What Happened in Mar 1948

Burning Spear Is Born

Winston Rodney, OD (born March 1, 1948), also known as Burning Spear, is a Grammy Award winning Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Like... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Taken at the Flood

Taken at the Flood is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1948 under... Read more

"I Remember Mama" Is Released

The play was adapted for a 1948 feature film written by DeWitt Bodeen and directed by George Stevens. The film begins with eldest daughter... Read more

"Sitting Pretty" Is Released

Sitting Pretty (1948) is a comedy film which tells the story of a family who hires a man with a mysterious past to babysit their children. It stars... Read more

Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 Crashes, Killing 30

Northwest flight 4422 was a non-scheduled charter flight en route from Shanghai-Lunghwa Airport to La Guardia Field. An intermediate stop was made... Read more

20th Academy Awards

The 20th Academy Awards spread awards around, with no film receiving more than 3 awards, the last time this would happen until the 78th Academy... Read more

Kentucky Beats Baylor in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

"The Search" Is Released

The Search is a 1948 film directed by Fred Zinnemann which tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other... Read more