Film & TV History
Feb 21 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ
Golden Globes
Feb 26 4th Golden Globes: "The Best Years of Our Lives", Gregory Peck, & Rosalind Russell win
- May 7 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
Film Release
Jun 11 Perennial Christmas film "Miracle on 34th St" starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by George Seaton is released
Cannes Film Festival
Sep 25 2nd Cannes Film Festival ends with six different awards presented including Best Musical for Vincente Minnelli's" Ziegfeld Follies" and Walt Disney's "Dumbo" Best Animation
Historic Communication
Oct 5 Harry Truman makes the 1st Presidential address televised from the White House
- Oct 20 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
Radio Premiere
Oct 27 "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx premieres on ABC radio
- Oct 27 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Nov 1 Gian Carlo Menotti's musical drama/comedy double bill "The Medium" and " The Telephone" closes at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC after 211 performances
- Nov 6 NBC's "Meet the Press" debuts - US's longest running TV show
- Nov 11 "Gentlemen's Agreement" directed by Elia Karan and starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire premieres in New York (Best Picture 1948)
- Nov 12 KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
- Nov 17 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
- Nov 21 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Wrestlingg Association world heavyweight title
- Nov 24 The US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
- Nov 25 The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies
Theater Premiere
Dec 3 Tennessee Williams' stage drama "A Streetcar Named Desire", starring Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, and Kin Hunter, and directed by Elia Kazan opens the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 855 performances, wins a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize