This date in 1948

How much do you know about this interesting, yet not-too-often recalled, year?

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Date	Hint	Answer
January 4	This SE Asian country declares independence from the UK	Burma
January 27	The first of these are sold; it records and plays back sounds	Tape Recorder
January 30	This famous non-violent protester and leader is assassinated	Mahatma Gandhi
February 24	Communist party takes control of this country	Czechoslovakia
March 10	First civilian to exceed the speed of this	Sound
April 3	President Truman signs this 'plan' to help Europe recover from WWII	Marshall Plan
April 7	Created by the U.N., this organization is to help against sickness and injury	World Health Organization
April 19	He is elected as president of Nationalist China	Chiang Kai-Shek
May 15	This war started, which was the second stage of the 1948 Palestine War	Arab-Israeli War
May 23	This famous NY Yankee hits for the cycle	Joe DiMaggio
June 24	USSR begins this blockade by stopping access by road, rail, and water to here	West Berlin
July 8	500th anniversary this Church (or Patriarchate) celebrated in Moscow	Russian Orthodox
July 29	King George VI opens the 14th of these in London	Olympic Games
September 24	This major Japanese automobile manufacturer founded	Honda
October 6	Earthquake kills 100,000 in this country	USSR
November 26	The first of this type of camera was sold in a department store	Polaroid
December 24	The first house completely heated by this kind of power is occupied in the U.S.	Solar