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December 7, 1948 (Tuesday) The West Berlin City Assembly unanimously elected Ernst Reuter to serve as acting mayor until the first session of the newly elected Assembly in January 1949. Operation Assaf ended in Israeli success. The US Supreme Court decided Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States.
November 2 – 1948 United States presidential election: Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats Republican Thomas E. Dewey and 'Dixiecrat' Strom Thurmond. December [ edit ] December 4 – The 6.3 M L Desert Hot Springs earthquake affected Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII ( Very strong ), causing minor damage ...
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December. December 3. Eleven fans are killed during a stampede for seats before a The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio. The United States dollar exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5, 1987.
October 17: President Ford testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding his pardon of Nixon. October 2 – U.S. release of film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
December 10 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. December 11–12 – Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali massacre: Scots Guards shoot 24 Chinese villagers in Malaya. December 15 – The United States Department of Justice indicts Alger Hiss, on two counts of perjury.
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August 28 – The last 6 surviving veterans of the American Civil War meet in Indianapolis. September 5 – Howard Unruh, a World War II veteran, kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey with a souvenir Luger to become America's first single-episode mass murderer. September 15 – The Housing Act of 1949 is enacted.
