1948 Headline News
    Gandhi is fatally shot by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi.
Goldmark develops the long-playing (LP) phonograph record.
The first motion picture newsreel in color is taken at the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl. The first woman army officer is sworn in.
The apartheid policy of racial segregation is made official in South Africa.
A loaf of bread costs 12 cents.


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