1948

"Berlin Airlift" starts to relieve West Berlin when USSR blockades it
Apartheid established in South Africa
World Health Organization established
Gandhi assassinated
Nation of Israel proclaimed
Republic of Korea is proclaimed
Harry S. Truman elected President of US

Harry S. Truman being sworn into office.
Marshall Plan initiated
US Army ends segregation
New York subway fare is 10¢
Cable television
"Scrabble"
1st commercial LP (long playing - 331/3 RPM) recordings
Broadway - "Kiss Me Kate"
TV shows - "Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater", Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town", "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"
Al Gore, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) born
Orville Wright, General John Pershing, D.W. Griffith, and "Babe" Ruth die