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Alan Turing, WW2 codebreaker and father of modern computer science, was also a world-class distance runner of his time. He ran a 2:46 marathon in 1949 (2:36 won an olympic gold in 1948). His local running club discovered him when he overtook them repeatedly while out running alone for relaxation

The 1995 Bjork song "It's Oh So Quiet" is a remake of an obscure B-side from 1951 — which itself was a remake of a French song from 1949 ("Tout est Tranquille") — which itself was a remake of the original German song, "Und Jetzt ist es Still" from 1948. It's a cover of a cover of a cover.

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1. From 1948 to 1949 Allied Planes made over 278,000 flights and brought 2.8 million tons of aid to West Berliners

2. When World War II ended Walter Farley went back to writing his horse series. He published The Black Stallion Returns (1945), Son of the Black Stallion (1947), The Island Stallion (1948), and The Black Stallion and Satan (1949) before the end of the decade.

3. 13 of J.D. Salinger's short stories appeared in The New Yorker including Slight Rebellion Off Madison (1946), A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1948), Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut (1948), Just Before the War with the Eskimos (1948), The Laughing Man (1949), For Esme-With Love and Squalor (1950), Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes (1951), Teddy (1953), Franny (1955), Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955), Zooey (1957), Seymour: An Introduction (1959), and Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965).

4. The Cleveland Browns won the AAFC Championships in 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949. They also won the NFL Championships in 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1964.

5. Israel declared its independence in 1948 and was recognized as an independent state in 1949. Its official name is the State of Israel.

6. On 1 April 1948 USSR blocked non-air access to the French, UK and USA sectors of Berlin to have them withdraw the Deutsche Mark. In return, the blocked nations began the Berlin Airlift, delivering the city supplies by over 200k cargo flights a year. The USSR dropped the embargo on 12 May 1949.

7. About Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber, a US Air Force pilot that dropped candies on mini parachutes to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.

8. About Colonel Gail Halvorsen, aka The Berlin Candy Bomber who, moved by the perseverance of the hungry children of Tempelhof, Berlin, decided to airdrop candy rations to help lift their spirits. It blossomed into Operation "Little Vittles," in effect from September 22, 1948, to May 13, 1949.

9. During 1948 to 1949, Jeju, an island province of South Korea, rebelled against the government, which resulted in the death of 10 percent of the population on the island.

10. Allen Ginsberg graduated from Columbia in 1948. In 1949 he was convicted of being a robbery accomplice and to avoid jail, he pled insanity. As a result he spent time in a mental health facility.

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The “Dunkin Donuts” name was adopted in 1950 after first being called “Open Kettle” in 1948 and “Kettle Donuts” in 1949. - source