The entire year of 1948 ended up being quite a noteworthy 12 months. There was numerous significant occasions that occurred and also a large amount of non-significant situations, but nevertheless of interest for their fascination. The year started out on the first January with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) coming into affect. The GATT had been a legal arrangement among a lot of countries with the goal being to encourage international commerce by lessening or getting rid of trade obstructions including tariffs or quotas. Also on the 1st January, the railways of Britain were nationalized, to create British Railways. On January 30th, the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is shot by Nathuram Godse in New Delhi. The 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, in Switzerland were opened on 30 January. In February, the USA stock car racing business NASCAR is established and starts setting up races. On March 8th, in the case of McCollum vs. Board of Education, the US Supreme Court decided that faith based education in public schools goes against the US Constitution. The fight with that is still occurring currently. On April 3rd the United States President Harry Truman implements the Marshall Plan, that allows $5 billion in aid for 16 nations around the world. The Marshall Plan is the way the United States offered overseas help to Western Europe. On April 7, The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations and later on June 24th they have the 1st World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization in Geneva. Also in April, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is created, as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation Co-operation.
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