Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1948?48 Trivia Questions for 1948 History(answers)1. Who was the President of the United States in 1948?2. What was the name of the American initiative passed in 1948 for foreign aid to Western Europe?3. What was the highest-grossing film of 1948?4. What was the highest-grossing musical film of 1948?5. […]
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1948 Trivia, Fun facts and Pop Culture HistoryQuick Facts from 1948In 1948, three engineers at Bell Labs demonstrated a small device called a transistor, changing the course of human technology. Harry Truman won an election that everyone said he would lose and held up the newspaper that said he hadn’t. Citation won the Triple Crown.
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1948 Popular Music: Big Band’s Last Glow, Crooners, Cartoon Songs, Country Crossovers, R&B, and Early Rock Sparks 1948 popular music sat in a fascinating postwar pocket. Big band music had not fully disappeared, crooners and vocal groups still ruled much of the mainstream, movie songs were everywhere, and novelty records could still become major hits.
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1948 Oscars 20th Academy AwardsWinners Announced: March 20, 1948Venue: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHosts: Agnes Moorehead and Dick PowellEligibility Year: Films released in 1947Major Wins:Gentleman’s Agreement nabbed the Best Picture award, a film that tackled the issue of anti-Semitism in America.Ronald Colman won Best Actor for A Double Life, and Loretta Young scored Best Actress
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