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LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1948 |
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In
The News In 1948
Soviet blockade of Berlin's Allied sector begins.
Allied Berlin airlift begins.
Perjury indictment of Alger Hiss, former state department
official, after he denies passing secret documents to a Communist
spy ring.
Congress passes the Marshall Plan to help aid European countries
rebuild.
Israel declares its independence. |
Entertainment
in 1948
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -T.S. Eliot - Britain
* Best Selling Fiction - The Big Fisherman, Lloyd C. Douglas
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Crusade in Europe, Dwight D.
Eisenhower
* Best Picture - Hamlet, Rank-Universal
* Best Director - John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
* Best Actress - Jane Wyman, Johnny Belinda
* Best Actor - Laurence Olivier, Hamlet |
Sport
champions in 1948
* MLB - Cleveland Indians
* NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
* NBA - Baltimore Bullets
* NHL - Toronto Maple Leafs
* NCAA-Basketball - Kentucky
* KY Derby - Citation
* U.S. Open Golf - Ben Hogan
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Pancho Gonzales
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Margaret Osborne duPont |
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