First Australia - India Test
Dec 1 In first cricket Test match between the 2 nations, India is dismissed for 58 by Australia in Brisbane; fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 5 for 2 off 2.3 overs; Don Bradman scores 185 as Australia wins by an innings & 226 runs
- Dec 2 13th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
- Dec 2 In rain affected 1st Test in Brisbane, Australia compiles 1st innings total 645 on Day 3 v India (Bradman 187, Hassett 128); Australia wins by an innings and 332
First Test India vs. Australia
Dec 4 In the first cricket Test match between the 2 nations, India is dismissed for 98 by Australia in Brisbane to lose by an innings & 226 runs; fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 6 for 29 for match figures of 11 for 31
- Dec 4 USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union
- Dec 5 Samuel L. Manning and Adolph Thenstead's musical revue "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater, NYC; runs for 11 performances
Everglades National Park
Dec 6 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated by President Harry S. Truman
- Dec 9 Menahem Presser (19) makes his Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under Eugene Ormandy's direction (NYC)
Nobel for Work on Nerve Function
Dec 10 American physiologists Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Gasser presented with Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm (awarded 1944), for research into nerve function
- Dec 10 USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
- Dec 11 Bob Hilliard and Sigman's musical "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
- Dec 11 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
- Dec 12 United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
- Dec 13 Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
- Dec 13 Samuel L. Manning and Adolph Thenstead's musical revue "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International Theatre, NYC, after 11 performances
- Dec 14 Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
- Dec 14 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida
Holograpy Patent
Dec 17 British industrial company BTH receives a patent for holography, invented by Dennis Gabor in their development lab
- Dec 17 NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow
- Dec 17 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, Ohio (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Dec 19 1948 NFL Draft: Harry Gilmer from University of Alabama first pick by Washington Redskins
- Dec 22 Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution
- Dec 25 Constitution of the Republic of China comes into effect
- Dec 25 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
- Dec 26 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
- Dec 26 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs That same day, LA set a record high of 84°F
Theater Premiere
Dec 26 Marc Blitzstein's play with music "The Cradle Will Rock", directed by Orson Welles, opens at Mansfield Theater, NYC; runs for 34 performances
- Dec 27 1st "Howdy Doody Show" (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
- Dec 28 Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
- Dec 28 National Football League Championship, Comiskey Park, Chicago: Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles, 28-21; Cardinals' only title victory
- Dec 29 Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
- Dec 30 King Michael of Romania, forced by Communists abdicates his throne, sending him into exlie
- Dec 30 Romanian republic proclaimed
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