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| 1948 |
| | | British astronomer Fred Hoyle puts forward a 'steady-state' theory of the universe, in which matter is continually created | |
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| 1948 |
| | | John Huston directs Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a film based on B. Traven's novel of 1927 | |
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| 1948 |
| | | A 200-inch telescope goes into service at the Mount Palomar Observatory in California | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Tito accepts Marshall Aid from the USA, setting Yugoslavia on the path of non-alignment in the Cold War | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The World Council of Churches is established in Amsterdam – a significant step in the ecumenical movement | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears together establish an annual festival in the Suffolk seaside town of Aldeburgh | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The National Health Service comes into effect in Britain, providing free medical, dental and hospital services for the entire population | |
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| 1948 |
| | | US lawyer Alger Hiss is denounced, controversially, as a Soviet spy | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Ballerina Mikiko Matsuyama and her husband establish a family-run balllet company in Tokyo | |
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| 1948 |
| | | In their manifesto Refus global fifteen artists and authors attack the values of conservative Quebec | |
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