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Israeli Declaration of Independence, 1948 May 14 – The Israeli Declaration of Independence is made. David Ben-Gurion becomes the first prime minister, a provisional position that will become formalized on February 14, 1949.
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Criminal Justice Act 1948 abolishes penal servitude, hard...
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1948 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian...
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In 1948, Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley were elected president and vice president of the United States, defeating Republican nominees Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren. Truman, a Democrat and vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had ascended to the presidency upon Roosevelt's death in 1945.
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The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948.
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January 1 – Joe Petagno, American illustratorJanuary 5 – Ted Lange, African-American actor, director (The Love Boat)January 7 – Kenny Loggins, American rock singerFebruary 1 – Rick James, African-American urban singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (d. 2004)February 2 – Ina Garten, American cooking authorMarch 2 – R. T. Crowley, American pioneer of electronic commerceMarch 3 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (d. 2022)March 5 – Leslie Marmon Silko, American author of Laguna PueblodescentApril 2 – Bob Lienhard, American basketball player (d. 2018)April 5 – Neil Portnow, American president of The Recording Academy(NARAS)April 7 – John Oates, American rock singer, guitarist (Hall & Oates)August 2 – Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host, authorAugust 7 – James P. Allison, American immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinein 2018August 13 – Kathleen Battle, African-American sopranoAugust 17 – Edward Lazear, American economist (d. 2020)September 1 – James Rebhorn, American actor (d. 2014)September 3 – Don Brewer, American drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)September 4 – Michael Berryman, American actorThe 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin.
October 16 – The draft registration of approximately 16 million men begins in the United States. October 29 – The Selective Service System lottery is held in Washington, D.C. November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democratic incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the nation's ...
