| January 1 | KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| January 1 | KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, California (MET) begins broadcasting |
| January 1 | Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand |
| January 2 | KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| January 3 | "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV |
| January 5 | General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra |
| January 5 | President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal" |
| January 7 | 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker |
| January 8 | "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances |
| January 8 | "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 95 performances |
| January 8 | "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 134 performances |
| January 10 | 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS |
| January 10 | RCA introduces 45 RPM record |
| January 11 | Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles |
| January 12 | "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" premieres on CBS TV |
| January 12 | Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter |
| January 13 | "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances |
| January 14 | Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die |
| January 15 | Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin |
| January 16 | KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| January 16 | WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| January 18 | South African Reverend Andries P. Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer |
| January 18 | "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) |
| January 20 | J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen |
| January 20 | President Truman announces his point 4 program |
| January 21 | 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) |
| January 22 | "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 121 performances |
| January 22 | Chinatown telephone exchange closed |
| January 25 | 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win |
| January 25 | 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins |
| January 26 | WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| January 27 | Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China |
| January 28 | New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith |
| January 28 | U.N. Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia |
| January 29 | England, Belgium, Lux, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel |
| January 31 | 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) |
| February 1 | 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used |
| February 1 | RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) |
| February 2 | 1st 45 RPM record released |
| February 2 | Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident |
| February 4 | Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia |
| February 5 | Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic |
| February 7 | Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees) |
| February 8 | Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison |
| February 10 | Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, New York City |
| February 11 | Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title |
| February 12 | "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances |
| February 12 | Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio |
| February 12 | Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey |
| February 12 | Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem |
| February 14 | 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) |
| February 14 | Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses |
| February 15 | Dmitri Shostakovich' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad |
| February 17 | Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel |
| February 17 | Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN |
| February 17 | Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE |
| February 17 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA |
| February 17 | Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris |
| February 19 | 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound |
| February 19 | "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater New York City after 339 performances |
| February 19 | Mass arrests of communists in India |
| February 20 | 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) |
| February 24 | Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement |
| February 24 | V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km |
| February 25 | WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) |
| February 26 | USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight |
| February 27 | Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president |
| March 1 | Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ |
| March 1 | The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals |
| March 2 | 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct) |
| March 2 | Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours |
| March 4 | Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister |
| March 4 | Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player |
| March 4 | Security Council of United Nations recommends membership for Israel |
| March 5 | Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 |
| March 8 | WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| March 8 | WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting |
| March 9 | Brigadier General Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA |
| March 9 | England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes |
| March 10 | Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 |
| March 13 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman |
| March 13 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
| March 15 | WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| March 15 | WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| March 16 | KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, California (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| March 18 | NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified |
| March 18 | WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| March 19 | 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| March 21 | WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| March 23 | Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City |
| March 24 | 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win |
| March 24 | Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win |
| March 25 | SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied |
| March 26 | 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 |
| March 29 | Turkey recognizes Israel |
| March 31 | Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province |
| April 3 | KQW-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KCBS |
| April 3 | North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada |
| April 3 | WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| April 4 | Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement |
| April 4 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.) |
| April 4 | WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| April 7 | "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances |
| April 9 | U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages |
| April 10 | 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 |
| April 13 | 3rd NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Washington Capitols, 4 games to 2 |
| April 14 | International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment |
| April 15 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri |
| April 16 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
| April 18 | Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth |
| April 19 | 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 |
| April 19 | Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth |
| April 20 | Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California |
| April 23 | Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing |
| April 23 | Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco |
| April 23 | Netherlands annexes Elten and Tudderen |
| April 24 | 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win |
| April 25 | Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel |
| April 25 | Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) |
| May 1 | A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game |
| May 1 | Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) |
| May 2 | Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" |
| May 2 | Bolivian state of siege proclaimed |
| May 2 | Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 |
| May 3 | 1st firing of a U.S. Viking rocket; reached 80 km |
| May 4 | Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives) |
| May 5 | Council of Europe forms |
| May 5 | KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| May 5 | Statue of Council of Europe drawn |
| May 5 | Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame |
| May 7 | 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2 |
| May 8 | West German constitution approved |
| May 9 | Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway, London |
| May 9 | Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco |
| May 11 | 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City |
| May 11 | By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of U.N. |
| May 11 | Siam renames itself Thailand |
| May 12 | 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) |
| May 12 | West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade |
| May 13 | 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight |
| May 14 | 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56 |
| May 14 | "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances |
| May 14 | Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral |
| May 17 | British government recognizes Republic of Ireland |
| May 18 | Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates |
| May 23 | Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) |
| May 25 | Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai |
| May 27 | Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day" |
| May 27 | Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane |
| May 27 | Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin |
| May 29 | Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC |
| May 30 | East Germans constitution approved |
| May 30 | NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname |
| May 30 | WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| May 31 | 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA |
| May 31 | Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) |
| June 1 | 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) |
| June 1 | British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence |
| June 1 | KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| June 1 | Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time |
| June 1 | Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered |
| June 2 | Transjordan renamed Jordan |
| June 3 | Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio, KFI in Los Angeles |
| June 3 | GN Clark becomes 1st female U.S. treasurer |
| June 4 | "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 |
| June 6 | "It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV |
| June 6 | WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| June 8 | Siam changes name to Thailand |
| June 9 | Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S. |
| June 10 | Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier |
| June 11 | 49th U.S. Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL |
| June 11 | 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2 |
| June 11 | Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m, 29:28.2 |
| June 14 | State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor |
| June 14 | WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| June 15 | Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel |
| June 16 | Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa |
| June 18 | "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances |
| June 20 | Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes |
| June 22 | Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title |
| June 23 | 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School |
| June 23 | Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die |
| June 24 | A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| June 24 | Cargo airlines 1st licensed by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board |
| June 24 | "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) |
| June 25 | Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) |
| June 26 | 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) |
| June 27 | "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV |
| June 29 | South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages |
| June 29 | U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II |
| June 30 | Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta |
| July 1 | 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64) |
| July 1 | Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France |
| July 1 | WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| July 1 | WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| July 2 | 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8) |
| July 2 | "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater New York City after 727 performances |
| July 2 | "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV |
| July 5 | New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks |
| July 6 | Cincinnati Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs |
| July 6 | Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes |
| July 7 | "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway New York City for 76 performances |
| July 7 | "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967 |
| July 8 | Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants |
| July 9 | Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres |
| July 10 | 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh |
| July 10 | WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| July 12 | 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn |
| July 12 | Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence |
| July 12 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die |
| July 12 | Los Angeles Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin |
| July 13 | Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics |
| July 14 | U.S.S.R. explodes their 1st atom bomb |
| July 15 | Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US |
| July 15 | "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 308 performances |
| July 15 | WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| July 19 | Laos becomes associated state within French Union |
| July 20 | Israel's 19 month war of independence ends |
| July 20 | Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria |
| July 21 | Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) |
| July 23 | Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days |
| July 24 | Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 home runs to beat Senators, 7-5 |
| July 25 | St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn 14-1 |
| July 26 | WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| July 27 | 1st jet-propelled airline, De Havilland Comet, flies |
| July 29 | Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends |
| July 29 | BBC radio begins broadcasting |
| July 30 | British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff |
| July 31 | Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman |
| August 3 | Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association |
| August 3 | Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire |
| August 4 | NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association |
| August 5 | 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die |
| August 6 | Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop |
| August 7 | "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 121 performances |
| August 8 | Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy |
| August 10 | Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
| August 10 | National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense |
| August 11 | 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) |
| August 11 | Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovt |
| August 12 | 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) |
| August 14 | Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria |
| August 15 | WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| August 18 | Hungary adopts constitution |
| August 18 | Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" |
| August 20 | 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland |
| August 20 | Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution |
| August 21 | Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners |
| August 24 | NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect |
| August 28 | 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
| August 28 | Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York |
| August 29 | U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st atomic bomb |
| August 30 | Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game |
| August 30 | WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 1 | 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres |
| September 1 | KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| September 1 | Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2) |
| September 2 | Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) |
| September 3 | Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives |
| September 4 | Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) |
| September 5 | 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) |
| September 5 | 69th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64) |
| September 6 | Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes |
| September 10 | "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway New York City after 76 performances |
| September 12 | Theodor Heuss elected 1st president, Conrad Adenauer 1st Prime Minister of West Germany |
| September 13 | Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City |
| September 15 | "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV |
| September 15 | WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 15 | WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| September 16 | KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 17 | 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto |
| September 17 | 8th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England |
| September 17 | North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time |
| September 17 | WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 18 | Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit |
| September 20 | Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3% |
| September 20 | Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional |
| September 21 | Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China |
| September 21 | Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation |
| September 22 | WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| September 23 | Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant |
| September 23 | Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation |
| September 25 | 4th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs |
| September 25 | Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place |
| September 28 | "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis |
| September 29 | Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli |
| September 29 | "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV |
| September 29 | George Lascelles marries Maria Stein |
| September 29 | "Inside USA With Chevrolet," debuts on CBS-TV |
| September 30 | Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights |
| September 30 | Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September |
| October 1 | People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) |
| October 1 | Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa |
| October 2 | St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 |
| October 2 | U.S.S.R. recognizes People's Republic of China |
| October 2 | Yankees and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yankees win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16 |
| October 3 | WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta |
| October 4 | American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out |
| October 4 | United Nations' permanent New York City headquarters is dedicated |
| October 5 | WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| October 5 | WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins |
| October 6 | Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine |
| October 6 | President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) |
| October 7 | German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) |
| October 7 | Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of East Germany |
| October 7 | Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of East Germany |
| October 9 | New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series |
| October 10 | 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto |
| October 12 | Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US |
| October 13 | "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances |
| October 14 | 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition |
| October 14 | Chinese Red army occupies Canton |
| October 14 | Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
| October 15 | Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government |
| October 15 | Billy Graham begins his ministry |
| October 15 | Tripura accedes to Indian union |
| October 16 | WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| October 19 | A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton |
| October 19 | Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds |
| October 22 | 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland |
| October 22 | Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) |
| October 26 | President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents |
| October 28 | Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman U.S. ambassador |
| October 28 | Georges Bidault elected president of France |
| October 29 | White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox |
| October 30 | Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City |
| October 30 | "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances |
| October 31 | Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years |
| October 31 | "Regina" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 86 performances |
| October 31 | WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| November 2 | Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state |
| November 4 | "One Man's Family" premieres on TV |
| November 6 | Greeks civil war ends |
| November 7 | King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament |
| November 9 | Costa Rica adopts Constitution |
| November 11 | WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast |
| November 15 | KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, California (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| November 15 | WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| November 18 | NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP |
| November 19 | Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco |
| November 20 | Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 |
| November 21 | Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million |
| November 24 | Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry |
| November 24 | Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs |
| November 25 | "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts |
| November 25 | Ted Williams, wins AL MVP |
| November 26 | 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 |
| November 26 | India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic |
| November 28 | "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 293 performances |
| November 29 | Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
| November 29 | Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 |
| November 30 | Chinese Communists captured Chungking |
| November 30 | KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| December 1 | WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| December 1 | WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| December 3 | KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins |
| December 4 | Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run |
| December 5 | Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title |
| December 7 | 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) |
| December 7 | Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan |
| December 8 | Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa |
| December 8 | "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 740 performances |
| December 8 | Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in New York City |
| December 9 | Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty |
| December 9 | NFL merges Cleveland Browns, San Francisco '49ers and Baltimore Colts from AAFC |
| December 11 | Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cards (52-29) |
| December 11 | Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game |
| December 11 | WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| December 12 | AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball |
| December 13 | AL votes down proposal to revive spitball |
| December 13 | Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem |
| December 15 | Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris |
| December 16 | Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier |
| December 17 | Burma recognizes People's Republic of China |
| December 17 | "Regina" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 86 performances |
| December 18 | Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game |
| December 19 | Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland |
| December 19 | WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| December 20 | Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres |
| December 21 | Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia |
| December 27 | Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia |
| December 27 | United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands |
| December 28 | 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs |
| December 29 | 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) |
| December 29 | Hungary nationalized its industries |
| December 30 | India recognizes People's Republic of China |
| December 31 | 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia |
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