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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.
8 March – First appearance of Davros in Doctor Who. [11] 25 March – A large National Front rally is held in London, in protest against European integration. [12] 26 March – British Leyland releases their new family saloon, the Morris 18-22 wedge styled by Harris Mann to replace the ageing Austin 1800 Landcrab range.
10 January – British submarine HMS L24 sinks in a collision in the English Channel – 43 dead. 15 January – The world's first original adult radio play, Danger by Richard Hughes, is broadcast by the British Broadcasting Company from its studios in London. 22 January – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister, leading a ...
4 March – The national tabloid newspaper Today launches from Wapping. It pioneers the use of computer photo typesetting and full-colour offset printing at a time when British national newspapers are still using Linotype machines and letterpress. [5] 5 March – The High Court disqualifies and fines 81 Labour councillors for failing to set a rate.
31 January – National Health Service prescription charges end. 1 February – The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive in Ethiopia on a state visit. 4 February – Confederation of British Industry founded. [ 3] 6 February – Stanley Matthews plays his final First Division game, at the record age of 50 years and 5 days.
1948 British Grand Prix. 1948 English cricket season. Football: England | Scotland. 1948 in British radio. 1948 in British television. 1948 in British music. Events from the year 1948 in the United Kingdom. The Olympics are held in London and some of the government's key social legislation takes effect.
UK. England. Cambridgeshire. 52°33′04″N 0°05′17″E / . 52.551°N 0.088°E. / 52.551; 0.088. March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. It was the county town of the Isle of Ely which was a separate administrative county from 1889 to 1965. The administrative centre of ...
Atomic Energy Act of 1946 in the United States ends co-operation between the U.K. and U.S. on development of nuclear technology. 6 August. Family allowance introduced, a cash benefit paid to mothers. Free milk ( 1⁄3 pint daily) provided in UK state schools to all pupils under the age of 18.