Significant Events
- Jan 12 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
- Jan 30 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse
- Mar 8 US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional
- Apr 3 US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
- Apr 7 World Health Organization formed by the United Nations
- Apr 16 Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris
- May 14 Israel declares independence from British administration
- May 26 South Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid policy
- Jun 18 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts the International Declaration of Human Rights
- Jun 21 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy)
World Leaders in 1948
Clement Attlee
British Prime Minister
Harry Truman
33rd US President
Joseph Stalin
Soviet General Secretary
Famous People in 1948
- Harry Truman
Time Person
of the Year 
Jane Wyman
Oscar for Best Actress
Laurence Olivier
Oscar for Best Actor
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bobby Orr
Olivia Newton-John
Phil Hartman
Prince Charles
Robert Allen LitchfieldFamous Weddings
- Feb 16 Baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (41) weds actress Laraine Day (27) in Santa Monica, California
- Mar 5 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson
- Mar 28 Musician Nat King Cole (29) weds jazz singer Maria Hawkins (25) at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
- Apr 26 Actress Lana Turner marries 3rd husband Henry J. Topping, Jr
- May 15 Dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (26) weds singer Tony Martin (34)
Famous Divorces
- Mar 22 Musician Nat King Cole (29) divorces dancer Nadine Robinson after 11 years of marriage
Babe Ruth
D. W. Griffith
Hideki Tojo
Mahatma Gandhi
Manuel Roxas
Orville Wright