At A Glance

29 February 1948 at a glance

Day of the week
29 February 1948 was a Sunday.
Top Film of 1948
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1948 was Easter Parade.
Bestselling Novel of 1948
“The Big Fisherman” by Lloyd C. Douglas was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1948.
Star sign
The star sign for 29 February is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 February 1948 fell in the Year of the Rat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 February 1948 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 29 February

  • 1936 The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
  • 1940 For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  • 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
  • 1940 In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's consul general in San Francisco.
  • 1944 The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer, led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II.

Famous people born on February 29

  • Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer (born 2000)
  • Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1972)
  • Tony Robbins, American author and motivational activist (born 1960)
  • Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor (1944–2013)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1948 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1948 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • February 21 – The stock car racing organization NASCAR is founded by Bill France Sr. with other drivers meeting at the Streamline Hotel, Daytona Beach, Florida.
  • March 17 – The Hells Angels motorcycle gang is founded in California.
  • April 3 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, which authorizes $15 billion in aid for 16 countries.
More events of 1948 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1948

President

Harry S. Truman

Gas (per gallon)

$0.26

Loaf of Bread

$0.14

Average House

$5,450

Weekly Wage

$50

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