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June 26, 1948

On June 26, 1948, cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.

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Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.

The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc. It began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars.

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1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.

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On June 26, 1948

  1. 1948 Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.

    1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR

    The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc. It began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars.

  2. 1948 William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.

    American physicist (1910–1989)

    William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

  3. 1948 Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine.

    American novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965)

    Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories.

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Régis Wargnier 1948– French director, producer, and screenwriter
John Pritchard 1948– English bishop
Jeff Baxter 1948– American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Lillian Board 1948– British athlete (died 1970)
Ted Nugent 1948– American musician
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu 1948– Zulu king (died 2021)

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