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| 1948 |
| | | The British government advertises in Jamaica for people to come and work in Britain | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The Cello Sonata by US composer Elliott Carter introduces 'metric modulation' | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Norman Mailer has immediate succes with his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, based on his military service in the Pacific | |
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| 1948 |
| | | US poet Theodore Roethke publishes The Lost Son, his second collection | |
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| 1948 |
| | | British dancer Robert Helpmann choreographs the ballet scenes in the film The Red Shoes, featuring Moira Shearer | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Australia, aiming for a 2% population increase each year, takes steps to encourage European immigration | |
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| 1948 |
| | | U Saw, a political rival of Aung San in Burma, is hanged for having plotted his assassination | |
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| 1948 |
| | | The Morris Minor is launched, designed by Alec Issigonis, and becomes one of Britain's best-selling cars | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Israel declares its independence as a new Jewish state, with David Ben-Gurion as prime minister | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Six Arab states attack Israel in support of the Palestinians, starting the first Arab-Israeli war | |
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