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  • Paris, France
    Friday Dec 10, 1948
    United Nations

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Paris, France
    Friday Dec 10, 1948

    In 1948, the General Assembly adopted a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted by a committee headed by American diplomat and activist Eleanor Roosevelt, and including the French lawyer René Cassin. The document proclaims basic civil, political, and economic rights common to all human beings, though its effectiveness towards achieving these ends has been disputed since its drafting.




  • Buckingham Palace, London, England
    Wednesday Dec 15, 1948
    Prince Charles

    Baptism

    Buckingham Palace, London, England
    Wednesday Dec 15, 1948

    He was baptised in the palace's Music Room by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, on 15 December 1948.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948
    Marilyn Monroe

    First Starring Role

    U.S.
    Thursday Dec 30, 1948

    Her only film at the studio (Columbia Pictures) was the low-budget musical Ladies of the Chorus (1948), in which she had her first starring role as a chorus girl who is courted by a wealthy man, but her contract was not renewed in September 1948. Ladies of the Chorus was released the following month but was not a success.




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