* 1948 Excavations at the Jewry Wall Site, of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 15, Leicester, London: Society of Antiquaries, 1948.

His work in World War II led to the construction of Colossus, the first operational electronic computer, and he established the Royal Society Computing Machine Laboratory at Manchester University which produced the first working stored program electronic computer in 1948, the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine.

* Mayer, Thomas ( 1982 ) " The Military Force of Islam: The Society of the Muslim Brethren and the Palestine Question, 1945 – 1948 " In Kedourie, Elie and Haim, Sylvia G. ( 1982 ) Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel Frank Cass, London, pp. 100 – 117, ISBN 0-7146-3169-8

Marge Devine Duffy, a secretary in King Features public relations department, had been helping Russell handle correspondence to the NCS, and in 1948, she was installed as the official NCS secretary and later given the title Scribe of the Society.

* Sweden-Sällskapet för Parapsykologisk Forskning ( the Swedish Society for Parapsychological Research ) was founded in 1948.

The first was Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain, which was established in the United Kingdom in 1948 and has a worldwide membership.

Portland: Published by Binfords & Mort for the Oregon Historical Society, 1948.

Forensic science has been fostered by a number of national forensic science learned bodies including the American Academy of Forensic Sciences ( founded 1948 ; publishers of the Journal of Forensic Sciences ), the Canadian Society of Forensic Science ( founded 1953 ; publishers of the Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science ), The British Academy of Forensic Sciences ( founded 1960 ; publishers of Medicine, science and the law ( journal )), and the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences ( founded 1967 ; publishers of the Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences ).

He was a trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1933 to 1941 and President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters from 1948 to 1953.

* Jones, Thomas Roy, Printing in America, The Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, New York 1948,

Modern archaeological work began in 1948 when Kültepe was excavated by a team from the Turkish Historical Society and the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums.

At a meeting on February 12, 1948, Lincoln's Birthday, he led the Society in swearing the Pledge with two words added, " under God.

During the fighting that marked the creation of the state of Israel, Gollancz became concerned for the plight of the Arabs and in October 1948 he founded the Jewish Society for Human Service ( JSHS ), with Rabbi Leo Baeck as its president.

* Copley Medal of the Royal Society ( 1948 )

The Ickenham and District Society of Model Engineers was formed in September 1948 and originally met in the old ARP huts, before moving to Ickenham Hall.

Surbiton Caledonian Society was formed in 1948, by Scots for the benefit of Scots living in the area, and the first dance took place on the 11th of March 1948 to the music of a band called Jock and his Blue Kittens.

The Margaret Mitchell Library, built in 1948, is today the home of the Fayette County Historical Society and houses Civil War and genealogical records.

* Song writer Oley Speaks ( 1874 – 1948 ) was a native of Canal Winchester, and the Canal Winchester Area Historical Society has a collection of his works.

In 1948 the abstract faction broke away to form the Penwith Society of Artists led by Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.

One outstanding example of a remarkable performance not approved by the Maestro was his December 1948 NBC broadcast of Dvořák's Symphonic Variations, released on an LP by the Society.

In 1947 and 1948 the necessity of massive coordinated efforts to achieve economic recovery led to the formation of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation to supervise and coordinate the uses of American aid under the Marshall Plan.

The Fisher Body division, long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its stock, followed an independent course for many years, but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from Du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions.

for example, Jacchia ( 1948 ) derived a scale of 0.15 g for a Af, zero-magnitude meteorite.

In 1949 the Dixiecrats escaped unscathed after their 1948 rebellion against Harry Truman, and in 1957, after Congressman Adam Clayton Powell campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, his fellow Democrats did not touch his committee assignments, although they did strip him temporarily of his patronage.

But under the direction of Mira Ziminska-Sygietynska, who with her late husband founded the organization in 1948, it has all been put into theatrical form, treated selectively, choreographed specifically for presentation to spectators, and performed altogether professionally.

The 1948 series ended with one of the most poignant moments in cricket history, as Bradman played his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval, needing to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100.

* 1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

Bohr worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in early 1948, and later at Columbia University from January 1949 to August 1950.

* 1948 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $ 5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

* 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

* Capp, Al, Saturday Review of Literature ( March 20, 1948 ) " The Case for the Comics "

One award was presented for both leagues in 1947 and 1948 ; since 1949, the honor has been given to one player each in the National and American League.

( The American League had to resolve a tie in 1948, but used a single-game playoff for that.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. ( February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948 ), best known as " Babe " Ruth and nicknamed " the Bambino " and " the Sultan of Swat ", was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) playing for three teams ( 1914 – 1935 ).

On April 3, 1948, Wills and the Texas Playboys appeared for the inaugural broadcast of the Louisiana Hayride on KWKH, broadcasting from the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

* 20th Academy Awards ( 1948 ): Best Screenplay, nomination, for Monsieur Verdoux

After the Marshall Plan, the introduction of a new currency to Western Germany to replace the debased Reichsmark and massive electoral losses for communist parties in 1946, in June 1948, the Soviet Union cut off surface road access to Berlin.

Prior to 1948, various standards for luminous intensity were in use in a number of countries.

It was then ratified in 1948 by the 9th CGPM which adopted a new name for this unit, the candela.

For example, the Pogo comic strip by Walt Kelly originally appeared only in the New York Star in 1948 and was not picked up for syndication until the following year.

Personal Social Services or welfare services were developed in 1948 for individual and families in general, particularly special groups such as the mentally disordered, deprived children, the elderly, and the handicapped.

The Criminal Justice Act of 1948 restricted imprisonment for juveniles and brought improvements to the probation and remand centres systems, while the passage of the Justices of the Peace Act of 1949 led to extensive reforms of magistrates courts.

Entitlement to sick leave was greatly extended, and sick pay schemes were introduced for local authority administrative, professional and technical workers in 1946 and for various categories of manual workers in 1948.