Historical figures in 1948
The atlas holds 21 people and 46 moments here, in 1948. The most recorded lives are Golda Meir, Harry S. Truman and Helen Keller. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.
Notable people
Golda Meir
in 1948
8 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Harry S. Truman
in 1948
6 moments here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Helen Keller
in 1948
5 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1948
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Salvador Dalí
in 1948
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1948
2 moments here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Winston Churchill
in 1948
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1948
2 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1948
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George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1948
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Che Guevara
in 1948
1 moment here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Elvis Presley
in 1948
1 moment here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1948
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1948
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Pope John Paul II
in 1948
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Fidel Castro
in 1948
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1948
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Mother Teresa
in 1948
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1948
1 moment here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1948
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1948
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Moments
- 1948 Medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires Che Guevara
- 1948 Months in Venice Ernest Hemingway
- 1948 Residence as consul in Veracruz Gabriela Mistral
- 1948 Transfer to Cartagena Gabriel García Márquez
- 1948 Move to West Texas George H. W. Bush
- 1948 Yale graduation George H. W. Bush
- 1948 Fundraising speech in Chicago Golda Meir
- 1948 New York fundraising accident Golda Meir
- 1948 Visit to Hiroshima Helen Keller
- 1948 Visit to Kobe Helen Keller
- 1948 Visit to Nagasaki Helen Keller
- 1948 Assassinated at Birla House Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Begins final Delhi fast Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Conservative Party conference delegate Margaret Thatcher
- 1948 Medical training in Patna Mother Teresa
- 1948 Move to Johannesburg Nadine Gordimer
- 1948 Establishes Villa La Galloise Pablo Picasso
- 1948 First pastoral assignment Pope John Paul II
- 1948 Performs in the Bomarzo gardens Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Travels to Rome Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Ordained at Ebenezer Baptist Church Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1948 Bogotá and the Bogotazo Fidel Castro
- 1948 AFOB tour of Australia Helen Keller
- 1948 AFOB tour of New Zealand Helen Keller
- 1948 Declaration of Independence signing Golda Meir
- 1948 Secret meeting with Abdullah I Golda Meir
- 1948 Visit to Haifa Golda Meir
- 1948 Addresses Congress of Europe at The Hague Winston Churchill
- 1948 Speaks in Oslo Winston Churchill
- 1948 Inauguration as Columbia president Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1948 Idlewild Airport dedication Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Returns to Portlligat Salvador Dalí
- 1948 Addresses the Wrocław peace congress Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Visits Auschwitz and Birkenau Pablo Picasso
- 1948 Israeli mission in Moscow Golda Meir
- 1948 1948 campaign speech in Oklahoma City Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Begins Crozer Seminary studies Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1948 Rosh Hashanah at Moscow Choral Synagogue Golda Meir
- 1948 Chicago Stadium campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Lincoln Tomb wreath during campaign Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Pittsburgh torchlight parade and address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 St. Paul campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1948 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 Family relocation to Memphis Elvis Presley
- 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1948 Return from Moscow to campaign Golda Meir