Interesting Facts #44

1948

The oscars held its 20th award ceremony and Santa Claus won best supporting actor for a miracle on 34th St

No one won the Nobel peace prize (it was thought Gandhi would however he was assassinated in January of that year)

Velcro, bar codes and Scrabble were invented

Polaroid released their first camera

Samuel l Jackson and Carl Weathers were born

George Orwell started work on 1984

London hosted the summer olympics again and the us won 84 gold medals

North Korea, Israel and Sri Lanka became independent states.

The world health organisation was formed

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