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Significant Events and Figures of 1948

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 1948, covering various topics including sports, politics, and cultural milestones.

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1 ________, American football player and sportscaster

2 ________ – The birth of Britain's future ruler

3 July 29 – The ________ begin in London, the first since the 1936

4 ________, African-American actress (Godspell) (d.

5 ________ – Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (b.

6 February 18 – ________, head of government since 1932, loses power to an opposition coalition.

7 ________ – Kenny Loggins, American rock singer (Footloose)

8 ________ – James Baskett, American actor (b.

9 ________ – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

10 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the first live television broadcast viewed on a moving train was on October 7, 1948, when passengers on the B&O Railroad's Marylander saw the second game of the 1948 World Series.
  • when Rollie Free rode his motorcycle to a land speed record in 1948, he was wearing only a Speedo bathing suit, a shower cap, and a pair of borrowed sneakers.
  • when the eight-mile Texas and Northern Railway began operations in 1948, it was designated a Class I railroad, in the same class as giants like the Pennsylvania Railroad.
  • the first postage stamps of Israel (pictured) were issued on May 16, 1948, within 48 hours of the independent republic being proclaimed.
  • the final streetcar to service Roanoke, Virginia went from Grandin Road Commercial Historic District to downtown on July 31, 1948.
  • director Fei Mu's 1948 film Spring in a Small Town was named the best Chinese-language film ever made, by the Hong Kong Film Association awards in 2005.
  • in 1948, Frank W. Mayborn, a Texas newspaper publisher, cast the tie-breaking vote to certify Lyndon B. Johnson as the Democratic party's U.S. Senate nominee.
  • the bronze L'Âme de la France (pictured) lay face-down on the ground from 1948 to 1968 after it fell from its pedestal during a tropical cyclone.
  • about 70 Jewish fighters held off an assault by an entire Syrian infantry brigade and several armored battalions as part of the Battles of the Kinarot Valley (see map) on May 20, 1948.
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