1948

1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.

Clockwise, from top left: Israeli Declaration of Independence ; British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin signing the Treaty of Brussels ; The 1948 Summer Olympics opens in London , United Kingdom ; The trial of persons accused of participation and complicity in the Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi ; a damaged building after the 1948 Fukui earthquake ; an Australian Avro Lincoln bomber dropping 500 lb (230 kg) bombs in the Malayan Emergency ; Pro-Communist demonstrations before the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état ; West Berliners watch a Douglas C-54 Skymaster land at Tempelhof Airport in the Berlin Blockade .
Truman hold ups an erroneous banner headline of the Chicago Daily Tribune .
Dutch forces in the Dutch East Indies , 1948