January 1948
Thursday 01:
Enrico De Nicola formally becomes President of the Italian Republic, but refuses to be a candidate for the first constitutional election the following May.
Sunday 04:
Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Monday 05:
Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl).
Friday 30:
1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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