Rulers:
• Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953)
Events:
• T. S. Eliot (1888-1965): Nobel Prize in Literature.
Births:
• Algora, Francisco (1948-2016)
• August, Bille (1948)
• Bates, Kathy (1948)
• Crystal, Billy (1948)
• Davoli, Ninetto (1948)
• Depardieu, Gérard (1948)
• Harris, Cassandra (1948-1991)
• Holland, Agnieszka (1948)
• Irons, Jeremy (1948)
• Jones, Grace (1948)
• Meseguer, Juan (1948)
• O’Neill, Jennifer (1948)
• Wilkinson, Tom (1948-2023)
Deaths:
• Whitty, May (1865-1948)
Art:
• Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976): Armchair from Woodberry Poetry Room (1948)
• Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976): Standing Lamp from Woodberry Poetry (1948)
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Castore (1948)
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Via Appia Antica (1945-50)
• Magritte, René (1898-1967): Le mal du pays (c.1948)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Pichet gothique aux femmes (1948)
• Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974): Autorretrato (1948)
• Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974): Mitin al aire libre (1948)
Film:
• Anna Karenina (1948)
• Ladri di biciclette (1948)
• Rope (1948)