction Transistor Concept
Develops the junction-transistor concept for controlling charge carriers inside semiconductor material.
Junction Transistor Theory
Develops the junction-transistor concept, providing a more robust way to control charge carriers in semiconductors.
Key Largo
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo
London Reccomendations
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Publication of "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
Particle Acceleration Theory
Develops ideas explaining how charged particles can gain energy through repeated interactions with moving magnetic fields in astrophysical environments.
Plan-Marshall Plan
Directs the Marshall Plan in Europe
Purchase of RKO
Hughes owns the RKO movie studio from 1948 to 1955
Rule of Germany
The London Reccomendations plan & a constitution for the Federal Republic
Summer and Smoke Broadway Opening
Tennessee Williams's Summer and Smoke opened on Broadway, tracing frustrated intimacy and clashing ideas of body and spirit.
The Naked and the Dead
"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
The Old Beauty and Others
The Old Beauty and Others, a collection of Cather's stories, was published posthumously.
Weather Radar
Develops radar meteorology after wartime radar experience.
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