However, in 1948, when the Western Allies extended the currency reform in the Western zones of Germany to the three western sectors of Berlin, the Soviet Union imposed a blockade on the access routes to and from West Berlin, which lay entirely inside Soviet-controlled territory.

I worked on him a good deal in 1947 and 1948, when I first came to know you.

Actor Clint Eastwood recalled seeing Wills when he was 18 or 19 ( 1948 or 1949 ) and working at a pulp mill in Springfield, Oregon.

It ended when he fired Duncan in the fall of 1948.

Relations further deteriorated when, in January 1948, the U. S. State Department also published a collection of documents titled Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939 – 1941: Documents from the Archives of The German Foreign Office, which contained documents recovered from the Foreign Office of Nazi Germany revealing Soviet conversations with Germany regarding the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, including its secret protocol dividing eastern Europe, the 1939 German-Soviet Commercial Agreement, and discussions of the Soviet Union potentially becoming the fourth Axis Power.

Although the ČSLA, as formed in 1945, included both Soviet-and British-equipped / trained expatriate troops, the " Western " soldiers had been purged from the ČSLA after 1948 when the communists took power.

Liechtenstein claims restitution for ( which is ten times the size of Liechtenstein ) of land in the Czech Republic confiscated from its princely family in 1918 by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Czech Republic ; the Czech Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power ; Liechtenstein did not diplomatically recognize the Czech Republic until 2009, and the Czech Republic in turn did not diplomatically recognize Liechtenstein.

Census in Kenya was first held in 1948, when Kenya was still a Colony administrated by the British.

However, it did not emerge as a formidable force until 1991, when the elderly LY members elected from the mainland provinces in 1948 retired.

Though it was not part of the NFL at the time, the All-America Football Conference saw its last drop kick November 28, 1948, when Joe Vetrano of the San Francisco 49ers drop kicked an extra point after a muffed snap against the Cleveland Browns.

In 1948, the year when the NP swept to power in whites-only elections on an apartheid platform, F. W. de Klerk's father, Johannes " Jan " de Klerk, became secretary of the NP in the Transvaal province and later rose to the positions of cabinet minister and President of the Senate, becoming interim State President in 1975.

GATT was signed in 1948 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995.

The Granville Municipality was formed in 1885 and the council carried on the local government of the area until 1948, when it became part of an enlarged City of Parramatta.

After 1948, when Himachal Pradesh was established as an administrative unit, the local Takri variants were replaced by Devanagari.

On May 14, 1948, the Jewish People's Council declared the establishment of the State of Israel, following a prolonged campaign beginning in the late 19th century, when the Zionist movement began working towards creating a homeland for the Jewish people.

Three years after the war, the 1948 Summer Olympics were held at the original Wembley Stadium, at a time when the city had barely recovered from the war.

* As a teenager, IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was directly involved in the pro-Nazi New Swedish Movement ( Nysvenska Rörelsen ) until at least 1948, causing tensions when IKEA began opening stores in Israel, although one source has claimed that the movement was not pro-Nazi.

The city was under Jordanian occupation from 1948 to 1967, and under Israeli occupation from 1967 to 1994, when control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority.

He went on to star in such popular films as Shadow of a Doubt ( 1943 ), Duel in the Sun ( which remains one of the top 100 highest grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation ), Love Letters ( 1945 ), Portrait of Jennie ( 1948 ) and The Third Man ( 1949 ).

In 1948, when the State of Israel was founded and the IDF was formed, Imi became Chief Instructor for Physical Fitness and Krav Maga at the IDF School of Combat Fitness.

In 1948, Qalat became part of Pakistan when the British withdrew.

The endgame began in February 1948, when a majority of the Cabinet directed the Communist interior minister, Václav Nosek, to stop packing the police force with Communists.

This conflict would come to be very significant in the aftermath of World War Two when Burma was granted its independence from Great Britain in 1948.

Alquosh was abandoned by its Jewish population in 1948, when they were expelled, and the synagogue that purportedly houses the tomb is in a poor structural state, to the extent that the tomb itself is in danger of destruction.

His accurate political sense failed him only once, when he found himself in 1948 on the wrong side of a failed coup attempt and had to be driven to the Brazilian embassy in the trunk of a car, earning him the nickname " Colonel Trunk ".

Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948.

pitching Triple Crown ( baseball ) | Triple Crown in 1940, key member of the 1948 World Series Championship team, the Indians all time leader in wins and stikeouts, and an MLB Hall of Fame r.

On September 23, 1949, Bill Veeck and the Indians buried their 1948 pennant in center field the day after they were mathematically eliminated from the pennant race.

Complaints about the system were brought to the United Nations as early as 12 July 1948 when Dr. Padmanabha Pillai, the representative of India to the United Nations, circulated a letter to the Secretary-General expressing his concerns over treatment of ethnic Indians within the Union of South Africa.

* Fighting Indians of the West ( 1948 ) with Martin F. Schmitt

* In 1948, the Red Sox finished the regular season tied for first place, only to lose the pennant to the Cleveland Indians in the major leagues ' first-ever one-game playoff.

* Curt Nimuendaju ( 1948 ): " The Mura " and " The Yahahi ", en Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes, ed.

A seven – time consecutive All – Star center fielder, Doby and teammate Satchel Paige were the first African-American players to win a World Series Championship when the Indians won in 1948.

# Gene Bearden: 11 ( Cleveland Indians, 1948 )

In the 1997 World Series, the Marlins played before crowds of over 67, 000 fans — the highest postseason attendance figures in MLB history, only exceeded by Cleveland Stadium, home of the Cleveland Indians during the 1948 World Series, old Yankee Stadium prior to its mid 1970s renovation, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the temporary home of the Los Angeles Dodgers ( before Dodger Stadium was opened ) in the 1959 World Series.

In October 1948, WEWS, still Cleveland's only television station, broadcast the 1948 World Series games played in Cleveland between the Indians and the Boston Braves.

In 1948, he won the American League Most Valuable Player Award and managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series title.

He won a World Series title in 1948 and helped the Indians win an American League-record 111 games and the pennant in 1954.

The 1948 Indians would have one of their finest seasons but for Feller, it was up and down.

* Jake Gaudaur – builder, 1984 ( Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats as player 1940, 1948 – 53, director 1952 – 53, president 1954 – 55, general manager 1956 – 67 ; Toronto Argonauts as player 1941 ; Toronto RCAF Hurricanes as player 1942 ; Toronto Indians as player 1945 – 46 ; Montreal Alouettes as player 1947 ; CFL commissioner 1968 – 84 ).

* Ted Reeve – player, 1963 ( Toronto Argonauts 1923 ; Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers 1924 – 30, later as coach 1945 – 46 ; Queen's University as coach 1933 – 38 ; Montreal Royals as coach 1939 ; Toronto Beaches Indians as coach, 1948 ).

The Indians played in the 1948 World Series and were helped by Lemon's two pitching wins as they won the club's first championship since 1920.

Lemon was the Indians ' number-two pitcher in the starting rotation by the 1948 season, behind Bob Feller.

James Laverne " Skeeter " Webb ( November 4, 1909 – July 8, 1986 ) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played twelve season in the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1932 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1938 – 1939 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1940 – 1944 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1945 – 1947 ), and Philadelphia Athletics ( 1948 ).

Garcia was invited to join the major league Indians in spring training before the start of the 1948 season.

Garcia debuted with the Indians on October 8, 1948, with a two-inning relief appearance in the last regular-season game of the season before the Indians were set to play in the 1948 World Series.