A Look Back At
Born in 1948
What Was Life Like in 1948?
Who Was in Charge?
President
Harry S. Truman
What Things Cost
Gas (per gallon)
$0.26
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$5,450
Weekly Wage
$50
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.
- May 14 – The United States recognizes Israel as a country.
- June 26 – Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine.
- July 31 – At Idlewild Field in New York City, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
- November 2 – 1948 United States presidential election: Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats Republican Thomas E. Dewey and 'Dixiecrat' Strom Thurmond.
- December 10 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.