Fun facts from 1948

FUN FACTS 1948--

• A 1948 Ford truck cost between $1000 - $1500
  
  
• United States Population: 146,631,302
  
  
• Cost of a U.S. first-class postage stamp: 3 cents
  
  
• Harry Truman was President in 1948
  
  
• January 30- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi
  
  
• Nov 2- The Chicago Daily Tribune printed an inaccurate headline " Dewey Defeats Truman" before all the election results were in
  
  
• The Poloraid camera, invented by Dr. Edwin Land, hits the market
  
  

• The Alan Dale Show premiers
  
  
• August 10- Candid Microphone debuts (later named Candid Camera)
  
  
• ABC opens its first television station in New York
  
  
• June 20- The Ed Sullivan debuts
  
  
• August 15- CBS Evening News debuts
  
  
• April 15- Hollywood Screen Test premiers

• Univesity of Michigan wins ccollege football national championship
  
  
• June 25- Joe Lewis retains his heavyweight title for the 25th time when he knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th round at Yankee Stadium
  
  
• Kentucky beat Baylor 58-42 to win the NCAA Basketball Championship
  
  
• January 29- Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
  
  
• June 12- Citation wins the Triple Crown. Eddie Arcaro is the jockey
  
  
• World Series: Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves (4-2)
  
  
• August 16- Babe Ruth died
  
  If you’re celebrating your 60 year old birthday this year, here is some information about the:
  
  

• Best Motion Picture: Hamlet
  
  
• Best Actor: Laurence Oliver in Hamlet
  
  
• Best Actress: Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda
  
  
• Director: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

• The piano recording of "Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt was the Billboard number one single for 1948, selling over three million copies
  
  
• Academy Award for Best Original Song: "Buttons and Bows" from the movie The Paleface
  
  
• "The Woody Woodpecker Song" one of the biggest hits of 1948
  
  
• Red Roses for a Blue Lady" is a popular song by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett.
  
  
• November 13- The musical, As the Girls Go, opened at the Winter Garden Theatre

• January 28: Mikhail Baryshnikov
  
  
• February 4: Alice Cooper
  
  
• May 26: Stevie Nicks
  
  
• June 22: Todd Rundgren
  
  
• June 28: Kathy Bates
  
  
• October 11: Daryl Hall