1948
one
thousand nine
hundred and forty-eight
eenduizend negenhonderdachtenveertig
eintausendneunhundertachtundvierzig
mille neuf cent quarante-huit
un mil novecientos
cuarenta
y ocho
um
mil novecentos
quarenta
e oito
mille e novecentoquarantaotto
MCMXLVIII
National Health Service introduced. Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, an 'iron curtain' raised across Europe. Proclamation of State of Israel.