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Dec 19 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra. Dec 19 8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3") Dec 19 Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game. Dec 19 National Football League Championship, Shribe Park, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cardinals, 7-0 in a snowstorm, 'the Philly Blizzard'.
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Dec 19 8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3") Dec 19 Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game. Dec 19 National Football League Championship, Shribe Park, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cardinals, 7-0 in a snowstorm, 'the Philly Blizzard'.
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December 23, 1948 (Thursday) The Battle of Hill 86 ended in Egyptian tactical victory after Israeli forces retreated. Yugoslavia and Britain signed a one-year trade agreement worth $120 million US after Yugoslavia promised to compensate British owners of Yugoslavian factories that had been nationalized.
May 27 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians. May 28 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement. May 28 Israeli Air Force is officially founded shortly after the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. May 30 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes.
December 10, 1948 - The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December 10, 1950 - Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first African American man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his efforts in mediation between Israel and nearby Arab states the previous year.
What Happened in 1948 Important News and Events, Key Technology and Popular Culture. >What happened in 1948 Major News Stories include Porsche is founded, technology advances include Random Access Storage Device, Long Playing Record, Velcro and Transistor Radio, Apartheid begins in South Africa, NASCAR holds its first race for modified stock ...
MAJOR EVENTS: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India House Un-American Activities Committee accuses Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviet Union Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia U.S. Congress ratifies Marshall Plan, approving $17 billion in European aid State of Israel created; admits over 200,000 European war refugees Soviet Union seals off land routes to Berlin; West responds with massive ...
